Tag: Creativity
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8 paradoxes of creative people
For a person who likes to plan and be organized, the idea of a messy mind as a driver for creativity is intriguing. It sure explains a few things for me. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! I heard Penn researcher and Ungifted author Scott Barry Kaufman speak recently about redefining intelligence at Idea Festival,…
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The Emotions That Make Us More Creative
I’ve often wondered what the best emotional state of mind is to be creative? For sure I assumed being happy or having positive feelings were key to driving creativity. Read on, and get ready to be creative under the influence of a variety of emotional states. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Artists and scientists…
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Confusion of three sympathy, empathy and compassion
We send sympathy cards. There is a whole selection for life situations where it is appropriate and expected to show sympathy. In the West, we have been culturally programmed for displays of sympathy. We get close to the fire of emotion from another, but shy away just in time as to not get burned. We…
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Design thinking: Creativity, innovation and empathy in the 21st century
I wish that my education had been focused on learning how to solve interesting problems, rather than serving up the one, correct answer by rote. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Take a look inside revolutionary companies like Apple and Google and you’ll see more than bright minds creating innovative products and tools that change…
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Empathy-first will fuel your creative process
Given how important empathy is in our modern world, both in the way we treat each other and for creating a better future, why are we not teaching a full course on this in school? Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! What has empathy got to do with creativity? Being a highly empathetic person I…
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Empathy In Creativity and Design Thinking
Be sure to watch the video at the end of this post. This is where we need to focus our outrospection empathy as a global community to solve the biggest problems of our times. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! The new RSA animate video, The Power of Outrospection is quite thought provoking and has gotten me…
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What’s Empathy Got to Do with Creativity?
Empathy was hard for me, particularly towards myself. Little did I know how much of a creative unlock, being more empathetic was. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Let’s start by being real. Creativity is not hard. Neither is empathy. They are both natural human impulses. Watch what a child does when presented with crayons…
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After 25 years, why I walked away from my beloved career
First published in 2017, this recounts my experience with burn-out. After 18 months away from corporate life and travelling the world with my family, I re-entered the workforce a completely changed person. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! When I told people I was effectively dropping out of the career I took 25 years to…
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Imagination or What is not present to the senses
Imagination is the soil that brings dreams to life. – Anonymous For fifty minutes in the morning, there is time to learn something. This is the gap between one world and the next. After a quiet period of getting ready to leave the house, there is the commute. It could be viewed as a stressful…
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The Future of Human Work Is Imagination, Creativity, and Strategy
The workplace and our place in it, is constantly evolving. Exciting times are on the horizon as expectations for contribution at work become more interesting. Hope you enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Few industries, if any,…