the creativity (r)evolution - ux week 2014

Denise R. Jacobs UX Week

San Francisco, CA 12 September 2014

The Creativity (R)Evolution

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When 1 ≠ 1

Darwin’s wing man

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drthompson/3689420515/

A Sneeze of laughter http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/girls-laughing-uganda-pod/

Course change

Photo: Denise Jacobs

Today. Now.

Conferences = potential for change

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toprankblog/2280204274/

Ideas are sparked

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjliew/1286367571/

New social networks

The initial excitement about the new

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/543078380/

Taken over by old habits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/

How to take it home? Sustain it? Continue it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275/

Photo by Derek Kearney

About me

The Creative Dose.com

is key http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/

I’m not the only one who thinks so…

http://business.time.com/2013/04/26/the-time-creativity-poll/

A Creativity (R)Evolution!

All gatherings are opportunities

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stella12/7045899425

Nurture the Creative Spark

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdoublew/2668216943/

The Roots of (R)Evolution

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barretthall/3036598475/ &http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3135103537/

Creative? Me! Yes!

Creative? Child, please

Creative? Um, maybe?

“Creativity is all about making connections and seeing patterns.” Bruce Nussbaum, Creativity Intelligence

What is the “creative spark”?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogil/1507585665/

Everyone has it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/4812035672/

Umair Haque

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nextconference/3504568830/

“The sum total of human effort can add up to not merely more, but to Better.”

Umair Haque, Betterness: Economics for Humans

Betterness? Betterness!!

(R)Evolution ≠ Revolution http://www.flickr.com/photos/stargardener/7037360553/

The Foundation

Our role model: the coral polyp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drthompson/3689420515/

Builds rich environments

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Coral_Reef.jpg

Creates new land forms

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23300000/Coral-Reef-Torres-Strait-Island-australia-23340592-1600-1200.jpg

Tiny Habits

http://tinyhabits.com/

The structure

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetq/8543067943/

1.  In the positive 2.  Present tense

2 modifications

Anchor to a current habit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobydave/333883245/

Congratulate yourself

http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/

Feel Good = Neuroscience

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cblue98/7254347346/

Big results

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetq/8543069503/

From Spark to Flame

Two levels

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragmented/2734290118/

The Personal

Are you a terrorist to yourself?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koomatuomio/4182554398/

“Obsessing about preventing bad things from happening also prevents good things from happening, or sometimes prevents anything from happening at all.” Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants

You are the gateway

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/4396790244/

It’s all about you being “self-ful”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/

Self-ful-ness Caring for your own welfare so that you are able to care for the welfare of others.

The Oxygen Mask Theory

Love what you do. Do what you love.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmscottimd/616642026/

“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech

By nurturing your own spark

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aguslepe/5512044294/

You’ll begin to open up

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rvm_71/5011353192/

And then magic happens

Self-ful transforms

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kara_allyson/5358611092/

To Self-less

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazgrp/2050810720/

“One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.” Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

How?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyefruit/1097398/

Recognize your brilliance

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/

DO NOT focus on your weaknesses

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/

You will only improve 10-15 %

(and it will be painful) Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0

Enjoy + Good at + Feeling Empowered

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/3310336516/

= Empowered Play

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8216666102/

aka = Flow

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Shift into the habits you want to develop

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2762573549/

The Case of the Reluctant Speaker

“Who, me? Really? Sure…” Amanda Dameron, upon being invited to keynote UX Week

“Me -- a speaker ? Oh, no.” Jenna Foreman, upon being asked if she was a speaker at UX

Week

You’re about to be @Boonerang-ed

Know your goals, like Justin

Photo: Julian Harty

Think of several topics you are a bad-ass in. Write up 1-2 talk descriptions based on your interests and expertise.

Share them with your partner in one

month.

Homework: Write a talk description

Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to nurture the sparks ignited at this conference.

Homework: Tiny Habits to Nurture the Spark

Check in date: 10 October 2014

Doing this is the first step

Recognize & support your spark

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdoublew/2663137942/

This is about something greater https://www.flickr.com/photos/mangee/195050727/

Your attitude is a contagion

Each happy friend increased an individual's probability of being happy by 9 percent.

Even perfect strangers three degrees of separation away—friends of friends of friends—exerted a significant uplifting influence

Unhappy people at the center of the network are more likely than those at the periphery to become happy in the future.

Happiness is contagious

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-10/ff_christakis?currentPage=all

Your change will spread beyond you

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles19/1330505/projects/5455539/30cbf8c45952cdcf360ef545b1dcaba9.jpg

The Social

We need to get our group on

Photo: Denise Jacobs

Mo’ people, mo’ creativity

http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3019543830/

Building 20 at MIT

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all

Escape your silo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeemick/5106610165/

Listen. No, really listen

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684632/

Be the one that starts the process

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Coral_Reef.jpg

Be like Molly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/janbrasna/112338913/

Be the locus where ideas can mix & mingle http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/7496803638/

“Getting people together is easy, but having a culture of getting them to be good at building upon each other’s ideas is hard.” David Kelly, Founder of IDEO

Over lunch in 1994

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc.

Monsters, Inc was born

“Creativity is social….Instead (of brainstorming) you need ‘magic circles,’ small teams of people who trust each other, are familiar with each other, and play together.” Bruce Nussbaum, Creativity Intelligence

Improve with Improv

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roel1943/5740295789/

Start where you are

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/3446600695/

Accept the offer + fully commit

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/3277839203

Use this structure

Make your partner(s) look good

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4597640798/

“Play is how we invent and experiment.” Josh Clarke, The Web Gets Real, UX Week

Let’s play!

Builds trust

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/

Collaborations get increasingly stronger

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipulites/5407946699/

Photo: Denise Jacobs

Eating my own dogfood: Improv class!

Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to cultivate a culture of creative collaboration around you.

Homework: Tiny Habit of Creative Collaboration

Check in date: 10 November 2014

Viva La (R)Evolution!

Creative power to the people!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickerbulb/53116195/

This is about imagination, plus

Photo: Denise Jacobs

Personal fulfillment (aka Happiness)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/

Team and company creating Betterness

“Betterness can't happen if you're spending your life churning out toxic junk. It can only happen when more meaningful work is done.” Umair Haque, Betterness: Economics for Humans

Bigger than just yourself

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/

It’s about You + Others

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4957946157/

Eudaimonia = Human flourishing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/174718774/

“Happiness is not just a mood—it’s a work ethic…..Happiness is actually the precursor to success.” Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

At the close of UX Week, with you

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moqub/2745092532/

Encourage the eco-system

Remember that we can create better together

“We don’t have to invent anything; it’s already all around us.” Josh Clarke, The Web Gets Real, UX Week

We can evolve creatively

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/6005503875/

Make the switch

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeathialy/3397362215/

“You have the power to…make the world a better place to dwell.” Amanda Dameron, Universal Design: Does it Matter? UX

Week

I am the lone nut dancing

Because I sincerely believe this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbelshaw/4168593521/

that you want to see in the world

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20872388@N06/5572306965/

And finally…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27620885@N02/2609974180/

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