Nurturing Your Creativity:

Bringing Out the Right

Side of Your Brain

“Most people become stuck

because they are waiting. Waiting

for some external approval of their

internal drive to create….

They’re waiting for someone to

tell them it’s OK to proceed.”

Michele Woodward

Discuss:What are the other potential payoffs for using your creativity?

Intuition (N)

The following statements generally apply to me:

• I remember events by what I read “between the lines” about their meaning.

• I solve problems by leaping between different ideas and possibilities.

• I am interested in doing things that are new and different.

The following statements generally apply to me:

• I like to see the big picture, then to find out the facts.

• I trust impressions, symbols, and metaphors more than what I actually experienced

• Sometimes I think so much about new possibilities that I never look at how to make them a reality.

Discuss:Why else some people are wet-blankets

Wet Blankets

“To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.”

–Abraham Maslow

“Failure only comes when we forget our ideals/ objectives/ principles.”

––Jawaharlal Nehru

Innovation is essential to

organizational health and

future viability!

"In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative."

–Twyla Tharp, “The Creative Habit”

Discuss:What is your typical self-sabotage?

“Leap and the net will appear”

–Linnea Spransy

“Most innovation is the product of discovery, not inspiration. Creative types get out and about, seek insights from all around, test and tweak, then test and tweak again.”

–Peter Sims

Discuss:Where do you get your best ideas?

Question:“What is behind this funk?”

Two evaluation questions for your creation: Did it move people? How was my process/behavior along the way?

The goal of a creative is to tell the story!

“A ship in a safe harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is built for.”

–William Shedd

“We must always be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”