2. Esthetic Action: Creativity as a
Collaborative Process
• Theoretical Rationale
• Sharevision: A Practical Example of
Collaborative Creativity
• Research on Collaborative Creativity
• Sharevision: Collaborative Reflection in
the Classroom
• Creative Arts Learning and Collaboration
in the Classroom: Practical Example
3. Esthetic Action: Creativity as a
Collaborative Process
• Workplaces are either very enthusiastic about
creativity in the workplace or they guard very
heavily against it.
• Bachelard’s evolution of thought demonstrates
the evolution of workplace creativity. He once
believed there was no place for creativity in
the workplace. He later came to embrace it.
4. Esthetic Action: Creativity as a
Collaborative Process
• We value the actions we perform over
reflection on those actions.
• Some businesses build in time for group
reflection. Google encourages people to “play”
during work as a way to relieve stress and
build creativity.
• Most organizations operate under the belief
that “time is not to be wasted.”
5. Esthetic Action: Creativity as a
Collaborative Process
• What inspires creativity?
– When people feel safe, listened to, and
understood, their performance is enhanced.
– Emotional support is at the heart of
educational processes.
– Elimination of hierarchies helps people
collaborate.
6. Esthetic Action: Creativity as a
Collaborative Process
• What hinders creativity?
– People not getting recognition or credit
where it is due.
– People choosing not to be recognized for
fear of negative consequences.
7. Esthetic Action: Creativity as a
Collaborative Process
• Evidence-based, theory-driven, reflective
practice can offer healthcare practitioners a
work environment that brings out the best in
people.
• Collaborative creativity can bring forth
unexpected resources from others.
8. Theoretical Rationale
• The development of skills for creativity in the
classroom includes personal agency, divergent
thinking, and assessment of patterns.
• According to Schotter (1993), to avoid
becoming entrapped within the confines of
narratives, metaphors, and theories about life,
new practices for multivoiced traditions of
argumentation must be invented.
9. Theoretical Rationale
• According to Baldwin (2005), collaborative
creativity is one of the most powerful
resources we have for transforming difficult
situations into opportunities for growth.
• Inherent to collaboration are clashing
experiences with diversity, difference, and
conflict.
10. Theoretical Rationale
• Anderson (1990) worked with clients and
practitioners taking turns listening to each
other, highlighting what was positive, and
encouraging each other.
• Schon (1983) strongly suggests the case for
becoming active learners through reflection-
in-action.
11. Sharevision: A Practical Example
of Collaborative Creativity
• An example of creativity generated through
collaborative reflection.
• Developed by Lynn Hoffman
• Reduced ideological battles among staff by
making time for each participant to speak and
by honoring listening as much as speaking.
• Participants learned to value gestures and
affect as much as words.
12. Sharevision: A Practical Example
of Collaborative Creativity
• Hierarchy, reductionism, and convergent
thinking was exchanged for personal
experience, stories, and associative thinking.
• The model is linked to innovative
programming, low staff turnover, and high
morale.
13. Research on Collaborative
Creativity
• Research on Sharevision in hospitals and
clinics was conducted with graduate interns
and clinicians who scored at extreme risk of
compassion fatigue.
• Sharevision research includes the integration
of movement and arts based on their positive
impact with people in resilience programs
when trauma was involved.
14. Research on Collaborative
Creativity
• Choosing an arts-integrated group social action
project stimulates sensory-emotional dialogue
on values and aspirations and helps
participants bridge their isolation to a
community.
• Sharevision appears to correlate with a
decrease in compassion fatigue, a decrease in
silencing the responses of clients, and an
increase in compassion satisfaction.
15. Sharevision: Collaborative
Reflection in the Classroom
• Students reported the following benefits
of using Sharevision in the classroom:
– Everyone’s issues were addressed
– Felt listened to
– Felt safe asking questions
– Got creative ideas from others
– Felt encouraged
16. Creative Arts Learning and
Collaboration in the Classroom:
Practical Example
• Class begins with lecture
• Experience of self-care follows
• Class divides into small groups
• Use inexpensive supplies to create a safe
place where students and professionals
can decompress
• Group discussion
17. Creative Arts Learning and
Collaboration in the Classroom:
Practical Example
• See Teaching Example on pg. 105
