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Morning!

 

Over the last few days I've visited the Glasgow School of Art and Kingston School of Art.  The buzz in such places is so exciting.  I was also struck by the influence and appreciation of the old, within the new.  (In terms of architecture, techniques and style).  That's something we can apply to all aspects of life - extracting the best from the past and merging it with new ideas or twists.

 

This got me thinking about creativity as a wider subject, so it's the focus of this week's HFM. 

 

Grab a cuppa (or even a sketch book) and we'll look at:

 

  • How you may unknowingly be stifling your team's creativity.
  • The importance of making creative time (even if you struggle to draw stick men).
  • Eighties hairstyles, where creative expression went too far!

 

Julie

 

Julie Smith

Director

Pressurevalve™ Ltd

julie@pressurevalve.co.uk

 

www.pressurevalvecoaching.com

www.pressurevalveprojects.com

 

For reflection and tips:

Are you unknowingly stifling your team's creativity?

 

This article tells the story of a CEO who was frustrated at his team's lack of innovative thinking and the impact it was having on business.  Through coaching, he realised that his behaviour was undermining their creativity because when they shared an idea with him, he expected them to have every detail of it worked out.

 

Are you ever guilty of this with your colleagues and team members?

 

I think the article's author; Shawn Kent Hayashi, sums it up well with this statement:

 

"There’s a time for thinking critically and a time for thinking creatively. When it’s time to think critically, turn on that part of your brain and use it only for analyzing and making decisions. Make the decision and then clearly communicate why you made the decision you did. When it’s time for thinking creatively, turn off the critical, judgmental and sharp thinking, and engage again in describing the desired outcomes, collaborating and listening. Encourage your team to dream and to have fun with ideas as they imagine new possibilities."

Read the article >>

For tips and strategies:

How we are all creative and the benefits of creativity

 

I've got a couple more articles to share with you.  The first is from the Huffington Post and it highlights different ways that we can be creative.  This is important as many people say they aren't creative because they didn't pass art exams at school.  Creativity is so much more than that, it could be an engineer's innovative solution for her building project, or a Dad who makes-up great bedtime stories, so they'll be less toddler melt-downs at the prospect of going to sleep.  

 

The second article is from Tabi Jackson Gee.  It reminds us of the benefits of creativity, such as being in flow, increased self-esteem, improved mental health etc.

 

So, have a read and think about what you already do that's creative and how you could introduce more creativity into your life, not with an end objective/output, just for the sheer pleasure of creating.

 

(Think about it, an artist doesn’t look at a blank canvas and say; ’I must paint a masterpiece that will be reproduced on student's t-shirts for decades to come'.  Nor does a scientist gaze into a petri dish and think; ‘If I haven't found a cure for cancer by teatime, I’ll be a complete failure’.  Both, experiment, make mistakes and let those mistakes take them in new directions). 

Ways we can be creative >>
Benefits of creativity >>

For a smile/scream:

Hair crimes of the 1980s

 

Part of me feels mean laughing at these terrible eighties hair-dos as we've all had some horror hairstyles in our time.  However, these bad barnet’s take it to stratospheric levels, so part of me feels it's a public duty, to warn of what could happen if there's a buy-one-get-one free offer on hairspray. 

 

Show me the horror hair >>
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