There's a movement brewing built upon leveraging the transformative power of creativity to help us work and create better so that we can produce work infused with meaning. Discover how by instilling tiny habits to cultivate your creative spark, and finally, fomenting creative collaboration based on the tenets of improv and open spaces, you can take the spark of Creativity (R)Evolution and use it as the impetus to push you, your teams, and your companies to create Betterness.
48. Are you a terrorist to yourself?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/koomatuomio/4182554398/
49. “Obsessing about preventing bad
things from happening also prevents
good things from happening, or
sometimes prevents anything from
happening at all.”
Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants
50. You are the gateway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/4396790244/
51. It’s all about you being “self-ful”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/
52. Self-ful-ness
Caring for your own welfare so that you
are able to care for the welfare of
others.
54. Love what you do. Do what you love.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmscottimd/616642026/
55. “The only way to be truly satisfied is to
do what you believe is great work. The
only way to do great work is to love
what you do.”
Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech
56. By nurturing your own spark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aguslepe/5512044294/
57. You’ll begin to open up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rvm_71/5011353192/
61. “One of the best ways to make yourself
happy is to make other people happy.
One of the best ways to make other
people happy is to be happy yourself.”
Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
76. Homework: Write a talk description
Think of several topics you are a
bad-ass in. Write up 1-2 talk
descriptions based on your
interests and expertise.
Share them with your partner in one
month.
77. Homework: Tiny Habits to Nurture the Spark
Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to
nurture the sparks ignited at this
conference.
83. Happiness is contagious
Each happy friend
increased an individual's
probability of being
happy by 9 percent.
Even perfect strangers
three degrees of
separation away—
friends of friends of
friends—exerted a
significant uplifting
influence
Unhappy people at the
center of the network
are more likely than
those at the periphery to
become happy in the
future.
http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-10/ff_christakis?currentPage=all
84. Your change will spread beyond you
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles19/1330505/projects/5455539/30cbf8c45952cdcf360ef545b1dcaba9.jpg
88. Building 20 at MIT
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all
89. Escape your silo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeemick/5106610165/
90. Listen. No, really listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684632/
91. Be the one that starts the process
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Coral_Reef.jpg
92. Be like Molly
http://www.flickr.com/photos/janbrasna/112338913/
93. Be the locus where ideas can mix & mingle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/7496803638/
94. “Getting people together is easy, but
having a culture of getting them to be
good at building upon each other’s
ideas is hard.”
David Kelly, Founder of IDEO
95. Over lunch in 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc.
97. “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
115. “Betterness can't happen if you're
spending your life churning out toxic
junk. It can only happen when more
meaningful work is done.”
Umair Haque, Betterness: Economics for Humans
116. Bigger than just yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/
117. It’s about You + Others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4957946157/
118. Eudaimonia = Human flourishing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/174718774/
119. “Happiness is not just a mood—it’s a
work ethic…..Happiness is actually the
precursor to success.”
Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven
Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and
Performance at Work
120. At the close of UX Week, with you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moqub/2745092532/
133. Connect!
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134. THE CREATIVE DOSE
A Creativity + Innovation Collective
Work Better. Create More. Create Betterness.
Creative Thinking & Problem-solving
Applying an Innovation Mindset
Creative Collaboration
Team Communication & Cohesion
TheCreativeDose.com
@thecreativedose
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