HOW TO BE
MORE CREATIVE
Designed by Huong Ngoc Vo
bY dOing COnVErsely
W h a t i s
C R E A T I V I T Y ?
The TRUTH about SANTA
CLAUSE
GUESS WHO?
Creativity is the process
of bringing something
NEWinto being
WHERE SOMETHING NEW
COMES FROM?
Destroy OLD, Create a completely
NEW
3 500 B.C. 1938
CoMBiNE tO CrEaTe
NeW
1970
C o m b i n e W H A T ?
Known, Know that Unknown, Unknow that Unknown
Things we already captured
KNOW ABOUT
KNOWLEDGE
Things we prefer to study
Things are absolutely strange to
us
H o w w e G A I N m o r e
K N O W L E D G E
H o w w e U S E o u r
K N O W L E D G E
Do WE like something
NEW STRANGE?
I ’ m a f r a i d n o t
UnEXPECTED
T h i n g s
They destroy old models
They destroy all plans
They are out of our
control
What’s a terrible day
!?Plan
– Depart at 7:00 AM
– Arrive at 7:30 AM
– Have breakfast and review the
content
– Start meeting at 9:00 AM with client
A
– 2:00 PM: demo new features
– …
Reality
– Depart at 7:00 A.M, your bike suddenly
broken. It takes 1 hour to fix.
– There is an accident on the road and causes
a serious traffic jam. It takes you 1 more
hour. Your phone is low battery and can’t
contact anyone.
– Arrive at 9:20 AM, being late for the
meeting and haven’t have breakfast yet.
– Sever crashes while demo
Charles Duhigg’s Experiment
STRENGTHEN your BRAIN
Change point of view
Be comfort with
mistakes
and fails
Find many SOLUTIONS for
one PROBLEM
Find many
PROBLEMS
for one
SOLUTION
Do something
NEW or make
you NEW
They can do it
So can you 
Find a
partner
Sometime
s you
teach
them.
Sometime
s they
teach you.
Watch the way other people work. Re-do your work as their way
Have fun with everything you can touch
Don’t be so
serious
all the times.
Break your
rules
sometimes Make sure it
won’t cause
serious
consequences.
Make
a
JUMP
Reinvent Stories
Explain things in AbNormAL ways
Play with Colors and Art
Ask for
help
Connect
with people
Meet
new
PEOPLE
Make
Friends
Under
-stand
Nature
Understand your Feelings
Let go of…
Take times to
Relax and
Recharge
Step by step
StraNGE
things
Becomes a
PerFecT
part of you
Help you recognize
New Models
which build up a new
Unexpected Result
THANK YOU
FOR
WATCHING
Stay FOOL Stay HUNGRY
CREDIT, COPY RIGHT and
REFERENCES
Non of images/ artworks/ ideas/ studies are mine– Tango
– Nsh Official
– The Award Yeti
– Buni Comic
– Ling Heng Swee
– MaryAngela1992
– Mark
– The power of Habits
– Black swan
– Anti-fragile
– One plus one is three
– Secrete of smart
working (ted talk)
– (some I don’t
know)…
– The Square
Comics
– Buffer
– Turcios
– Bizarre Art
– Earth without
art is just Eh
– Stock

How to be more creative

Editor's Notes

  • #7 Archetypal suitcase
  • #8 Rolling suitcase 1970 Take 50 years to match 2 things
  • #14 Psychology: no Habit, experience crash Brain like things familiar Work well Comfortable, safe Adult: consistent + bind + bond Stimulate Imagination: strange Challenge your brain
  • #16 Look like it makes you dizzy, exhausted, annoyed?
  • #21 Change point of view Be comfort with problem, mistake Take risk and make sure under control (because it would be catastrophic)
  • #22 Find a solution for a problem Many ways to go to the end point
  • #23 Find problem for solution How things can use in another expected ways
  • #24 Try new style Wear new close
  • #25 Do with someone you like/ don’t like
  • #26 Watch other people do something: Learn to do it Try new method
  • #27  Use creativity in other aspects Do the thing you like Do thing strange, Have fun
  • #28 You can try to break your rules sometimes Make sure it won’t cause serious consequences.
  • #29  Don't go step by step, follow process all the times
  • #30  Reinvent story
  • #31 Play with color
  • #32 Ask for help Connect with people
  • #33 Meet new people Make friends Strong relationship
  • #34 Understand nature
  • #35 Talk, explain what you do, listen
  • #36  Be honest Express feelings Talk, explain what you do, listen
  • #38 Add new Leave old Make strange thing work well That the way creative creates