May 15, 2008
Boosting Creativity
Creativity is the bringing into being of something that didn't exist before.
Post-Video Discussion:
What do you think of the points Ken Robinson is making about schools, companies, and creativity? Give and discuss specific examples from your experience.
Aha! 10 Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas (Jordan Ayan)
1. Connect with people: heighten your awareness of the amazing opportunities in every meeting and conversation you have.
2. Design an enriching environment: find the kind of space that gets your thoughts and energy flowing.
3. Get out of your box through travel: when you go somewhere you’ve never been before, your brain comes alive.
4. Be sparked by play and humor: the ability to play is a vital ingredient in many creative endeavors and the creative process.
5. Expand your mind through reading: reading enhances your openness to new ideas and views of the truth, and teaches you to take risks and to try new ideas.
6. Take up the arts: art encourages you to think in a completely different way, but as importantly art speaks directly and deeply to your creative soul.
7. Plug into technology: technology facilitates the creative process and is itself a form of creative expression.
8. PowerThink your challenges: for times when you need to go from “no idea” to “new idea” in a very short period of time, use PowerThink strategies (eg. brainstorming, mind mapping, role playing, journaling).
9. Release your alterconscious: intuition, daydreaming, visualization, meditation, and dreams are all there to help you access that “nowhere” territory from which our ideas seem to rise.
10. Connect with your creative soul: connect with your inner self so you are able to hear your own great ideas (eg. prayer, mediation, retreats, affirmations).
Discussion
- Which of these strategies are you currently doing in your life?
- Which of these would you like to start doing more of?
Exploring Creative Community Options
Think of one person with whom you’d most like to talk, but who you have been hesitant to approach. How might you reach this person?
What’s the mood of your ideal workspace?
In general, what kind of mood do you prefer to work in? Picture in detail what it would look like, sound like, smell like, and feel like. There are no barriers, either physical or financial.
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