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Slide 1: Visual and Creative Thinking What we learned from Peter Pan and Willy Wonka Kelsey Ruger, Pop Labs

Slide 2: There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination. Living there, you'll be free if you truly wish to be. Willy Wonka

Slide 3: creativity: cre·a·tiv·i·ty n. the ability to use imagination to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods.

Slide 4: visual thinking: vis·u·al thin·king adj. the practice of using pictures to solve problems, think through issues, and communicate clearly.

Slide 5: Life in the fast lane: In an increasingly fast paced world we don’t make time for creative activities.

Slide 6: Keeping up with the competition: It’s getting harder to innovate, produce new ideas and communicate at this pace.

Slide 7: What About Creativity? This can be overwhelming for many professionals because many of the “standard” we put in place actually limit creative ability and competitiveness.

Slide 8: Wake-up latent childhood abilities As children our world is dominated by stories, pictures and imagination

Slide 9: Visual and creative thinking techniques can help reawaken natural visual and creative skills in adults

Slide 10: nurturing creative and visual thinking in your organization • Learning and removing the myths that prevent creativity • Start using visual and creative thinking

Slide 11: First - You Don’t Have To Be An Artist Visual thinking and creativity aren’t really about drawing. Drawing isn’t what makes it a creative activity.

Slide 12: The Myths of Innovation Scott Burken - 2007

Slide 13: The Myths of Creativity

Slide 14: MYTH 1: creativity always comes from an epiphany

Slide 15: MYTH 2: there is always a clear path to creativity

Slide 16: MYTH 3: creativity is the result of the lone innovator

Slide 17: MYTH 4: creativity always results in greatness well great ideas anyway...

Slide 18: MYTH 5: I’m not creative

Slide 19: MYTH 6: being creative is a waste of time

Slide 20: MYTH 7: creativity is not for adults or people with serious careers.

Slide 21: A Beautiful Mind Understanding Why These Myths Exist

Slide 22: Beliefs are powerful: The beliefs we have about how the world works often have very emotional origins. These emotions can change how we make decisions, form habits and develop skills.

Slide 23: our need for consistency is stronger than just about any other intrinsic need we have. People will behave in a manner that is consistent with their previously existing self-concept, even when this behavior is unrewarding to them otherwise. Prescott Leaky

Slide 24: Do you have any sacred cows? Sometimes an idea loses it’s meaning over time, but isn’t abandoned because of the investment in it’s past. These ideals are often so immune to criticism that those who challenge them are ignored or marginalized.

Slide 25: How do you overcome the power of the creative myths? File Number: 4471239

Slide 26: Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

Slide 27: The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense.” Pablo Picaso

Slide 28: The di erence between Peter and the boys at this time was that he knew it was make-believe, while to them make-believe and true were exactly the same thing.

Slide 29: Overcoming the Myths of Creativity

Slide 30: Visual Thinking: Using images to solve problems and communicate

Slide 31: • 80% of the brain is dedicated to visual processing • Visual processing is not new, it’s part of our history • Written language originated from drawing and sketching

Slide 32: Tips for starting visual thinking

Slide 33: Visual Thinking Tip 1: Create an environment for creativity

Slide 34: Visual Thinking Tip 2: Start the habit of drawing

Slide 35: Visual Thinking Tip 3: Create a personal visual library Text Text From “Mapping Inner Space” by Nancy Margulies, Nusa Maal, and Margaret J. Wheatley

Slide 36: Visual Thinking Tip 4: From “Mapping Inner Space” by Nancy Margulies, Nusa Maal, and Margaret J. Wheatley Create a personal metaphor library

Slide 37: Visual Thinking Tip 5: Take creative and visual thinking breaks

Slide 38: Visual Thinking Tip 6: Practice Creativity

Slide 39: Visual Thinking Tip 7: Read more ction literature

Slide 40: Visual Thinking Tip 8: Start a visual thinking school • Schedule it - Set aside dedicated time • Be holistic - It’s not just drawing, not just brainstorming • Set objectives - What do you intend to learn

Slide 41: Getting Started: A Basic Visual Thinking Toolkit • Diamond (Decision) • Vertical Lines • Spiral (Change in Direction) • Horizontal Lines • Circle (harmony) • Circles • Direction (arrow) • Spirals • Straight • Wavy Lines • Triangle (Relationship) • Jagged Lines • Star (success)

Slide 43: Kelsey Ruger kruger@poplabs.com www.poplabs.com www.themoleskin.com