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And now for this month’s Seriously Playful Creativity prompt – G is for Grace
Grace isn’t a word we hear very often, and perhaps even less often when it’s placed alongside creativity.
We’re more likely to talk about imagination, originality, courage or discipline than how we treat ourselves when an idea falters, the work feels awkward or creativity refuses to arrive on demand.
You Don’t Need a Grand Story
What better way to begin a conversation about stories than with a story told through art?
When Andrew Rixon and I recently joined the IAF Book Club to talk about Facilitating with Stories, our co-curated collection of writings and experiences of facilitators worldwide, host Linmin Zhang began by asking us about the book covers.
Artful August: The Company of Others
Last month I shared what was unfolding midway through Artful August, an idea Susan Zheng and I felt had merit and decided to bring to life: 31 days of intentional creativity. Thirty-three people from different parts of the world signed up, each choosing their own creative commitment. Artful August reminded us that we are all creative. It also revealed something else: creativity may be personal, but it doesn’t have to be solitary.
Relationships before the nitty gritty
“I loved having the opportunity to get to know everyone before we dived into the nitty gritty nerdery. It helps to understand what motivated them to get involved, what they hope to achieve and how we can best work together.”
Artful August is taking shape
In July, I wrote about an idea that Susan Zheng and I decided to say “yes, and” to. That idea was Artful August, 31 days of intentional creativity.
And now for this month’s Seriously Playful Creativity prompt – F is for Flow
Have you ever become so absorbed in making, writing, gardening, solving a problem or learning something that you lost track of time?
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi used the term flow to describe this state of deep concentration and involvement in an activity.
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What Might 31 Days of Creativity Do?
What happens when you have a podcast conversation about creativity and improvisation?
Talking with Susan Zheng on her podcast This Improvised Life an idea emerged from our conversation around Artful Inquiry and Embodied Leadership and, as all good improvisers do, we decided to ‘yes, and’ the idea (we accepted the possibility of the idea rather than the challenges).
When Change Happens Faster Than We Do
What happens in a coaching session?
While I don’t’ share the specifics of client conversations, I would like to offer you glimpses of how I work with clients, through Walk & Talks, image prompts and working through realisations over time.
And now, another seriously playful prompt for you – E for Energy
An A–Z of creative nudges from my book Seriously Playful Creativity.
E for Energy
Ahhh, energy.
Sometimes we have a lot of it, other times less so.
And now, another seriously playful prompt for you – D is for Disruption
An A–Z of creative nudges from my book Seriously Playful Creativity.
D is for Disruption
Being a creature of habit can be wonderfully efficient. But it can also narrow our perspective.
Space is never just a backdrop to the event.
The capabilities needed to think, collaborate, and work well are shaped directly by the environments where we ask people to use them.
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