January 7, 2021
Tracy and Barbara reflect upon the events of 2020 that have impacted on their creativity and share some insights into how to manage creativity moving into 2021.
They reference Brené Brown 'Unlocking Us' and Elizabeth Day ''How to Fail' podcasts as well as Growing Gills, a book by Jessica Abel.
Barbara can be found on barbara-wilson.com and Tracy on tjstanley.com
December 15, 2020
In this episode, Tracy and Barbara discuss why change is difficult and what actions leaders can take to help overcome these difficulties.
You can find more about Tracy on tjstanley.com and Barbara on barbara-wilson.com.
November 2, 2020
Tracy Stanley and Barbara Wilson discuss aspects around change and in particular culture change.
Tracy shares some examples of change stories from her book 'Change Stories: Success and failure in changing organisations.'
You can find more about Tracy on tjstanley.com and Barbara on barbara-wilson.com.
October 5, 2020
Now an essential part of being creative involves play, which we take to mean taking time out from logical rational thinking and letting our imaginations fly. Play is a word we normally associate with children, however if we can allow ourselves to play, then this will allow all sorts of possibilities to arise.
You can find more about Tracy on tjstanley.com and Barbara on barbara-wilson.com.
September 7, 2020
Creativity is about using all parts of our brain, both our logical, rational minds and our intuitive, more ‘open to possibility’ minds. This surely can't do us any harm. In fact, we would argue that by doing this, we are more likely to be taking wiser decisions and living our lives in a fuller way.
You can find more about Tracy on tjstanley.com and Barbara on barbara-wilson.com.
August 3, 2020
Barbara and Tracy discuss wicked problems and the nature of creative leadership drawing lessons from the current COVID crisis.
You can find more about Tracy on tjstanley.com and Barbara on barbara-wilson.com.
July 6, 2020
Barbara and Tracy share their experiences of creative writing, and the lessons learned from this that can be applied more generally to creativity.
You can find Tracy on tjstanley.com and Barbara on barbara-wilson.com
June 1, 2020
Barbara and Tracy talk about creative tools and processes you can use to envision the future. We explore:
• How and when to use imagery in creativity.
• Individual versus group activities – benefits and limitations of each
Barbara can be found at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com
May 4, 2020
Barbara and Tracy discuss the importance of energisers and icebreakers and how they can be adapted in virtual meetings.
You can find Barbara at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
April 6, 2020
In this episode we discuss how to work creatively, alone or virtually with others, using the creative problem solving process, and we highlight the technique of the six thinking hats.
you can find Tracy at tjstanley.com and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com