Creativity > Edition 6 - There are ideas and content all around you

Hi and welcome to Day 6 of the Cultivating Creativity pop-up newsletter - 31 days of ideas about creativity and then it's gone!

The Art of Noticing is an exceptional book about deeply looking at the world and seeing what went un-noticed before.

The art of noticing is a great approach to learning, growing and of course, creativity. There are literally thousands of inspirational ideas, observations and food for our creative brain all around us.

Creative solutions can come from anywhere.

Consider looking at:

1.???How the world around you works. Where does work come from, where does it go? Who is involved? And how do they work? This is observable in our work, our shops, our businesses, our communities - everywhere.

2.???Listen to and observe people (carefully :)) People can inspire, frustrate, annoy - they often make you feel something - and when we feel something we move. I often do nothing but people watching. What are they doing? Who do I think they are? Why are they doing what they do? How do they behave? There is a lot of inspiration in watching the very people around us.

3.???How are things designed and does that design make sense? Why are things where they are? What function do these things serve? Why do buttons, switches, doors, signs, windows, roads etc work the way they do? What is the purpose? And what can we learn for our own work and creative projects?

4.???Sounds…..lots of sounds all around us. There is never silence. We often seek silence in nature, but it's not silent - not really. We hear birds, animals, the wind, trees - not silence. Stand in your city, park, countryside, mountains and listen. What do you hear? What is causing the noise? Is the noise essential? Why is the noise there? How does it make you feel?

5.???When we think about being creative at work we could learn a lot from studying nature. Organisations are organic. So is nature. People follow the laws of nature (mostly) - so does nature. When we are looking to bring creative and innovate solutions to our organisations, what is happening in nature and what can we learn?

I'd suggest you dig into books like The Art of Noticing - this book especially really does open your eyes to what is around you. The more we can truly observe, the more we can learn and feed our brain creative ideas.

And great leaders notice things - and bring creative solutions. Check out a video I did on photography and leadership.

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