Creativity: Theory and Practice
Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
Henrik Karlssonhenrikkarlsson.xyzGo for a walk; cultivate hunches; write everything down, but keep your folders messy; embrace serendipity; make generative mistakes; take on multiple hobbies; frequent coffeehouses and other liquid networks; follow the links; let others build on your ideas; borrow, recycle, reinvent. Build a
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
When nature finds itself in need of new ideas, it strives to connect, not protect.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Creative aliveness: turning life into a creative adventure
This gives us a roadmap to doing more creative work. What we need to do is, in the exploration phase, raise the perceived value of doing the work, raise the perceived costs of not doing the work, and lower the perceived value of doing other things.
Dan Shipper • Why You're Not Doing Creative Work
Make it attractive to do more creative work
Marty Bell • WePresent | Marty Bell’s 10 tips for a more fulfilling (and fun) life
Daniel Vassallo • Daniel Vassallo on Applied Antifragility – Visión Periférica Podcast • Podcast Notes
Reframe non-productive time. One of the reasons the exploration phase of the work is low value is that most of it doesn’t look like work. It’s lots of reading, and sitting and thinking, and doodling, and trying things that lead to dead ends. Non-productive time feels like a waste—but it doesn’t have to! One way to think about this kind of time is
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Non-productive is often framed wrongly so
