You may be missing ONE ELEMENT that will make you more CREATIVE
Adobe analysed 2 million job postings and 2 million resumes across 18 diverse high-growth fields. Half the job postings listed creativity as a necessary skill, but three out of four resumes didn’t include it. <read more>
Your job is a creative job - and you do not know it
Creative skills are being sought in fields like such as data science, nursing, social work, information security, construction etc. Most people do not think of these fields as "creative".
Problem solving, critical thinking, innovation, and creativity are 3 most in-demand skills. The reason is automation!
Machines are doing repeatable tasks. The tasks that demand creativity are being left for humans.
Rethinking the job as "creative" will encourage you to switch on your creative elements.
Creativity is really just solving problems in original ways. <read more>
How to build your creative superpowers
Bombard your senses: Try to feed something new to your senses every day. Watch a movie in a language you do not know. Try to solve the problems from one field with the ideas of another. Listen to podcasts, view TED talks and read white papers.
I was a guest on the podcast of futurist Ross Dawson called Thriving on Overload.
What you will learn
What mentality is needed to thrive on overload (01:51)
How to structure your engagement with information (03:31)
How to convert the divergent into a convergence (05:01)
Using sketchnotes for sensemaking (07:20)
How to pull and distil the essence of complex ideas (11:10)
How to organise information visually (14:11)
Developing a thriving community by being accessible (16:10)
How organisations can help their employees to deal with information overload (21:26)
What is the way to teach learning to learn in a world of fast change (27:45)
Why conversation is a powerful tool to thrive on overload (30:54)
Interview experts: I have interviewed experts on sleep, music, acting, personal branding and much more. People who have written a book are terrific experts you must check out.
Travel and explore new worlds: I create imaginary travel plans to countries. I read the blogs of traveler's, check out their food, music and their local heroes. Sometimes there are documentaries made about their customs and rituals and festivals. I love watching those.
I am a fan of Apple's minimalistic designs. They are masters of leveraging white space to draw attention to what they want you to focus on. This is the missing link in most people's lives.
They find enough things to do outside the comfort zone. BUT all the sensory stimulation is useless if you do not provide time to connect the dots. I try to connect the dots by drawing Sketchnotes of the ideas I have. That process gives me time and space to make connections.
Read this How to use Sketchnotes to boost your creativity
Sleeping for eight hours a day can be another counter-intuitive way to become more creative. I am sure you have your own hacks to be more creative. Do share them in the comments.
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