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Continuing our Best of Killer Innovations Series, we touch on creativity. Below are some ways to get inspired into incorporating creativity into your personal life to benefit your professional success. What's your creative inspiration?
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\nEveryone is creative. \xa0Yet some people seem more creative than others. \xa0What do those people have that others might lack? \xa0What's the secret to creativity? This week we talk about finding creative inspiration outside of work. \xa0I'll share my thoughts on what makes people creative. We'll also hear Kym McNicholas interview Tania Katan. \xa0Tania has just come out with a book called\xa0Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy into Your Work and Life.
\nFinding Inspiration
\nHumans use creativity every day to solve complex issues. \xa0Some people are more creative than others in problem-solving. \xa0How do these people manage to stay ahead of everyone else creatively? \xa0First, these people are inspired. Find something piques your interest and drives you to go above and beyond, experiment, and learn. \xa0You can find creative inspiration even at work. If you are passionate about your work, you are feeding your\xa0creativity.
\nPracticing Creativity
\nAnother common denominator of creative people is that they practice creativity. \xa0People do not just wake up already skilled at something. They have to practice it until they have mastered it. \xa0We can define practice as two things:
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\n* To do repeated exercises for proficiency
\n* To pursue a profession actively
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\nThere is a myth that you can't practice creativity and innovation. \xa0You can practice and become proficient. There are many ways to exercise your creative abilities. \xa0There are exercises for the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly\xa0practice of creative skills.
\nTalking Creative Inspiration with Tania Katan
\nTania Katan shares with Kym McNicholas how people's creativity in their personal life can enhance their work. \xa0Her book,\xa0Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life, examines the impact of bringing personal creative exercise into the workplace. Tania wrote this book because she saw a disconnect between people's creativity and what they did at their jobs during the day.
\nTania says that if you are looking for innovation, you must bring your creativity to your job. \xa0We can solve problems with innovation by getting our creativity to work. Throughout the book, there are exercises called “Productive Disruptions.” \xa0These are creativity breaks. Stanford's study was called the “Walking Creativity Study.” This proved that\xa0people who went for walks experiencing creative blocks experienced 60 percent higher creativity afterward. Scientific studies have proven that disruptions and breaks help improve creativity. Many people don't enhance creativity because they don't have the right experience or training. \xa0We must break through that barrier and ask “what if” questions. Stop trying to solve problems the same way and push creativity.
\nSome of the most significant takeaways from the book are:
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\n* Our job does not have to be uniquely creative for us actually to be creative.
\n* We need to feel free at the workplace to create a creative revolution inside our bodies, minds, and cubicles.
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\nOne of the biggest roadblocks to creativity is the\xa0fear of thinking and doing things differently. The best way to get through that obstacle is to face it.