infinite possibilities
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Possibilities Infinite
Denise R. Jacobs GEEKon Hackapalooza @ Groupon | Chicago, IL 25 July 2015
@denisejacobs #Geekon #Hackapalooza #Groupon
#infinitepossible
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Photo by Derek Kearney
From Front-end Dev à Creativity Evangelist
à Founder + Chief Creativity Evangelist http://TheCreativeDose.com/
Hackapalooza FTW!
Photo: Joshua Campsey
1,1,2,3… https://www.flickr.com/photos/bdunnette/143567420
It’s the new Black http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/
Time Magazine Creativity Poll, 2013
http://business.time.com/2013/04/26/the-time-creativity-poll/
IBM CEO Study, 2010 https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/31670.wss
Survey of 684 Developers https://www.flickr.com/photos/ter-burg/8812567121
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3135103537/
We have it, then we lose it.
This is Water. https://www.flickr.com/photos/seotaro/2101165162
“The new scarcity: the time, energy, and brainpower of bright, creative people.” - Mary Poppendieck, “Think For Yourself”
Passion for accuracy Analytical
Thinking critically Learn quickly
Problem solvers Curious
Gifts of developers
“A lot of enterprises could be a lot more successful if they pay attention to the developer rather than…the enterprise [itself].” – Delyn Simmons, Head of Developer Platform at Intel Services Division
You’ve been lucky
You’ve been able to experiment http://blackhistoryheroes.blogspot.com/2010/07/george-washington-carver-scientist-and.html
Get ideas flowing
And
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eschipul/4239849264/
“Play is how we invent and experiment.” – Josh Clarke, “The Web Gets Real”
Pursue stupid ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/142398084
Because they may have legs StartSometihingStupid.com
Inspired to be more innovative
How to move forward?
The Dark or the Light
It starts with One http://www.flickr.com/photos/33498942@N04/6009639079/
The pattern of nature
We are part of this pattern
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124263610@N08/14201837570/
The Golden Ratio https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdvan/14910785913
Everything comes from this divine unfolding
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rammorrison/2718543921
What direction should you go?
Making one solid choice is the beginning
The paradox of choice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/2279939232/
CHOOSE https://www.flickr.com/photos/buttersponge/4955768144
Non-Creative or Creative?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barretthall/3036598475/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3135103537/
Who here is creative?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kosmotesto/3794445313/
“Creativity is all about making connections and seeing patterns.” Bruce Nussbaum, Creative Intelligence
Child, please. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahalie/276780530/
Your experience this week has shown you that
Internal fears = Inner Critic Photo: Denise Jacobs
In Tibetan, creative = natural
https://www.flickr.com/photos/norte_it/2340805781
Creativity ≠ Trying to be Creative http://www.theprofessionalcreative.com/take-the-first-step-to-become-creative/
Trying ≠ Practicing
http://www.wallpaper4me.com/images/wallpapers/do_or_do_not_w1.jpeg
“Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda
“If I try to be creative, rather than just accepting that I am creative, I fail.” Andrew J. Epstein
Not about effort
More like breathing http://www.flickr.com/photos/guiniveretoo/1573049301/
Like breathing, you can build http://www.flickr.com/photos/miguel77/2728104156/
Get in tune with the process https://www.flickr.com/photos/flavijus/566174947
What’s your creative frequency? http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sine_waves_different_frequencies.svg
Listen/tune in
Filter out the background noise Photo: Denise Jacobs
Frequency: Occurrence https://www.flickr.com/photos/joelanman/367425390
Frequency: Practice https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/275200051/
Become an idea machine
Challenge/Homework: Ten Ideas a day https://www.flickr.com/photos/evaekeblad/15294401442
“Deciding for creativity does not guarantee that creativity will emerge, but without the decision, it certainly will not.” – Robert Sternberg
Decide upon Creativity. Choose it.
Then, amplify your creative frequency.
Fixed or Growth Mindset?
Mindset, by Carol Dweck
http://mindsetonline.com
Which looks more familiar?
Fixed mindset https://www.flickr.com/photos/bethscupham/7328405210
Perfection Talent Ability
Accomplishment Comparison
Fixed Mindset focused on
“Maybe I don’t have enough talent.” “What if I fail?” “If I don’t try, I can protect my dignity.” “It’s not my fault. It’s something/someone else’s.”
(Sounds an awful lot like the Inner Critic, no?)
Perfectionist?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
(Sounds an awful lot like the Inner Critic, no?)
Growth Mindset
Learning Willingness to fail
Curiosity Expansion
Being self-referential
Growth Mindset focused on
Embrace and enjoy learning
How do you change from Fixed to Growth? http://www.flickr.com/photos/f-oxymoron/5005673112/
1) Listen for your Fixed Mindset voice http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684632/
2) Recognize that you have a choice https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjsmithphotography/6804513809
3) Talk back to it with a growth mindset voice
“I can learn to do this with time & effort.” “Most successful people have had failure along the way.” “If I don’t try, I automatically fail.” “If I don’t take responsibility, I can’t fix it.”
4) Take growth mindset action
Growth Mindset actions http://www.flickr.com/photos/onegiantleap/4124211492/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959867550/ &http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/959864706/
Adopt a beginner’s mind
Release the Tyranny of the Expert
https://www.flickr.com/photos/64540855@N07/5878418781
Rediscover the familiar
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77654185@N07/8428225936
Re-learn something from a friend https://www.flickr.com/photos/ribbitvoice/2339351666
Learn something entirely new http://www.flickr.com/photos/13723940@N04/2648317554/
In my own life: learning Improv Photo: Denise Jacobs
Learning from experience is key
“I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures…I divide the world into the learners and nonlearners.” – Benjamin Barber, Sociologist
Approach everything with openness and eagerness.
Increase your knowledge and
expand yourself.
Blocked or in Flow?
Creative blocks?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99301367@N00/8497106802/
Fears https://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_lin/3193080175/
Creative Flow http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/
Is @ the Sweet Spot
Enjoy + Good at + Feeling Empowered http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/3310336516/
= Empowered Play http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8216666102/
Aka
Your brain on Flow https://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/13994747444
Flow banishes the Inner Critic!
The Flow “Afterglow” http://www.flickr.com/photos/fuzzylittlemanpeach/4633972431/
How do you reach Flow?
1) Get in touch with your brilliance http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/
2) Have clear goals
3) Uninterrupted, focused time
(how to ruin developer productivity)
(Instill the Headphones Rule) https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/9824922293
Helps create space for ideas
https://www.flickr.com/photos/creativedc/2939649520
4) Balance of risk & challenge http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianavengers/2495352933/
The Flow Channel exits between the two
5) Immediate feedback http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8124124586/
Find your Flow to dispel fears and experience
continuous creative growth.
Taker or Maker?
…Has little regard for their potential to
shape the future or ability to take action
on issues that truly motivate them.
A Taker…
…A maker’s work is characterized by morality, creativity, craftsmanship, and purposed problem solving. They view their work through the lens of service.
A Maker…
“….Makers choose their work based on impact and happiness.” Jason Cavnar, "Why developers should start choosing conscience over profit"
http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/18/developers-choosing-conscience-over-profit/
This is what you’ve been doing all week
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmount/324922376
Up-level your Makership-ness
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragmented/2734290118/
1) Stay a passionate problem-solver
http://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/4435608143/
2) Make “Bug” Lists https://www.flickr.com/photos/acerriteno/3484407240/
3) Cultivate a healthy disregard for the impossible
4) Be clear on your “Why” http://www.flickr.com/photos/zlz212/198759134/
Whom are you helping? http://www.codefevermiami.com/
Infuse meaning https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/5932362950
5) Choose bigger, more creative problems to solve
6) Spur creative thinking at scale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc.
By using this:
Like folks at Pixar
Make things that matter – to both you and others.
PROGRESS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harryharris/381154280/
What do you get? http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlaughland/3475448568/
Life is complex and so are decisions
Two tracks
CREATIVITY GROWTH MIND
FIND FLOW BE A MAKER
Guidelines; stars to navigate by http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/9255191990/
“Clarity brings about purpose, purpose brings about action, action brings about change.” – Joel Yeo
What you’ve been doing all week
Mobilize a dormant creative confidence
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badastronomy/4179773749/
You have literally gotten your Group On!
http://www.weareforeal.com/projects/bssp-nouiasaaou-2013
Collective creative ideas=infinite http://static.ipaustralia.com.au/store3/10/78/1078354.1.high.jpg
No more hoarding of ideas http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8127201319/
Creating together well http://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/4435608143/
Diversity of ideas & people http://www.flickr.com/photos/shirinwiniger/3680885289/
Combination of strengths http://www.infographicmaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/RightBrainvsLeftBrain-Infographic.jpg
Builds collaboration, trust, and empathy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2941559903
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vfsdigitaldesign/6078442693/
People + Product + Environment + Community
= Innovation
Critical
Not creative Fixed mindset
Blocked Taking what you can get
All too familiar with this
CREATE LEARN
FLOW CONTRIBUTE
While we can’t predict the future http://fusible.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/crystal-ball.jpg
Because of the unknown
http://hub.salford.ac.uk/energymonitoring/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2012/01/known-knowns1.jpg
THIS
“We are the creators of the future.” Umair Haque, “How to Have a Year That Matters”
Collaboration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipulites/5407946699/
This is your compass
Creativity is your True North
CREATIVITY GROWTH MIND
FIND FLOW BE A MAKER
All of space-time started with a singularity
Just as the Universe is expanding, so are we
Now you have more tools
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect
wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/masma06/11337154704/
The winning hack is just the beginning
You are Master Creators
Continue to contribute
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/3277839203
Continue to pursue excellence
Photo: Denise Jacobs
Pay it forward; Hack it forward https://www.flickr.com/photos/gammaman/7986229724/
The choice is clear https://www.flickr.com/photos/matias3000/253871344/
Choose
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/
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