"Innovation is at the intersection of knowledge and insights." Professor Chinnam in India  shares how STEM students for engineering require both knowledge and skills. Knowledge is learned. And how does one become skilled?  Insights come from a wanting to know though pragmatic trial and error.  Learn, Unlearn and Relearn is a formula for creativity. Another tip Chinnam puts forth is this: ask questions. And when our questions are creative questions, well, then we are truly getting to the heart of what it means to be creative. Creativity is a language. Learn it with us in this series. 

Dr Yuvaraju Chinnam
Blue Eye Soft

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 Tune in for a broad stroke and lively overview with Dr Ruth Richards on why creativity is central to the quality of our being. Creativity is not some magical-out-there-skill reserved for genius types, though we did think that in earlier decades. Today we continue to infer artists are the creatives.  To be clear, we love you artists. And we notice that you have process. Indeed,  creativity is a skillset. And creativity is something that has been around since at least the beginning of recorded time and well before that. Creativity is change way out in the cosmos and within our every day life experience.  Not feeling that creative? Fear not! Creativity Deficiency Syndrome can be fixed. We're here for you - become more creative everyday. Spoiler alert: Ruth shares tips on how to become more creative every day at the end of the talk.

Dr Ruth Richards
Everyday Creativity and New Views of Human Nature 

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"We are the future of the past," says author Rob Swigart. If this is true, and knowing what we know, what are we doing now for tomorrow? Valid question and compelling points in this conversation around how nature us perhaps our best teacher.  There are no straight lines in nature. Creativity is not a linear set of processes. Before she disappears from her capital "N" status, if that is a status, what might we learn from nature in becoming more creative? Quite a lot actually. Ancient societies are telling in human impact across the landscape. Nature is the big system in our world, what if we learned from her before it is no longer an option?  More on Rob Swigart here.

The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast is a scholarly commitment to sharing creativity and specifically creative process for problem solving (aka life) with all of humanity.  Visit our website to learn more about The Global Creativity Initiative. Write to us at [email protected]

"Everyone of us has a seed of creativity," says Dr. Freddie Riesman, begging the question, is your creativity dormant or is it growing, and if so, how are you growing it?  If you think you're not creative or wondering what creativity is then lean in. Reisman's RDCA, The Riesman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment is a free self assessment tool developed specifically for bringing self awareness about as as starting point for developing individual creativity.  Its time, it's here. We're here for you!  Identify your creative strengths and join us. Everyday Creativity happens everyday (yep, it does).
Check out the Freddie Reisman Center for more information translational research in creativity. 

The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast is a scholarly commitment to sharing creativity and specifically creative process for problem solving (aka life) with all of humanity.  Visit our website to learn more about The Global Creativity Initiative. Write to us at [email protected]