Idea factory by Psykologifabriken
- 1. IDEA FACTORY — How psychology can boost your creativity
- 5. 1. GET A NEW SET OF CREATIVITY SKILLS 2. LEARN HOW TO INCREASE OTHER PEOPLES CREATIVITY 3. RATIONAL FOR HOW TO GENERATE IDEAS ”ON DEMAND” GOALS FOR TODAY’S WORKSHOP
- 6. Agenda 1. A psychological view on creativity 2. Discover what kills creativity 3. On demand creativity
- 7. Rules for a great workshop 1. No dissing: be affirmative and happy 2. Don’t put yourself or anyone else on a pedestal 3. Assume everything is possible + coffee
- 8. Agenda 1. A psychological view on creativity 2. Discover what kills creativity 3. On-demand creativity
- 9. Who is the most creative person you know?
- 10. ”There’s only a few geniuses in the world, and it takes a genius to identify another genius” Immanuel Kant
- 12. ”The research is conclusive: Creativity is a set of behaviors that you can learn to do better, successful creativity is about 80 percent learned” Keith Sawyer, psychologist
- 13. Creativity Something you do, not something you are
- 14. Can you spot a behavior? Alf is happy Lisa is angry Per has a vad attitude Carole throws a plate on the floor Fiona is a rainmaker Ali turned in his paper before deadline
- 15. Behavior Something observable, specific and that’s not an interpretation
- 16. Trait: meticulous Behavior: double check, ask for feedback, prepare in advance
- 17. Trait: creative Behavior: read an article about a new subject, give feedback, have a coffee with someone outside one’s own field
- 18. The importance of valuing creativity
- 19. Define three creative behaviors
- 20. How can we increase creative behaviors?
- 23. A B C
- 24. Antecedents Comes before a behavior with the aim to increase
- 25. A B C A = corporate values, to do-lists B = suggest an improvement, ask for feedback C =
- 27. A B C A = corporate values, to do lists B = suggest an improvement, ask for feedback C = ”great idea”, ”that will never work” #10 Förstärk en vän eller kollegas kreativitet
- 28. What consequences can increase creative behaviors?
- 29. How do you go from behavior to habit?
- 30. Habit Behavior that happens unconsciously on a daily basis. About 50 percent of the behaviors we perform daily are habits
- 31. ”Creative people are more aware of what's happening around them. They notice things that they aren't necessarily looking for. At a party, creative people are more likely to talk to strangers, rather than to hang out with the people they already know” Keith Swayer, psychologist
- 32. 1. BE SPECIFIC Identify a clear and specific behavior that you want to turn into a habit. 2. MAKE IT EASY Simplicity changes behavior. How can you make the behavior easier? 3. TRIGGER THE BEHAVIOR Can you add a cue that will remind you to perform the behavior? HOW TO HACK THE HABIT LOOP
- 34. WOOP Wish: what behavior would you like to turn into a habit? Outcome: why is it important to create this habit? Obstacle: why will it be tough to create the habit? Plan: if this then that
- 35. Agenda 1. A psychological view on creativity 2. Discover what kills creativity 3. On demand creativity
- 36. What kills creativity? 1. Excessive worry 2. Assumptions about how things ”should” be 3. Stress
- 37. Worry Excessive negative thoughts about what could happen in the future
- 38. A B C A = corporate values, to do lists B = suggest an improvement, ask for feedback C = ”great idea”, ”that will never work”
- 39. What potential consequences are holding you back from performing more creative behaviors?
- 42. Brainwriting - 635 Gather 6 people You each write down 3 ideas Pass your notes between each other 5 times, adding one new idea each time
- 43. Assumptions A preconceived notion about how things ”should” be and how people (including oneself) ”should” behave
- 44. How do you think political correctness effect workplace creativity?
- 45. ”Creativity in mixed-sex groups emerges, not by removing behavioral constraints, but by imposing them. Setting a norm unleashes creative expression by countering the uncertainty that arises in mixed-sex work groups” — Jennifer Chatman, professor of the Haas School’s Management
- 46. 1973
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- 50. ”cow” COW
- 51. Arbitrary Applied Relations The assumptions that two variables are connected, without having a first hand experience fo them being connected
- 53. ”Reversed assumptions” How to think different about your job
- 54. A restaurant: …has chefs …is housed in a particular premise … have menues
- 58. ”Reversed assumptions” 1. Write down three features of your job 2. Add ”doesn’t” to each feature 3. Generate ideas that does not include the feature
- 59. Stress & creativityPsykologifabriken’s creativity challenge
- 60. Fight or Flight
- 63. Flow A state of complete concentration where time and space disappears. We become less self conscious and have access to richer associations
- 67. What can you do to increase your chances of reaching flow?
- 68. Agenda 1. A psychological view on creativity 2. Discover what kills creativity 3. On-demand creativity
- 69. Dj for Ipad, var detta det bästa alternativet?
- 70. 1. Attach papers 2. Wear as a ring 3. Fishing hook 4. Drink mixer 5. To make a fortune if you sell it to someone who have never seen anything like it before 6. As a conductor stick as long as the orchestra has a good enough vision A paper clip can be used to...
- 75. ”Never miss an opportunity to learn something new! You never know when that odd new knowledge will spark a surprising analogy, a new way of thinking about your own problem” — Keith Sawyer, psychologist
- 76. What can you do to charge your ”creativity batteries”?
- 77. 1. Select a card 2. Card+your subject=amazing ideas 3. Repeat step 1 and 2
- 78. Impossible to implement Easy to implement Has been done before Has never been done before HOW? WOW!NOW
- 79. 1. GET A SET OF CREATIVITY SKILLS 2. LEARN HOW TO INCREASE OTHER PEOPLES CREATIVITY 3. RATIONAL FOR HOW TO GENERATE IDEAS ”ON DEMAND” GOALS FOR TODAYS WORKSHOP
- 80. niklas@psykologifabriken.se Free online creativity course: Download the presentation: