1. Being More Creative at Work
Presenter
Andrew Sanderbeck

2. What’s Coming Your Way!
Three things you can do “differently” at home to increase your creative thought connection
Two things you can do “differently” at work (either by yourself or with others) to solve problems and generate ideas
Overcoming three reasons you may not be as creative as you’d like

3. The Creativity Myth
One of the great myths of creativity, is that people are either born with or without creativity. Studies have shown that people are inherently creative and that creativity can be nurtured.

5. Think Differently!!

6. See Differently!

7. Horse or Frog?

8. See Differently!

9. See Differently!

10. Where is The Hidden Tiger?

11. Where are the Dolphins?

12. Overcoming Your Own BS aka Belief System

13. Meet Flip!

14. Meet Chip!

16. Are You Stuck?

17. Three reasons you may not be as creative as you’d like

18. #1 - You Grew Up!

19. #2 - You May Not Be Getting Enough Sleep or are Just Too Tired

20. #3 Standardized Tests and One Correct Answer

21. Three things you can do “differently” at home to increase your creative thought connection

22. 1. Shake Up Your Routine 

23. #2 Let Go of Rigid Rules

24. #3 Observe the World Around You

25. Bonus! Cast a Wider Net for Feedback

26. Two things you can do “differently” at work (either by yourself or with others) to solve problems and generate ideas

27. Reframing opens up creative possibilities by changing our interpretation of an event, situation, behavior, person or object.

28. Think about a time when you…

29. My Favorite Reframes!

30. Just to Be Clear…
All of these are examples of reframes, since the essential nature of the person, object or event didn’t change — only your perception of them did. When you exchanged an old frame for a new one, things looked very different.

31. A Technique for Reframing
E + R = O
Event + Response/Reaction = Outcome

32. Questions to Ask Others:
Meaning — what else could this mean?
Context — where else could this be useful?
Learning — what can I learn from this?
Humor — what’s the funny side of this?

33. Questions to Ask Others:
Solution — what would I be doing if I’d solved the problem? Can I start doing any of that right now?
Silver lining — what opportunities are lurking inside this problem?
Points of view — how does this look to the other people involved?

34. Have a “Plagiarism Friday” (GASP
Have a “Plagiarism Friday” (GASP!) where people bring in great ideas from outside your organization and ask them to share what makes the ideas innovative and creative. (And yes, I “borrowed” this idea.)

35. WOW!!!