creative collaboration ftw! - delight conference 2016

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Creative Collaboration FTW!

A Story of How to Create Be!er Together


Denise Jacobs + Jessie Shternshus Delight Conference✶ Portland, OR✶ 27 September 2016

@denisejacobs + @theimproveffect

@DelightConf #DelightConf

#createcollaboration

Want the slides? Creativedo.se/delightconf-cc


Photo: Denise Jaocbs

Who we are

Photo: Jessie Shternshus

Jessie Shternshus +

h!ps://www.flickr.com/photos/v#/22873735356/ (with permission)

Denise Jacobs =

h!p://TheCreativeDose.com/

Teamwork!

NDC Oslo 2014

Photos: Damian Brady, Doc Norton


Love at first sight

Create? Collaborate?

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It’s the new business “Black”

h!ps://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/31670.wss

IBM CEO Study, 2010

h!ps://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pdfs/Adobe_State_of_Create_Infographic.pdf

Adobe State of the Create Study, 2012

h!p://business.time.com/2013/04/26/the-time-creativity-poll/

Time Magazine Poll, 2013

h!ps://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2016/most-indemand-so$-skills#

LinkedIn Study, 2016

We MUST create

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A business imperative

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Myth of the lone creative genius

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Who generates a lot of brilliant ideas

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Isolates and keeps us in silos

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Blending ideas and concepts creates the strongest ideas

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Comes through Collaboration

h!ps://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/trends-and-research/2016/most-indemand-so$-skills#

Teamwork (aka collaboration) is even more important than creativity

Unblock + Trust

Communicate + Connect

Combine + Collaborate

Express + Play

Nurture + Support

Five Steps

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The story of our collaboration journey

Unblock + Trust

Photo: Denise Jacobs

Denise: deep in fear

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Blocked what I had to offer

Try it: Meet the Inner Critic

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1) Write down one fear around your creativity

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2) Crumple paper into ball Then…

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3) Throw across the room!

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2 Main forms of the Inner Critic

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Deficiency Anxiety

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Comparison Syndrome

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Biggest ba!les are within yourself

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Fear of not knowing enough or being an expert

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Fear of being judged & criticized

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Fear of ideas being too unique

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F.E.A.R. =

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Also: Perfectionism

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Create small experiments

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Reframe opportunities

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Chance to succeed

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Tool: 1 Failure, 5 Positives

Think of a “mistake”

Think of 5 positive results

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Reclaim your creative power

Communicate + Connect

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Denise shared, Jessie listened


Jessie shared a new vision for collaboration

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Listening is critical

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Try It: Last Le!er Conversation

Be vulnerable

Really share

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Complement each other

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Stronger in concert

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Get clarity

h!p://www.flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275/

Tool: Five Whys

Collaborate + Combine

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Started really sharing ideas!

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Combined our superpowers


Different perspectives = different solutions

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Balance each other

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Amplified each others ideas


“Plussing”

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Tool: Improv!

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1) Start where you are

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2) Accept the offer


3) Fully commit

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4) Make your colleague(s) look good

Instead of this

5) Use this!

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Try it: Failed Superhero & Sidekick

Express + Play

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Felt free to express ourselves

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Work & play together


There’s a game in everything – find it!

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Be adaptive to create together

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Watch for over-contributing


Leave space for contribution

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Try it: Story by Suggestion

1.  Pomegranate 2.  Pencil 3.  Bread 4.  Taxi 5.  Ceiling 6.  Cards 7.  Bo!le 8.  Flower

1.  Fly 2.  Run 3.  Suggest 4.  Type 5.  Develop 6.  Move 7.  Play 8.  Speak

Words to Suggest: Listener #1

1.  Peanut bu!er 2.  Elevator 3.  Hippopotamus 4.  Potato 5.  Cactus 6.  Table 7.  Eyeball 8.  Champagne

1.  Blink 2.  Wiggle 3.  Jump 4.  Breathe 5.  Snore 6.  Swing 7.  Growl 8.  Taste


Nurture + Support

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Totally meta

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What you need is…T.A.C.O.S

Trust Authenticity Connection Openness Safety

T.A.C.O.S. exist here. Your charge: take it with you


Think: How are you showing up to creative collaboration?

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Blocking your brilliance or keeping your “cards” to yourself?

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Afraid to be real and authentic?

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Bulldozing everyone with your ideas?

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When you collaborate, you’ve got support

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It’s with other people

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That you can create magic and delight

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Challenge yourself

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Stay open

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Embrace the process of creative collaboration FTW!

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The Improv Effect


Jessie’s book! CTRL-SHIFT

ImprovEffect.com

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slideshare.net/jessieshternshus


Connect with Jessie

My upcoming book!

Banish Your Inner Critic

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Identify and Eliminate Mental Blocks to Unleash Creativity

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Connect with Denise

THE CREATIVE DOSE A Creativity + Innovation Collective

Creative Thinking + Problem-solving

Creative Collaboration Team Communication + Cohesion

Professional Development + Speaking Coaching

TheCreativeDose.com@thecreativedose


And finally…

Web Design/Dev à Creativity Evangelist

Photo by Derek Kearney

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4) Make your colleague(s) look good

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There’s a game in everything – find it!

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Leave space for contribution

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Stronger in concert

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Keeping your ideas to your self?

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Afraid to be real/authentic?

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Think: How are you showing up to creative collaboration?

1.  Cat 2.  Shoe 3.  Table 4.  Dish 5.  Dragon 6.  Band-aid 7.  Leg 8.  Flower

1.  Carry 2.  Run 3.  Sleep 4.  Paint 5.  Tip-toe 6.  Cry 7.  Dance 8.  Scream


1.  Screen 2.  Glasses 3.  Sweater 4.  Paper 5.  Candle 6.  Book 7.  Watch 8.  Ki!en

1.  Sing 2.  Sit 3.  Ask 4.  Place 5.  Write 6.  Sleep 7.  Jump 8.  Cry


Co-Create!

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

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Fear of being judged

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Thank you!

Over-supplying and

h!p://www.weareforeal.com/projects/bssp-nouiasaaou-2013

“None of us is as smart as all of us.” – Ken Blanchard

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Ideas will start to flow

“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

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More people: More creativity!

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Fear of ideas being criticized

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Self-preserve or share knowledge?

Mind-body connection

“Our bodies change our minds, our minds change our behavior, and our behavior changes our outcomes.” - Amy Cuddy, “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are” TED talk

Try it: Power Pose Hack

“Creativity…thrives on diversity, tension, sharing, and collaboration.” - Stefan Klocek, “Be!er Together”

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Try it: Talk + Talk / Talk + Encourage

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Diversity of People = Diversity of Ideas

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Need everyone

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Complementary roles and responsibilities

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Try it: Six Person Sentence

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Fear of not being perfect and making mistakez


Group contribution = best outcomes

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1) Be present

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2) Pay a!ention

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3) Relax your own agenda

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Working together toward a common goal

Unblock

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"The creative process involves many conversations…conversations with co-creators and colleagues, conversations with oneself…." – The team at the Dubberly Design Office (emphasis added)


Makes space for inspiration

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Barriers to creativity

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A new paradigm


Tried to do it all by ourselves

Trying to think and be clever

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Time to up-level our creativity

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What are we ultimately shooting for?

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Not

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But instead

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My Thought-Leader crush: Umair Haque

Be!erness? Be!erness!!

“The sum total of human effort can add up to not merely more, but to Be!er.” – Umair Haque, Be!erness: Economics for Humans

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Develop an openness to differences

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It starts with You

“Collaboration flourishes when there is a willingness to embrace new practices and thinking.” - Nic Evans, “How to Collaborate: The Creative & the Practical”


Tap into collective brilliance

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Co-create to make be!er things


And most importantly, to

“Creativity is all about making connections and seeing pa!erns.” – Bruce Nussbaum, Creativity Intelligence

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(Psst! We are ALL creative!)

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Try it: No || Yes, but || Yes, and

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Ideas come from thinking time

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Collective creative ideas = Infinite

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Primary driver of achievement

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Not “More”

h!p://everythingisaremix.info/

Blend ideas

“We are the creators of the future.” – Umair Haque, “How to Have a Year That Ma!ers”

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Sell your ideas

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Engaged = Creative


So…this happened last year (!)

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More. Meaning.

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Do it with others

“Only a reason has the magic to ignite, in the void, the spark; that comes to make a life feel that it has been more than accidents of fate colliding with chance.” – Umair Haque, “How to Create Your Reason”

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Lip service

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Instead of being supported

Creativity gets shut down

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Having contributions valued

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Here be dragons

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Sacrifice creativity for control

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Unengaged talent

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Tinker

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It was a nice idea…

“There can be no doubt: creativity gets killed much more o%en than it gets supported.” – Teresa Amabile, Harvard Business School professor and Innovation

expert

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Teach and learn=Mentoring

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Creative? Me! Yes!

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Creative? Child, please

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Creative? Umm…maybe?

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Myth of the lone creative genius


TIME

h!p://creativedo.se/creativity-innovation-success

Article in NDC Magazine

“Clarity brings about purpose, purpose brings about action, action brings about change.” Joel Yeo

"Deciding how much time and money to give to a team or project is a judgment call that can either support or kill creativity." Teresa Amabile

Resources

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Time

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20% Time works when used


Ask

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Petition/Demand

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Tools

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“Until you really learn a language it can’t teach you.” Douglas Crockford, The Good Parts, Trondheim Developer’s

Conference

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Construct

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Construct

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Collaborate at every stage of a project

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Post ideas to allow them to grow and develop

Design an environment for co-creation

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Provide proper outlets

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Public space for ideas

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Share your ideas

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There’s a flip side

h!p://blackhistoryheroes.blogspot.com/2010/07/george-washington-carver-scientist-and.html

Create small experimentants

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Small experiments

“Co-creation needs externalized material. Sharing the fuzzy, early, raw concept gives your (team) material to work with, to respond to and evolve.” – Stefan Klocek, “Be!er Together”

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Encourage “stupid” ideas

StartSometihingStupid.com

They may be the best ones!

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Have both si!ing and standing space

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Create a locus where people + ideas can mix and mingle

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Who generates a lot of brilliant ideas

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Isolates and keeps us in silos

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