The document outlines an agenda for a workshop on how psychology can boost creativity. The workshop will cover: 1) a psychological view of creativity and how it is a set of learned behaviors, 2) what kills creativity such as excessive worry and assumptions, and 3) techniques for generating ideas "on demand" such as brainwriting and WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan). Habit formation and achieving a state of flow are discussed as ways to increase creative behaviors and skills.
5. 1. GET A NEW SET OF CREATIVITY SKILLS
2. LEARN HOW TO INCREASE OTHER PEOPLES CREATIVITY
3. RATIONAL FOR HOW TO GENERATE IDEAS ”ON DEMAND”
GOALS FOR TODAY’S WORKSHOP
6. Agenda
1. A psychological view on creativity
2. Discover what kills creativity
3. On demand creativity
7. Rules for a great workshop
1. No dissing: be affirmative and happy
2. Don’t put yourself or anyone else on a pedestal
3. Assume everything is possible
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8. Agenda
1. A psychological view on creativity
2. Discover what kills creativity
3. On-demand creativity
10. ”There’s only a few geniuses in the world, and
it takes a genius to identify another genius”
Immanuel Kant
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12. ”The research is conclusive: Creativity is a set of
behaviors that you can learn to do better,
successful creativity is about 80 percent learned”
Keith Sawyer, psychologist
14. Can you spot a behavior?
Alf is happy
Lisa is angry
Per has a vad attitude
Carole throws a plate on the floor
Fiona is a rainmaker
Ali turned in his paper before deadline
27. A B C
A = corporate values, to do lists
B = suggest an improvement, ask for feedback
C = ”great idea”, ”that will never work”
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30. Habit
Behavior that happens unconsciously on a daily basis.
About 50 percent of the behaviors we perform daily are habits
31. ”Creative people are more aware of what's happening around
them. They notice things that they aren't necessarily looking for.
At a party, creative people are more likely to talk to strangers,
rather than to hang out with the people they already know”
Keith Swayer, psychologist
32. 1. BE SPECIFIC
Identify a clear and specific behavior that
you want to turn into a habit.
2. MAKE IT EASY
Simplicity changes behavior. How can you
make the behavior easier?
3. TRIGGER THE BEHAVIOR
Can you add a cue that will remind you to
perform the behavior?
HOW TO HACK THE HABIT LOOP
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34. WOOP
Wish: what behavior would you like to turn into a habit?
Outcome: why is it important to create this habit?
Obstacle: why will it be tough to create the habit?
Plan: if this then that
35. Agenda
1. A psychological view on creativity
2. Discover what kills creativity
3. On demand creativity
44. How do you think political correctness
effect workplace creativity?
45. ”Creativity in mixed-sex groups emerges, not by removing
behavioral constraints, but by imposing them. Setting a norm
unleashes creative expression by countering the uncertainty that
arises in mixed-sex work groups”
— Jennifer Chatman, professor of the Haas School’s
Management
58. ”Reversed assumptions”
1. Write down three features of your job
2. Add ”doesn’t” to each feature
3. Generate ideas that does not include the feature
70. 1. Attach papers
2. Wear as a ring
3. Fishing hook
4. Drink mixer
5. To make a fortune if you sell it to someone who have never
seen anything like it before
6. As a conductor stick as long as the orchestra has a good
enough vision
A paper clip can be used to...
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75. ”Never miss an opportunity to learn something
new! You never know when that odd new
knowledge will spark a surprising analogy, a new
way of thinking about your own problem”
— Keith Sawyer, psychologist
76. What can you do to charge your
”creativity batteries”?
77. 1. Select a card
2. Card+your subject=amazing ideas
3. Repeat step 1 and 2
79. 1. GET A SET OF CREATIVITY SKILLS
2. LEARN HOW TO INCREASE OTHER PEOPLES CREATIVITY
3. RATIONAL FOR HOW TO GENERATE IDEAS ”ON DEMAND”
GOALS FOR TODAYS WORKSHOP