2. JUST FOR FUN:
List as many words as you can answering the question:
“Why do people love/leave a job?”
Only use words that start with the letter “P”
Pay
Projects
etc.
3. STEPHEN P.
ANDERSON
poetpainter.com
I help businesses with
@stephenanderson
‘Product Strategy
& Design’ needs
6. My Book!
How to “get to
first base” with
our users.
The book is divided into four sections:
• AESTHETICS, BEAUTY, AND BEHAVIOR
• PLAYFUL SEDUCTION
• THE SUBTLE ART OF SEDUCTION
• THE DATING GAME
7. I know it is not the
usual type of talk that
you do, but…
Brian Sullivan
8.
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19.
20. explore new ideas and skills...
make lots of
use worlds of different things
based on activities fantasy to inspire
and objects already
familiar
a vital part of the creative
process is to ʻmakeʼ something
learn how things are made
try out your own ideas learn from our failures
experiment
express creativity by drawing
pictures, writing stories… play on their own... or with
a group of real friends
inspiration for creativity comes from many different sources
look outside your own experience
versions of everyday things allow
children to create their own worlds
36. Once the basic skills have been mastered,
designers can use their imaginations to
explore and create their own masterpieces.
37.
38. The more things designers know
about, the more they can use them in
creative thinking and play
39. Gain experience in as many
specialties as possible to round
out your understanding of the
moving parts…
Justin Talerico
co-founder Ion Interactive
http://www.commarts.com/insights/moving-upstream.html
40.
41. The fewer materials and choices
available, the more imagination is
needed by the maker.
42.
43. What p erson would
you like to be like in
your c areer? How
would the y do your
job?
44.
45. Do you think you ever grow out of
imaginary play?
46. Google’s founders Larry Page
and Sergei Brin
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
Julia Child
rapper Sean “P.Diddy” Combs
videogame pioneer Will Wright
48. the Montessori educational
approach might be the surest route
to joining the creative elite
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
49. A number of the innovative entrepreneurs
also went to Montessori schools, where
they learned to follow their curiosity
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
50. Similarly, Amazon’s culture breathes
experimentation and discovery. !Mr. Bezos
often compares Amazon’s strategy of
developing ideas in new markets to “planting
seeds” or “going down blind alleys.” !
Amazon’s executives learn and uncover
opportunities as they go. !Many efforts turn out
to be dead ends, Mr. Bezos has said, “But every
once in a while, you go down an alley and it
opens up into this huge, broad avenue.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
52. most highly creative achievers don’t begin
with brilliant ideas, they discover them.
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
53. Montessori taught me the joy of
discovery… It’s all about learning on
your terms, rather than a teacher
explaining stuff to you. SimCity
comes right out of Montessori…
videogame pioneer Will Wright
http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
54. We both went to Montessori school,
and I think it was part of that training
of not following rules and orders, and
being self-motivated, questioning
what’s going on in the world, doing
things a little bit differently.
Google’s founders Larry Page
and Sergei Brin
55. I’ve always felt that there’s a
certain kind of important
pioneering that goes on from an
inventor like Thomas Edison
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
65. How does work
become play?
Most importantly, find the
thing that ignites your passion.
When you tap into that energy,
work becomes play and you
enjoy every minute of it. Once
you’re in that mode, you’re
destined to do great things.
Justin Talerico
co-founder Ion Interactive
http://www.commarts.com/insights/moving-upstream.html
66. WORK AS PLAY
PLAYER TYPES
PLAYERS
WORLDS
GOALS
CHOOSING TO PLAY
THE GAMEPLAN
72. When have you been
happies t? List 5-10
moments.
What kind s of work
excite you most?
(Not anything spec ific, but rather the
underlying nature of the activity)
89. When I play pool, I tend to
overthink the angles to make a shot.
I've found that if I scan the table,
see where I want it to go, then
shoot, I get much better results.
–Jay Morgan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pichead/
105. For the last five-some years, I’ve given
up making New Year’s Resolutions.
Instead I have what I call the New
Year’s Project. Each year I pick a large
topic, and spend my time on and off
throughout the year teaching myself
about it.
http://www.eleganthack.com/?p=2809
Christina Wodtke
Practical Tip!
106. What do w ant learn
about? Who knows
all about that? Go
m eet them.
Practical Tip!
107. 1. To develop the expertise, reputation, influence, and
means to create (and bring to market) product or service
experiences that dramatically improve peoples' lives.
2. To inspire and share the means by which
organizations can create better customer experiences.
129. WHAT DO YOU
LOVE DOING?
FIGURE OUT
HOW TO PRACTICE
SELL IT AND LEARN!
WHAT ARE LEARN TO WHAT ARE
YOU REALLY SAY NO
PEOPLE
GOOD AT? BUYING?
with some credit to Bud Caddel (whatconsumesme.com) and Jim Collins Good to Great.
131. BIG Wa rning:
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
–Robert Frost
132. BIG Wa rning:
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
–Robert Frost
If you end up doing what you
love for a living, a work-life
balance & work-life boundaries
are very difficult to establish.
133. Wo r k to li v e . B u t d o n ʼt li v e to w o r k .
134. The "best" investment you can
make isn't gold. It's the people
you love, the dreams you have,
and living a life that matters.
Umair Haque
http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2011/06/the_best_investment_you_can_ma.html
