2. Welcome to Your Personal Creative Journey, based on
the work of Michael Ray and Rochelle Myers
Recognizes that change
and your personal
creative resource are the
only constants
Migrated to other
communities:
Businesses,
Schools,
Parents,
Families affected by
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3. Creativity in Business Topics
#1 Introduction to CIB
#2 Relaxing the VOJ
#3 Precise Observation Tools
#4 Powerful Question
#5 Purpose & Vision
#6 Time & Stress
#7 Relationships Challenges
#8 Balance
#9 Prosperity
#10 Living Creatively
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4. What kind of creativity are we talking about?
Being in flow
Perfect tennis or golf shot
Saying just the ‘right’ thing at just the
‘right’ time
Smelling a rose
Looking in a newborn baby’s eyes
Deeply collaborative relationship
5. Another way to see it:
Creativity is…
• A challenge to the status quo and
‘conventional wisdom’
• Self-expression
• The Language of Change
• Others?
6. Great Idea Exercise
On a sheet of paper, or in your journal, draw what you see here:
BEFORE DURING AFTER
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12. Four Basic Tools of Creativity
1. Trust your Creativity
2. Relax your Judgment
3. Precise Observation
4. Powerful Questions
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13. What do we mean by “Trust”?
• Willingness to take the next step
• Letting go
• Seeing the unknown as adventure
• Willingness to launch a journey
• Acting on our potential
• What do you trust in enough that you’re
willing to step into the unknown?
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14. When You Trust Your Creativity
You:
• Know creativity resides inside you
• Understand your unique creative process
• Have confidence in your ability to access it
• Can access courage to rely on your own resources…
• Embody an openness to new ideas and inputs
• Experience a willingness to make mistakes
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16. Daily Live-With Practice
Purpose:To have a personal “in-context”
experience with the concepts that is:
– practical
– integrated into work and home life
– reflective
Different“Live-With” for every creativity
tool & challenge
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17. Live-With Process
Breakthrough
Reflection & Individual
Practice
Documentation Coaching
Live-Withs are a highly leveraged approach to change
• practice in context of daily activities- no time, just
mind-share
• experiment with new approaches
• reflect and journal on your experience: pay attention
to the results
18. Live-With Process
Beginning of week
review Live-With, post reminders
Practice daily
jot down notes from personal experiences
End of week
capture experience, write reflection in journal
Submit reflection to your coach
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20. Have no expectations
IF expect an outcome,
THEN miss possibilities
IF expected outcome not occur,
THEN feel defeated
IF expect only one approach,
THEN stuck when it does not work
IF expect to be stuck,
THEN you will be
IF you know everything,
THEN no room for creativity!
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21. Live With: Have no Expectations
Surrender the need to know
Practice trusting yourself
Stop anxious striving & masterminding
results
Notice your expectations and “let go”
Set a clear intention but be unattached to
outcome
Observe your creativity in action
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