Presentation from my General Assembly talk at Campus London in June. My thoughts on how to Improve team creative culture & boost individual creativity.
12. “…companies that encourage a creative culture are 3.5
times more likely to achieve 10% revenue growth goals
and are 50% more likely to report a commanding market
leadership position over competitors.”
Adobe
https://landing.adobe.com/dam/downloads/whitepapers/55563.en.creative-dividends.pdf
19. “His studies revealed that what makes experience genuinely
satisfying is 'flow' - a state of concentration so focused that
it amounts to complete absorption in an activity and results
in the achievement of an ideal state of happiness.”
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22. Flow is achieved when these conditions are met:
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1. You are engaging in an activity that you enjoy and that is in a field
you have sufficient skill and experience to engage in comfortably.
2.The task or activity that you are completing is pushing you just
beyond your current skill level.
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24. Flow is identical to the feeling of
being“in the zone”or“in the
groove”.
28. Not only does this research indicate that we will be most
creative,innovative and effective,when our tasks match or just
exceed our skill levels.
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It also shows that we will be more happy in our work.
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Maximising the amount of opportunities for us and our teams to
lock into a flow state,will help to improve our overall creative
output and quality.
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36. So we should look at our teams and ask –
is every person here engaging in flow for
an adequate percentage of their time?
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If not,then we should find ways for them
to change that.
Summary
38. “Creativity is just connecting things.When you ask creative
people how they did something,they feel a little guilty because
they didn’t really do it,they just saw something…
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…The broader one’s understanding of the human experience,the
better design we will have.”
Steve Jobs
57. “It’s fuel for the artist,you grow faster between films or
paintings.It speeds things up.
You start making the subconscious conscious;meditators
have an edge over artists that don’t meditate"
David Lynch
59. Practicing mindfulness for creativity can create:
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• An open and curious mindset that can look at challenges from
many angles.
• A rigorous and organized methodology for thinking holistically
about a problem.
• Clear visual and verbal communication skills to work through and
articulate potential solutions.
• A positive and optimistic outlook that can transform problems
into solutions.
https://www.ideo.com/blog/why-meditation-makes-you-more-creative
61. Encouraging ourselves and our teams to look in new
and unusual places for inspiration and training our
attention.
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Could help set us on course to create more unique
creative solutions.
Summary
66. “Within Pixar,members of any department can approach
anyone in another department to solve problems,
without having to go through 'proper' channels.”
Ed Catmull
Creativity Inc.
77. “71% of companies report creating 10x the
number of assets today than just a few years ago”
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Adobe
https://blogs.adobe.com/creative/design-advantage/
78. Having too much time can kill creativity and lead us to having
too many different ideas and too long to deliberate them.
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But in most cases,giving people more time to think and
create - leads to better results.
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