Episodes
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Barbara Wilson and Tracy Stanley discuss the links between boredom and creativity.
They reference articles from Psychology Today, and Forbes September 2022 article by Naz Behishti, offering Takeaways for the workplace.
They conclude, as Naz does in the article, that boredom in the context of creativity should be renamed downtime.
As part of their own creativity projects, they discuss an App that Barbara has recently started working with, Milanote. This has really helped her plan for her future photography exhibition.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Barbara Wilson and Tracy Stanley discuss the final set of principles from the book 'Steal Like An Artist' by Austin Kleon. They consider the practical application of these principles to creativity.
This includes the importance of being curious, sharing your work, and travel to get inspiration.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
In this episode Tracy and Barbara discuss and share their main takeaways from the first part of the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (2012).
There are many ideas here for sparking creativity and developing habits around creativity.
The second part will cover the second half of the book and will be published at the end of March.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Dr Tracy Stanley and Barbara Wilson discuss concepts around Space in creativity. This covers the design of personal space to enhance creativity and emotional space as a condition for creativity.
They reference the book: My Creative Space: how to design your home to stimulate ideas and spark innovation by Donald M. Rattner.
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Barbara and Tracy take a look at Design thinking , wicked problems and the Creative problem solving process. They look at the similarites and differences between CPS and Design thinking.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
This is a conversation about the importance of being in flow for the creative process, and the benefits of both mindfulness and mind wandering. We stress the value of incubation and that the process of creativity may be more satisfying than the end result!
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Barbara and Tracy discuss assumptions, facts and creative problem solving.
They underline the importance of exposing and challenging assumptions in order to understand wicked, or complex problems.
Reference is made to the ladder of inference proposed by Chris Argyris, and you can read more about this here.
Peter Senge proposed the left hand column exercise in his Fifth Disciplinary fieldbook.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Barbara and Tracy reflect upon their highlights from 2021.
In particular they remember the writings of both Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, known for his work on flow and the systems approach to Creativity, and Edward de Bono, best known for his concept of six thinking hats. Sadly, both of these creativity experts died in 2021.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Wednesday Sep 29, 2021
Barbara and Tracy discuss the importance of images and metaphor in Creative Problem Solving. They reference Gareth Morgan and his metaphor of the organisation as a machine, and the image work of Marjorie Parker and Karmoy.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Creativity snippets from Barbara and Tracy - Random thoughts on being creative
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Thursday Aug 26, 2021
Barbara and Tracy reflect upon processes for opening up to creativity. In particular, randomness of ideas and techniques that can help with getting to randomness.
The podcast refers to Dr Jesvir Kaur Mahil who is hosting the Creativity & Culture Conference, scheduled to take place online on Saturday 18 September 2021. This will be the 5th annual Creativity & Culture Conference hosted by University for Life and the theme this year is “The Creative Power of Stories”.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.