CreativityCareer_StartupInstitute_10.21.14 FINAL
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This document discusses ways to increase creativity in one's career. It suggests that creativity can be strengthened through effort and having a growth mindset. Simple practices that can increase creative thinking include problem solving, engaging in relaxed attention, reframing perspectives, and building a creative support network. The document also emphasizes that creativity is a skill that everyone possesses and can develop further.
CreativityCareer_StartupInstitute_10.21.14 FINAL
- 1. CREATIVITY AND YOUR CAREER Breean Miller THEKINDREDLABS.COM
- 2. EXERCISE: Haiku! Write a haiku about your career. Remember: 5, 7, 5 (syllables) Dont be critical of the results, just keep adjusting the words to fit the format.
- 3. CAREER PATH? choose your path go to school pay your dues climb the ladder receive whats promised
- 4. Scribble by Eli Ratner from The Noun Project
- 5. Creativity is the most valuable management skill. IBM CEO Study (2010)
- 6. CONSTANT TRANSFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO SURVIVE. Its no longer enough to simply have great ideas, you must turn them into something tangible. Creativity has become a source of economic value.
- 8. 67% of companies are having a hard time filling skilled labor positions - Payscale
- 9. 53% of young college graduates are unemployed or underemployed - Associated Press
- 11. EMPATHY Being sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others VULNERABILITY Owning up to ones limitations and asking for help HUMILITY Seeking to serve others and to share credit INCLUSIVENESS Soliciting and listening to many voices GENEROSITY Being liberal with time, contacts, advice and support BALANCE Giving life, as well as work, its due PATIENCE Taking a long-term view Contextual Thinking Transferrable Skills Emotional Intelligence Critical Thinking Prepared Mind Creative Thinking!!!
- 12. EXERCISE: Hidden Opportunities Draw several rectangles on the back side of the paper I gave youlike a comic strip. Use these squares to document todays morning commute. Draw pictures or simply write a few words to tell the story. Make sure to identify any pain points or frustrations you might have encountered this morning. How can we turn these pain points into opportunities?
- 14. What do we know about creativity? Some people are born with it. They are lucky, gifted, talented. These lucky people experience aha moments of inspiration. Its something right brained people have the capacity for.
- 15. WRONG!!
- 16. Everyone has the innate ability to be
- 17. Lets look at Einstein. Known for his creativity. Played violin. Loved music. Struggled in many school subjects. Examiner @ Swiss Patent Office. Olympia Academy. Einsteins creativity was a natural result of years of work, his environment and his social group.
- 18. worldly cloister
- 19. OK. So what do we actually know about creativity? ITS SOCIAL. We increase our creative ability by learning from others, collaborating and sharing. IT REQUIRES CULTURAL LITERACY. We must understand what people find meaningful what truly matters to people. ITS ALL ABOUT CREATING CONNECTIONS. In your knowledge. In the way you think. In the way you interact with others. IT REQUIRES CURIOSITY. A fixed mindset is the enemy of creative thinking. IT IS SCARY. We fear that we need to create something from nothing. This creates a bias against creativity.
- 21. EXERCISE: Thirty Circles ≒ Turn as many of the blank circles as possible into recognizable objects. ≒ Objective: fluencycreating a large quantity of ideas quickly. ≒ Bonus points for flexibility creating ideas that are truly distinct from one another. ≒ Who wants to share? Grid by Attilio Baghino from The Noun Project
- 22. WHAT BARRIERS PREVENT YOU FROM BEING CREATIVE?
- 23. Thinking creatively requires that we overcome several fears: ≒ Creating something from nothing. ≒ Judgment. ≒ Failure and risk. ≒ Embarrassment. ≒ Loss of control.
- 24. It can be strengthened and nurtured through effort and experience. First, you must believe that your innovation skills and capabilities are not set in stone. You need a growth mindset. CREATIVITY IS LIKE A MUSCLE.
- 25. SIMPLE PRACTICES FOR INCREASING YOUR ABILITY TO THINK CREATIVELY. Problem Solving by Rob Maslin from The Noun Project
- 27. Think like a traveler. Genius, it seems, happens when a seasoned mind sees a problem with fresh eyes. - Olga Khazan
- 28. ENGAGE IN RELAXED ATTENTION. The wandering mind is a creative mind. - Albert Einstein
- 29. Reframe. WHAT IS A FRAME? A belief about the world that colors your interpretation of people and events. ≒ Break out of the routine stories that structure our lives. ≒ Rethink experiences people have.
- 30. Build a creative support network. (like Einstein!)
- 31. OFFLINE CHALLENGE: ASK QUESTIONS For one day this week, ask questions constantly without pursuing their answers. Ask questions, starting with Why? or What if? Its not important WHAT you ask, simply THAT you ask.