This presentation is about identifying and changing school and classroom culture, how to encourage Flow state and creativity while having an authentic purpose.

1. CULTURE,FLOW,PURPOSE
CREATIVITY,KIDS,PROCESS
CHRIS SCOTT @CSCOTTSY

2. WE NEED PROBLEM
SOLVERS AND PROBLEM
IDENTIFIERS.

3. UNDERSTANDING DERIVES
FROM ACTIVITY
John Dewey

4. GIVE A TRY
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5. EXERCISE
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
http://goo.gl/Y9siGT

6. EXERCISE
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
http://icreate-project.eu/index.php?t=246

7. ANOTHER?
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8. EXERCISE
LIGHTS
▸ There are 3 switches outside a closed room.
There are 3 lamps inside the room. You can
flip the switches as much as you want while
the door is closed, but you must enter the
room only once. Can you determine which
switch is connected to which lamp?
http://icreate-project.eu/index.php?t=246

9. WE’RE HERE TO
DO BETTER.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/110/277616098_126498fdf2_b.jpg

10. START WITH
WHY
SIMON SINEK

11. WHAT’S YOUR
CLASS CULTURE?

12. WHAT ARE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO
EDUCATE PEOPLE?
Douglas McGregor
THEORYX/Y

13. THEORY X
KIDS NEED TO BE:
▸ Coerced
▸ Controlled
▸ Directed
▸ Threatened with Punishment
▸ to achieve educational objectives…

14. THEORY Y
KIDS
▸ Inherently Want to Create
▸ Motivated to Work
▸ Seek out Responsibility
▸ Solve Problems Imaginatively

15. CULTURE
3 LEVELS OF

16. THEORYX/Y
CULTURE
▸ Surface level: what is visible
▸ Mid level: stated rules and policies
▸ Deep Underlying: values and
assumptions

17. LET’S BUILD

18. YOUR TEAM CHALLENGE:
▸ Build the largest freestanding tower with the paper and
tape provided
▸ 5 min to design
▸ 10 min to build
▸ 10 min debrief

19. GO!
READY?

20. DEBRIEF
PICK A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
▸ What strengths did you see in your teammates? Name
them with specific examples.
▸ Were you holding back during the activity?
▸ How do the actions of another team member (negative or
positive) affect your ability to adapt?
▸ How do you respond when changes in the environment
are beyond your control? When they are within your
control?

21. HOW ARE YOU BRINGING
AUTHENTIC PURPOSE?

22. AUTONOMY
MASTERY
PURPOSE
DRIVE:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4021/4408703896_d83d8a9b05_z.jpg?zz=1

23. FLOW?
WHAT ABOUT

24. FLOW STATES ARE OPTIMAL
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Steven Kotler Flow Genome Project
FLOW GENOME PROJECT

25. FLOW BY ANY OTHER NAME
▸ In the Zone
▸ Runners High
▸ In the Pocket
▸ The Forever Box

26. FLOW
WHAT HAPPENS IN FLOW?
▸ Time speeds up or slows down
▸ Focus concentrates
▸ Transient Hypofrontality -self disappears
▸ Norepinephrine, dopamine, anandamide, serotonin and
endorphins.

27. FLOW
WHY FLOW
▸ Quick learning. Master things in
half the time.
▸ Optimal state of consciousness.

29. STAGE 1
Struggleimg: https://goo.gl/87gnyL

30. STAGE 2
Releaseimg: https://goo.gl/tJSpmW

31. STAGE 3
Flowimg: https://goo.gl/tJSpmW

32. STAGE 4
Recoveryimg: https://goo.gl/5uYyrn

33. FLOW
GET INTO FLOW
▸ 17 Flow Triggers
▸ Rich Environment, Deep Embodiment, Serious Concentration
▸ Sense of Control/ Autonomy,
▸ Creativity creates Flow, Flow creates Creativity
▸ Altruistic :: Helper’s High
▸ 4% difference between challenge and skill
▸ 17 Flow Triggers by Steven Kotler: http://goo.gl/GfEU5M

34. FLOW
PREVENTS
▸ Cortisol
▸ Self-awareness
▸ Worry

35. WHAT’S YOUR FLOW PROFILE?
bit.ly/flowquiz
Lou Ruvo Brain Institute image:https://goo.gl/CGNmZD

36. FLOW
GOER
HARD
CHARGER
CROWD
PLEASER
DEEP
THINKER

37. FLOW
HOW TO ENCOURAGE FLOW & CREATIVITY
▸ Exercise
▸ Long blocks of time
▸ Take a walk
▸ Breathe

38. DEBRIEF
WHAT’S YOUR TAKEAWAY?
▸ Please share with your group your personal takeaway from
what you’ve been learning at OETC.
▸ What’s your next step? -make it actionable.

39. PROCESS