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Developing your Creative Superpowers
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Creativity
Creativity Emotional Intelligence
Creativity
What is creativity?
“Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow
valuable is formed” Wikipedia
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how
they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do
it, the just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while”
Steve Jobs
“The only unique contribution that we will
ever make in this world will be born of our creativity.”
Brene Brown
“Creativity is one of the last remaining legal ways of gaining an unfair advantage
over the competition.” Ed McCabe
In 2020In 20151. Complex Problem Solving 2. Critical Thinking 3. Creativity 4. People Management 5. Coordinating with Others 6. Emotional Intelligence 7. Judgement and Decision Making 8. Service Orientation 9. Negotiation 10. Cognitive Flexibility
1. Complex Problem Solving 2. Coordinating with Others 3. People Management 4. Critical Thinking 5. Negotiation 6. Quality Control 7. Service Orientation 8. Judgement and Decision Making 9. Active Listening 10. Creativity
Source: World Economic Forum
The most in demand soft skills in 2019
1. Creativity 2. Persuasion 3. Collaboration 4. Adaptability 5. Time Management
Source: LinkedIn
“Akon’uche' (craft and thought) is Igbo word for 'creativity', but directly translated
it means 'human ability.
It reflects the fact we are all creative.”
It’s a compound word – craft and thought”
Introducing Creative Superpowers
Maker
Only a Maker is an explorer able to to create new ideas in culture.
Making creates the happy accidents that fuel innovation
Art by Andreas Englund
“Making makes you bolder, braver and better”
Laura Jordan Bambach Creative Partner, Mr President
Art by Andreas Englund
Hacker
Hack =
To cut or chop with repeated and irregular blows
Wikipedia
Inclusion EntrepreneurialismPurpose
Creativity
Leadership
ProductivityRecruitmentLoneliness
Heritage Neuro-Inclusion
Mental Health
Disadvantage Ability
Care & Parenting
Customers
Empathy
Teacher
#HMTT
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those
who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
Alvin Toffler Futurist
#HMTT
Thief
“Originality is for people with short memories.”
Grayson Perry Artist
“When used well, thieving is the way to create new ideas and things, faster, better and with
more fun.”
Mark Earls Herdmeister at Herd Consultancy
Which Creative Superpower are you going to use tomorrow?
Maker Hacker
Teacher Thief
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