Creativity snippets

Barbara and Tracy share an idea - how adaptors and innovators address creativity differently, and sources of inspiration for creativity.

Here are some of the references mentioned:

Amand Gormans poem, The Hill We Climb 

Meditation offered by the Smithsonian Museum of Asian art

Writing 10.000 words a day

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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.

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In this episode, Tracy and Barbara discuss why change is difficult and what actions leaders can take to help overcome these difficulties.

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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.'

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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.

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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.

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Barbara and Tracy discuss wicked problems and the nature of creative leadership drawing lessons from the current COVID crisis.

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Barbara and Tracy share their experiences of creative writing, and the lessons learned from this that can be applied more generally to creativity. 

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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

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Barbara and Tracy discuss the importance of energisers and icebreakers and how they can be adapted in virtual meetings.

 

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