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The Art of Disciplined Creativity
Denise R. JacobsWeb Afternoon / Atlanta
October 2011
The Art of Social Media
The Artist:@denisejacobs
The Medium:@webafternoon #webafternoon
The Subject:#creativityhabit
The Artist Still Known as Denise Jacobs
Speaker, Trainer, Author, Pan-Creative
On Creativity
What’s the point?
Concepts, ideas, tips to help you instill practices that will encourage you to become even more conversant and better able to collaborate with your creativity.
We are alchemists
Always delightful
Structure, Discipline, Path
Three Facets of
The Way
Three Facets of The Way
1. The Path of One
2. It Takes Two
3. The Way of Many
The Path of One
The Path of One
1. Eliminate
2. Incorporate
3. Train your brain
4. Gather and document
5. Gamify it
Eliminate Creativity Killers
Communication addiction
Multitasking
Banish you inner critic
The evil voices in your head
FEAR (“false evidence appearing real”or “f*ck everything and run”) causes unnecessary inhibitions which obstruct the generation of new ideas on a biochemical and neurological level.
Impostor syndrome
Comparisons
Incorporate Creativity Supporters
Show up everyday
Habit fields
Sprint
Delegate
Think with your hands
Lo-fi time
Train Your Brain
Get your alpha on
Balance your brain
Get physical
Be Willing
Be Mindful
Gather and Document
Collect and Curate
Get it down
Sketchnotes, mind-mapping, etc.
Voice
Tools• Zootool.com
• Imgspark.com
• Scrnshots.com
• Vi.sualize.us
• Emberapp.com
• Pinterest.com
• Evernote
• Diigo
• Delicious
• Flickr
Gamify it
Be heroic
It Takes Two
It Takes Two
• Externalize
• Invite
Externalize
Genius
Genius? (yes.)
Your inner Genius
As opposed to “being” a genius, consider that you have a genius – a mystical spirit that accompanies you and inspires and helps you to create fantastic work.
Genius? (yes!)
Muses
Who ‘dat?
The muses were thought to be the true speakers for whom an artist is merely the mouthpiece. Muses inspire people to do their best.
Memory (Mnene)
Voice (Aoide)
Practice/occasion (Melete)
Ideas
We are avatars for ideas
Extend an Invitation
Make it clear
Engage in a dialogue
You’re Doin’ It Wrong
“My f*cking book won’t tell me its name!”
“Well, if you’re going to talk to it like that, it’s not going to tell you anything.”
Sweet talk your ideas
Be ready for them to show up
You’ll get love
The Way of Many
The Way of Many
• Collective Ideation
• Learn. Teach. Master.
Collective Ideation
Incubate to Generate
Ideas are a network
The source of great ideas
Avoid
Diverse environments
Invite others to wonder with you
In praise of slow…hunches
Co-work to collaborate
Plus it
Reframe #fail
Share mistakes
Learn. Teach. Master.
Leaning? Always!
Learn from the masters
Teach what you know
Reach Mastery
Discipline is Victory
What do you get?
Expression
What you produce is unique
Doing you = Awesome
• Singing your song in your voice
• Creating what you want to see/use
• Getting your remix on: gather like an aficionado; repurposing like an artist
Productivity
Productivity through little bets
The d.school process:
• observe
• suggest
• tinker
• review
• apply feedback
• reiterate
Flow? Found.
The stage is set for Flow
• Cleared space – work area, time, head
• Concept in mind: know what you want to achieve and what it looks like
• Necessary materials on hand
• Distractions eliminated
• Practice in place
• Willingness in place
Creative Confidence
Was ist das?
“…the confidence that, when given a difficult problem, we have a methodology that enables us to come up with a solution that nobody has before.”
David Kelley, Ideo
It does work
Last outcome
The end…?
Resources
delicious.com/denisejacobs/creativityhabit
Further reading
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/reigniting-your-creative-spark/
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/banishing-your-inner-critic/
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