2. EXERCISE: Haiku!
Write a haiku about your career.
Remember: 5, 7, 5 (syllables)
Don’t be critical of the results, just keep adjusting
the words to fit the format.
11. EMPATHY Being sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others
VULNERABILITY Owning up to one’s limitations and asking for help
HUMILITY Seeking to serve others and to share credit
INCLUSIVENESS Soliciting and listening to many voices
GENEROSITY Being liberal with time, contacts, advice and support
BALANCE Giving life, as well as work, its due
PATIENCE Taking a long-term view
Contextual Thinking
Transferrable Skills Emotional Intelligence
Critical Thinking Prepared Mind
Creative Thinking!!!
12. EXERCISE: Hidden Opportunities
Draw several rectangles on the back side of the paper I gave you—like a
comic strip.
Use these squares to document today’s morning commute.
Draw pictures or simply write a few words to tell the story.
Make sure to identify any pain points or frustrations you might have
encountered this morning.
How can we turn these pain points into
opportunities?
14. What do we
know about
creativity?
Some people are born with it.
They are lucky, gifted, talented.
These lucky people experience
“aha” moments of inspiration.
It’s something right brained people
have the capacity for.
17. Let’s look at Einstein.
Known for his creativity.
Played violin.
Loved music.
Struggled in many school subjects.
Examiner @ Swiss Patent Office.
Olympia Academy.
Einstein’s creativity was a natural result of years
of work, his environment and his social group.
19. OK.
So what do
we actually
know about
creativity?
IT’S SOCIAL.
We increase our creative ability by learning from
others, collaborating and sharing.
IT REQUIRES CULTURAL LITERACY.
We must understand what people find meaningful
—what truly matters to people.
IT’S ALL ABOUT CREATING CONNECTIONS.
In your knowledge. In the way you think. In the way
you interact with others.
IT REQUIRES CURIOSITY.
A fixed mindset is the enemy of creative thinking.
IT IS SCARY.
We fear that we need to create something from
nothing. This creates a bias against creativity.
20.
21. EXERCISE: Thirty Circles
• Turn as many of the blank circles
as possible into recognizable
objects.
• Objective: “fluency”—creating a
large quantity of ideas quickly.
• Bonus points for “flexibility”—
creating ideas that are truly
distinct from one another.
• Who wants to share?
Grid by Attilio Baghino from The Noun Project
23. Thinking creatively
requires that we
overcome several fears:
• Creating something
from nothing.
• Judgment.
• Failure and risk.
• Embarrassment.
• Loss of control.
24. It can be strengthened and nurtured
through effort and experience.
First, you must believe that your
innovation skills and capabilities are
not set in stone.
You need a growth mindset.
CREATIVITY IS LIKE A
MUSCLE.
29. Reframe.
WHAT IS A FRAME?
A belief about the world that colors your
interpretation of people and events.
• Break out of the routine stories that
structure our lives.
• Rethink experiences people have.
31. OFFLINE CHALLENGE:
ASK QUESTIONS
For one day this week, ask questions constantly
without pursuing their answers.
Ask questions, starting with Why? or What if?
It’s not important WHAT you ask, simply THAT
you ask.
