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There's a movement brewing built upon leveraging the transformative power of creativity to help us work and create better so that we can produce work infused with meaning. Discover how by knowing your Why, instilling tiny habits to cultivate your creative spark, and finally, fomenting creative collaboration based on the tenets of improv and open spaces, you can take the spark of Creativity (R)Evolution and use it as the impetus to push you, your teams, and your companies to create Betterness.

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The Creativity (R)Evolution

Denise R. Jacobs Øredev Conference Malmö, Sweden 7 November 2013

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I am: @denisejacobs This fine event: @oredev #oredev I’m talking about inciting a: #creativityrevolution

For the Twitters

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When 1 != 1

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Darwin’s wing man

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drthompson/3689420515/

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A Sneeze of laughter

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/girls-laughing-uganda-pod/

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Course change

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Today. Now.

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Conferences = potential for change

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toprankblog/2280204274/

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Ideas are sparked

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjliew/1286367571/

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New social networks

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The initial excitement

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ableman/543078380/

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Taken over by habit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/

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How to take it home? Sustain it?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275/

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Vocations & Aspirations

Photo by Derek Kearney

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I’m not the only one who thinks so…

http://business.time.com/2013/04/26/the-time-creativity-poll/

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Creativity is critical

http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/

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Creativity (R)Evolution!

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All gatherings are opportunities

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stella12/6899795110/

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Nurture the Creative Spark

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdoublew/2668216943/

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The Roots of (R)Evolution

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Who here feels like they are creative?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3135103537/

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“Creativity is all about making connections and seeing patterns.”

- Bruce Nussbaum,

Creativity Intelligence

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What is the “creative spark”?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogil/1507585665/

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Everyone has it

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/4812035672/

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Umair Haque

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nextconference/3504568830/

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“The sum total of human effort can add up to not merely more, but to better.”

- Umair Haque, Betterness:

Economics for Humans

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Betterness? Betterness!!

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(R)Evolution ≠ Revolution http://www.flickr.com/photos/stargardener/7037360553/

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The Foundation

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Our model: the coral polyp

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drthompson/3689420515/

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Builds rich environments

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Coral_Reef.jpg

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Creates new land forms

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23300000/Coral-Reef-Torres-Strait-Island-australia-23340592-1600-1200.jpg

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Tiny Habits

http://tinyhabits.com/

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The structure

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetq/8543067943/

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1.  In the positive 2.  Present tense

2 modifications

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Anchor to a current habit

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotobydave/333883245/

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Congratulate yourself

http://www.flickr.com/photos/clappstar/6297835482/

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Big results

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anetq/8543069503/

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From Spark to Flame

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Two levels

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragmented/2734290118/

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The Personal

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Are you a terrorist to yourself?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/koomatuomio/4182554398/

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“Obsessing about preventing bad things from happening also prevents good things from happening, or sometimes prevents anything from happening at all.”

- Scott Berkun, The Year Without

Pants

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You are the gateway

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/4396790244/

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It’s all about you being “self-ful”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/

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The Oxygen Mask Theory

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Love what you do. Do what you love.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmscottimd/616642026/

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“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

-  Steve Jobs,

2005 Stanford Commencement speech

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By nurturing your own spark

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aguslepe/5512044294/

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You’ll begin to open up

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rvm_71/5011353192/

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And then magic happens

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Self-ful transforms to

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kara_allyson/5358611092/

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Selfless

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazgrp/2050810720/

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“One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.”

- Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness

Project

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How?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyefruit/1097398/

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Recognize your brilliance

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/

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DO NOT focus on your weaknesses

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/

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You will only improve 10-15 %

(and it will be painful)

- Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0

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Need help? Channel your inner kid

Photo: Denise Jacobs

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The masters will help you

Photo: Nick Garza

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Hint: it be easy and/or will feel like play!

Photo: Nick Garza

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T

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Photo: Julian Harty

Feed your soul, don’t kill it

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Shift into the habits you want to develop

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_ehrhardt/2762573549/

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Think of several topics you are a bad-ass in. Write up 1-2 talk descriptions based on your interests and expertise.

Be courageous and share them with

peers.

Homework: Write a talk description

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7 December 2013

Check-in date

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Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to nurture the spark ignited at this conference.

Homework: Tiny Habits to Nurture the Spark

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Your spark deserves to be protected

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdoublew/2663137942/

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Your attitude is a contagion

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Happiness is contagious

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/magazine/17-10/ff_christakis?currentPage=all

Each happy friend increased an individual's probability of being happy by 9 percent.

Even perfect strangers three degrees of separation away—friends of friends of friends—exerted a significant uplifting influence

Unhappy people at the center of the network are more likely than those at the periphery to become happy in the future.

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And your change will spread beyond you

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles19/1330505/projects/5455539/30cbf8c45952cdcf360ef545b1dcaba9.jpg

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The Social

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We need to get our group on

Photo: Denise Jacobs

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Mo’ people, mo’ creativity

http://www.flickr.com/photos/international-festival/3019543830/

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Escape your silo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeemick/5106610165/

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Building 20 at MIT

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer?currentPage=all

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Listen

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684688/

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I mean really listen

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684632/

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“Getting people together is easy, but having a culture of getting them to be good at building upon each other’s ideas is hard.”

- David Kelly, Founder of IDEO

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Over lunch in 1994

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc.

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Monsters, Inc was born

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“Creativity is social…and comes out of small teams of twos and threes and fours and fives and sixes. Instead (of brainstorming) you need ‘magic circles,’ small teams of people who trust each other, are familiar with each other, and play together.”

- Bruce Nussbaum, Creativity Intelligence

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Be the one that starts the process

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Coral_Reef.jpg

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Open Spaces

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sentxd/4232907318/

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An ethos of openness

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanmeyers/6685423387/

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Improve with Improv

http://www.flickr.com/photos/roel1943/5740295789/

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Accept the offer, start where you are

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zen/3446600695/

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Use this structure

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Make your partner(s) look good

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/4597640798/

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Builds trust

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/

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Collaborations get increasingly stronger

http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipulites/5407946699/

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Eating my own dogfood: Power-Push Writing

Photo: Anna B. Scott

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Think of 1-2 tiny habits you will do to cultivate a culture of creative collaboration around you.

Homework: Tiny Habit of Creative Collaboration

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7 January 2014

Check-in date

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Viva La Revolution!

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Or moreso, Viva la (R)Evolution!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickerbulb/53116195/

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Personal fulfillment (aka Happiness)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/

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Team and company creating Betterness

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Bigger than just yourself

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/

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It’s about you + others

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4957946157/

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The work we do is *HUGE*

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Poïesis An act that transforms and

continues the world. -  Wiktionary

***** A transformative bringing forth - Martin Heidegger, philosopher

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If this is true, then

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You are artists & are Art-ing

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“Betterness can't happen if you're spending your life churning out toxic junk. It can only happen when more meaningful work is done.”

- Umair Haque, Betterness:

Economics for Humans

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Eudaimonia = Human flourishing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bohman/174718774/

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“Happiness is not just a mood—it’s a work ethic. Study after…study proves that happiness precedes important outcomes and indicators of thriving. Happiness is actually the precursor to success.”

- Shawn Achor, The Happiness

Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

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At this conference, with you

http://www.flickr.com/photos/moqub/2745092532/

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Encourage the eco-system

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Remember that we can create better together

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We can evolve creatively

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/6005503875/

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Make the switch

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeathialy/3397362215/

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Come out of the woods

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A wise man once said

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbelshaw/4168593521/

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that you want to see in the world

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20872388@N06/5572306965/

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And finally…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27620885@N02/2609974180/

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