Slides from Pecha Kucha Dublin, June 2010. A visual and humorous take on we think there is not enough curiosity, empathy or imagination in the world. And a few tips on what we can do to encourage it.

1. Curiosity, Empathy, Imagination
Rory O’Connor & Anita Murphy
@roryoconnor @anitamurphy @storycubes
www.thecreativityhub.com

2. Nature doesn’t rely on the lone Hero

3. It knows you need a surplus to survive!

4. We want to create a surplus of these 3 things

5. We need more Curiosity

6. How does it..?
But why..?
What’s that?
nom! nom!
0-2 yrs 2-3 yrs 3-4 yrs 5+ yrs
Our natural state is to be curious

7. Awwh! Isn’t that cute?
There is a gap
in my knowledge.
I must ask questions.
Where do we go
when we die?
Why do I have to sleep?
How are babies made?
Were dinosaurs alive
when you were little?
Curiosity creates questions which creates curiosity

8. I’m feeling so
STOP! overwhelmed.
For the love of God!
Stop asking me so
many questions!
What did
I do wrong?
What if asking questions is not reinforced?

9. If I can just tune out the stuff
I don’t know, maybe I won’t
ask so many questions.
We stop being curious about the world around us.

10. We need more Empathy

11. I’ll never get
through all this!
Teacher...I’m You’ll have
hungry! to wait.
why?
Because I
said so!
oh.
Too often our needs are not considered important

12. Great job!
Hmm? If I just do I don’t matter.
what they want,
I’ll be ok!
Rewards are used to encourage ‘good’ behaviour...

13. Whatever happened,
you probably deserved
it! Now hurry up!
Waaahh!
We become overly focused on meeting our own needs

14. We need more Imagination

15. My fortress Hah! Your tower is no
will soon be match for Super Smash Gal!
indestructible.
Imagination and play allows us to explore possibilities

16. Aaaaagh!!
Would you ever
Uurgh! I am grow up???
a zombie!
But...we inevitably cross an invisible line

17. Ground.
Swallow me up!
C’mon Mom!
You be the
Black Knight.
We become afraid to do anything that might seem ‘foolish’

18. Who am I to get involved?
There’s nothing I can do.
That’s just how it is.
We end up believing that we cannot change the world

19. So that’s what
it feels like!
Let us all foster curiosity

20. Wow! I guess you’re
Hand over wanting respect?
your money!
Let us all build empathy

21. I thought I’d make a model to
convey how we will crush our
competition in the 3rd Quarter.
Let us use a little more imagination

22. Follow us!
@anitamurphy
@roryoconnor
@storycubes
www.thecreativityhub.com