creativity for free - bbc creativity hub day - mc - jan 2015
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creativity for free:
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to improve creativity, reduce threat
here’s why
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and how - in5 easy steps
works immediately too
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Recognise this space?
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what are the priorities of this normal?
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art work by shaun killen
current normal: the head /brain is where the action is
the body is just inconvenient carrier for brain
(to chairs)
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body can have crap food crap rest
crap social engagement crap movement
as long as it gets the brain… from one chair to another?
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like these
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and these m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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shaun killen
living, working from the neck up howevermeans dis-ease
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like stress fatigue
chronic pain low energy weight gain
fear reduced creativity
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the brain is connected to the body
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but here’s the thing:
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the brain is connected to the body
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paradigm shift
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AND the brain is physical
it requires nutrition, recovery, o2, stimulation, light
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just like the rest of the body
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Recognise this scene? what is the story?
what are the beliefs? Where is the technology?
so what we do to the body !
IMMEDIATELY AFFECTS THE BRAIN under slept
under moved under nourished under socialised under imagined
False Economy false priority false food
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example brain/body connection: threat response
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reflexive response to flying bat
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threat: we respond. without thought
to protect ourselves
reflex: pre-conscious (startle, panic) - affects brain m.c. schraefel
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automatic threat response: fight, flight, or
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protect the squishy bits
automatic threat response: fight, flight, or
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the science of “protect the squishy bits.”fatigue
stress!pain
threat reflex: PHYSICAL CHEMICAL response
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the science of “protect the squishy bits.”
effects of threat
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the science of “protect the squishy bits.”
when threat is low wide field of view see lots of options
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fatigue
stress!pain
threat reflex: PHYSICAL CHEMICAL response
the science of “protect the squishy bits.”
in threat, peripheral vision
narrows; only see the one
salient bit
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fight flight or freeze
is a reflex
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fatigue
stress!pain
threat reflex: PHYSICAL CHEMICAL response
the science of “protect the squishy bits.”
it is hard to be creative here
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sometimes
it is hard to be creative here
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or here m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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Recognise this posture? m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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recognise this? m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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and this version m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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recognise this?
just taking this position IMMEDIATLEY turns on “in threat: protect” response
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how creative can you be here?
fatigue
stress!pain
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PHYSICAL CHEMICAL
let’s test it m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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Go ahead and test it:
crouch down and try to say “i feel wonderful”
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now lets fix this IMMEDIATELY
stand up with arms up and chest and hips out
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Go ahead and test it againthis time, standing up, arms up hips and chest forward
now say “i feel wonderful”
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BRAIN BODY
CONNEXION
REP the RIGHT model - the new paradigm - it’s natural; it’s science
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you IMMEDIATELY reduce threat, improve performance reflexively
RESPECT
IMMEDIATELY this posture change triggers
the body/brain connection
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reduce threat, improve performance reflexively
IMMEDIATELY restore peripheral field of view
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more creatvie: because you see a wider set of options
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simple environment
strategy
EVIL INCARNATE
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BURN THE
CHAIR
http://tinyurl.com/sitstandwalk
the chair is the wrong normal
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simple environment
strategy
EVIL INCARNATE
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http://tinyurl.com/sitstandwalk
BURN THE
CHAIR
the chair is the wrong normal for creativity
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put your own mask
on first
Fundamental and first way to
reduce threat and be
more creative
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@mcphoo
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
backed by death
in5 tune up
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5 paths to put your own
mask on first
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paradigm: tune, rather than
changealign
brain body connexion m.c. schraefel
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
aside:
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move
inertia/entropy too much
(no recovery)
sweet spot tuning
for YOU Now
(frequency)
paradigm: tune, rather than
change
http://tinyurl.com/sitstandwalk
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
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eat
not enough death
too much - disease
(then death)
sweet spot tuning
for YOU Now
paradigm: tune, rather than
change
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
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paradigm: tune, rather than
changealign
brain body connexion m.c. schraefel
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep http://www.begin2dig.com/2014/07/why-behaviour-change-must-die-make.html
more on TUNE rather than CHANGE:
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@mcphoo
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
backed by death
in5 tune up kit
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@mcphooken Froese, ground flow
bare or minimalist footwear (twist test)
M o v e m e n t K i t :
diaphragm breathing practiceJoint by Joint
movement work (pro/ves/vis)
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vision work
MOVE
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EssentialPer for mance EAT Pract ice Kit
Red Green
EAT m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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@mcphoo
EssentialPer for mance Food Pract ice Kit
Red Green
red: had eyes (or would have) or equivalent in legumes/veg
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@mcphoo
Cognitive Kit for Creative Innovators and Problem Solvers
Keep learning new things - and practice them Languages, instruments, math, structure, challengeStep up to assessment from time to time (take a test)Practice communicating new ideas (teach deeply)
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Cogitate
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@mcphoo
Test/ReassessSocial Interaction Kit
ENGAGE
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@mcphoo
Sleep/Recovery/Circadian Kit
Mask Ear Plugs Hours before midnight Cool Room / Socks Orange Specs f.lux
Check: wake up on time without alarm 7.5 hours easliy
sunsprite.com
Sleep
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For creativity:
wear your sunglasses at night m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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not during the day m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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Sleep/Recovery/Circadian Kit Sleep/Recovery/Circadian Kit
metabolism
SleepGet as much
(esp. early morning)
SUN as possible
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can use a SUNSPRITE to see if you have enough
http://instagram.com/p/wQy6ZCJqjU/
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@mcphoo
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
in5 take aways
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TUNING WORKS
small adjustments for BIG gains
the RIGHT experiments
to explore & discover
performance
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@mcphoo
the brain is part of the body the converse is also true
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movie
videotinyurl.com/in5ogilvy pilot
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tune the brain/body connexionget creativity performance for free - fastMove
Eat Cogitate Engage Sleepm.c. schraefel
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in5
tinyurl.com/in5ogilvy
scenes from
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take away: to be more creative IMMEDIATELY
reduce threat m.c. schraefel follow @mcphoo
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it’s as fast aschanging from protect squishy bitsup
to standing up and reaching up
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the brain is connected to the body
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works immediately because
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the brain is connected to the body
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in5 prioritises new BBCthe Brain Body Connection
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@mcphoo
in5 tune up helps you: prioritise YOU first
before the task in order to exceed the task
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take away: **you first**
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@mcphoo
Move Eat Cogitate Engage Sleep
put your own mask on first
in5 tune up kit
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take away: you first
HOW: the Brain Body Connectionfor immediate, reflexive response
So take advantage of
Use in5 move eat cogitate engage sleep to support BBC and thus reduce threat and thus open up creativity
In threat, can’t be creative: vision narrows too much
Do your in5 first, everything else flows, automatically, from that
Without in5, BBC can’t perform optimally, creatively
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you first - all you’s first
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