The Calm Creativity (R)evolution
Denise R. Jacobs
User Experience Professionals Association Conference
Washington, DC
12 July 2013
I am:
@denisejacobs
This fine event:
@uxpa_int #wssmiami
I’m talking about inciting a:
#creativityrevolution
For the Twitters
Conferences
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toprankblog/2280204274/
Ideas!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjliew/1286367571/
Dense networks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thelastminute/3114650732/
The microcosm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44568283@N02/4097561067/
People are neurons
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wellcomeimages/5988150008/
The initial excitement
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/543078380/
Gets taken over by habit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
Photo by Derek Kearney
I have a goal
After writing my book
Photo: Dense Jacobs
I had an epiphany
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4055814772/
Is a transformative power
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Creativity (R)Evolution
Two ways
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The Calm Revolutionary
(R)Evolution is different from Revolution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stargardener/7037360553/
Our model: the coral polyp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drthompson/3689420515/
Builds rich environments
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Coral_Reef.jpg
You are the gateway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/4396790244/
Yes, it’s all about you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/
The Oxygen Mask Theory
Love what you do. Do what you love.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmscottimd/616642026/
When you’re in touch with that spark
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It comes magic
Opens you up
Self-ful transfroms to
Selfless
Putting into Practice
Tiny Habits
The structure
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetq/8543067943/
Big results
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetq/8543069503/
(The Personal)
Cultivate the habit of nurturing your spark
Your spark deserves to be protected
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Start with Why
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Recognize your brilliance
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Don’t focus on your weaknesses
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Shift into habits you want to develop
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2762573549/
Think of several topics you are a bad-
ass in. Write up some talk
descriptions based on your interests
and expertise.
Be courageous and share them with
peers.
Homework: Write a talk description
Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to
nurture the spark ignited at this
conference.
Homework: Tiny Habit to Nurture the Spark
(The Collective)
Cultivate the habit of fomenting
synergistic creative collaboration
Creativity: super linear scaling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3019543830/
Escape your silo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeemick/5106610165/
Listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684688/
Get your Improv on
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Accept the offer, start where you are
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/3446600695/
Make your partner(s) look good
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4597640798/
Builds trust
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/
Collaborations get increasingly stronger
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipulites/5407946699/
Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to
cultivate a culture of creative
collaboration around you.
Homework: Tiny Habit of Creative Collaboration
Viva La Revolution!
Yeah!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickerbulb/53116195/
“At the most fundamental level, a first-class
user experience designer is obsessed with
other people’s happiness and has chosen this
career in the hopes to change the world. Not
because it will make them famous or rich or
powerful or get them attention in any way,
but because they have the desire to make
people’s lives better — and this is the best
way they know how to do it.”
- Whitney Hess
"How to Evaluate a UX Designer for Your
Company, or, What Makes a Great User
Experience Designer”
Personal fulfillment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/
Bigger than just yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4957946157/
Team and company creating Betterness
Eudaimonia
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/174718774/
“Companies need a jolt”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorelei-ranveig/2294885580/
At this conference, with you
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moqub/2745092532/
We can evolve creatively
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/6005503875/
And build the structures
http://www.behance.net/gallery/keep-calm-and-carry-on/2531269
‘Nuff said.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20872388@N06/5572306965/
My articles for further reading
netmagazine.com/features/
four-secrets-enhancing-
creative-productivity
alistapart.com/articles/
reigniting-your-creative-spark/
alistapart.com/articles/
banishing-your-inner-critic/
My books!
The CSS Detective
Guide
CSSDetectiveGuide.com
InterAct With
Web Standards
InterActWithWebStandards.com
My chapter:
“Learning with the
Web”
Smashing Books #3 &
#3 1/3
SmashingBook.com
My chapter:
“The Missing Element
of Redesign: Story”
DeniseJacobs.com
denise@denisejacobs.com
twitter.com/denisejacobs
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I speak, write, and evangelize Creativity!
Photo used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629078087/
And finally…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27620885@N02/2609974180/

The Calm Creativity (R)Evolution