Creativity Inside the Box

In today’s episode, we’re talking about how to develop our creativity. A common misconception is that creativity is a gift you are born with. In reality, it’s a skill that anyone can learn. All you have to do is adopt a pattern or method for doing so.

Most innovation in the world can be explained by five patterns. If you could just master one or two of them, you’d be well on your way to generating high-quality ideas. In this episode, we discuss one of those five patterns: the division technique. 

Mastering the division technique will allow you to break out of fixedness and become more creative. If you’ve been told all your life that you aren't creative, listen in to discover how you actually can develop that skill.

1. A definition and explanation of the division technique.
2. The steps of division.
3. The various types of division.
4. The questions you must ask yourself as you perform the division technique.
5. Examples of each of the three types of division.
6. How to use the division technique in a process or service.
7. Pitfalls you may encounter when using the division technique.

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Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Mankind has used patterns for thousands of years to solve everyday problems. Those patterns are now embedded into the products and services you see around you every day. These patterns are like the DNA of a product or service. 

Now, imagine if you had a way to extract that DNA and reapply it to any product, process, or service. These patterns form the basis of a method called Systematic Inventive Thinking or SIT for short. 

One of the five pattern-based techniques of the SIT method is called Task Unification. 

In this podcast, learn how you can apply the task unification in the everyday things you do, whether it be at work or at home or some other part of your life. Learn how to generate ideas in a systematic way and increase your creative output no matter where you're starting from on the creativity scale. 

Task unification is everywhere so get used to seeing it out there!

1. What is Task Unification?
2. Steps in using the task unification technique
3. The benefits of using task unification
4. How you can apply task unification technique in everyday life
5. Internal components vs. external components
6. Examples of existing task unified components
7. Some common pitfalls to avoid when using this technique

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Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Innovation is a skill – it’s not a gift. It's not something you're born with. You can actually learn to be creative like you could learn any other skill whether it be in business or in your personal life or some other skill that you want to learn like a new sport.

Innovation Inside the Box is a podcast dedicated to creating a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline. Each week, we feature structured creativity and innovation strategies for leaders who want to think differently and who want to be more innovative, implement change, and grow. 

This podcast is about the idea that creativity can be systematic. 

With each episode, you will learn how to generate ideas using a method called Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT), which you can apply individually or with other people. You're going to learn how to break fixedness and discover great ideas that will help you generate even greater ideas. 

If you’ve struggled many times to come up with great ideas, this gives you a way to actually generate high quality, innovative ideas on demand – anytime you want.

Innovation Inside the Box starts now!

1. Reasons you want to improve your creative skills
2. What is creativity?
3. The 3 criteria for creative thought
4. How does the brain produce these creative ideas?
5. What holds people back from being creative?
6. Constraints are not a barrier to creativity, fixedness is!
7. The 3 types of fixedness

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Episode Credits

If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment.

He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world.

Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Drew Boyd is a global leader in creativity and innovation, international public speaker, award-winning author and innovation blogger, and university professor who has worked with clients such as GE Aviation, Johnson & Johnson, L'Oreal, Stryker, Danaher, Kaiser Permanente, Eli Lilly, Underwriters Lab, Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati Bell, and Toyota. He teaches teams, businesses and governments how to solve tough problems to create a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline. Drew reframes the innovation process in a way that makes people more—not less—creative.

Innovation Inside the Box features structured creativity and innovation strategies for leaders who want to think differently, be more innovative, implement change and, grow. The conversations you'll hear will help you apply innovation methods to services and processes, overcome resistance to ideas, and create a culture of innovation.