Creative People Say No — Thoughts on creativity
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights A Hungarian psychology professor once wrote to famous creators asking them to be interviewed for a book he was writing. One of the most inte… Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: There are some good lines in this brief article, including "There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night [...]
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Know Thyself Creativity
I’m getting ready to present a master class at a great conference next week – fresh materials for facilitators so they can know their own style and expect the style needs of others to inform their session design and delivery. The purpose? To grow the confidence of group facilitators to be inspiring and engaging when [...]
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The creative spark | TED Playlists | TED
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning Insights Need a burst of inspiration? Wildly creative thinkers share ideas, strategies and warmhearted encouragement to let your genius out. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Likely there are many sources for inspiration, and, tellingly, all these presentations have something to offer when you open your mind to consider new [...]
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How do Creativity Facilitators Need to Behave? A checklist of sorts
Every so often for a break I clean out files. Here’s today’s find, a gem. Questions for people in helping roles to consider (adapted from Fundamentals of Counseling Shertzer and Stone, 1974 p.8). What if these are questions are for creativity facilitators as well. You think? Should they be? Can I behave in some way [...]
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How To Hack An “A-Ha!” Moment
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning InsightsYour brain is like a quilt: Experiences are threaded together and new ideas come from what you already know. Here’s how to move the process… Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: A good reminder about the importance of off-site locations for strategy planning and creative foresight sessions See on www.fastcompany.com
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How Our Senses Influence Creativity
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning InsightsThere are many practical implications of these findings. The results suggest that people and objects in the real world may unconsciously affect our cognition by triggering a global or local processing style. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Your creative output may be enhanced by first priming yourself with a [...]
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The TIME Creativity Poll
See on Scoop.it – Creativity and Learning InsightsIn partnership with the Motion Picture Association of America and Microsoft, TIME polled Americans about the role of creativity in the workplace, in schools and in government. Marci Segal, MS‘s insight: Do these stats surprise you? See on business.time.com
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World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-25 – what a week that was!
Greetings all, Likely you are aware of my involvement with World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15-21, (WCIW) as its founder in 2001 and steward. Each year around this time my attention goes 100% (and then some friends would say) to support the energy, and shake the bushes so that everyone on the planet feels [...]
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Directing our feelings and thinking to be more creative
Do you remember how much you felt and thought as a child? Probably a lot, especially if you were gifted and creative. As an adult, we may have learned to cover up or set aside much of our inner life, in order to get along with others and do our jobs. But if we want [...]
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The influence of time on creativity – great short video – shows time is a creativity tool
It’s worth the two minutes to see the effect of time on creativity. If you let it, this video can spark new thinking about why you might want to encourage, support, and welcome creativity and creativity thinking day-to-day wherever you are. Nice thought piece for World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 -21. Maybe by [...]
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