How to Be Awesome at Your Job

1017: How to Reclaim Your Creativity and Unlock Innovation with Duncan Wardle


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Disney legend Duncan Wardle shares keys for tapping into your creative side. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) What blocks our creativity 

2) How to hone your ideas with a “naive expert” 

3) The trick to surfacing your best ideas 


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— ABOUT DUNCAN — 

As Head of Innovation and Creativity at Disney, Duncan and his team helped Imagineering, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, and Disney Parks to innovate, creating magical new storylines and experiences.

He now brings his extensive Disney expertise to audiences around the world using a unique approach to Design Thinking, helping people capture unlikely connections, leading to fresh thinking and disruptive ideas.

Delivering a series of keynotes, workshops and ideation forums, his unique Innovation toolkit helps companies embed a culture of innovation into everyone’s DNA.

Duncan is a multiple TED speaker and contributor to Fast Company, Forbes & the Harvard Business Review. He teaches innovation Master Classes at Yale, Harvard, and Edinburgh University. 

• Book: The Imagination Emporium: Creative Recipes for Innovation 

• Website: DuncanWardle.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace 

• Book: Virgin by Design by Nick Carson 


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