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Changing routines to build new thought
From the course: Management Tips
Changing routines to build new thought
- One of the biggest obstacles to personal growth and creativity is remembering what it was like to be kid. When you were a kid, you were extremely creative. Your imagination never stopped. Every new issue or task was a mystery to be explored because you didn't have strictly developed patterns of thinking. You lacked a million routines that adults rely on every day. However, as kids continue to grow, their way of thinking about issues is slowly but surely constrained because the environments we occupy have rules. So a child goes to school and learns to go to their homeroom instead of wandering and exploring the building. They learn where to sit. They learn the correct procedure for everything, from test taking, to how to walk down the hall, and even how to ask permission to use the restroom. They learn many required routines. And research shows that around the third grade, creativity plateaus or declines in most kids. It gets worse in high school. In college, even worse. Then as…
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Becoming a change agent2m 59s
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Finding targets for innovation2m 45s
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Embracing failure2m 33s
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Developing your creativity3m 6s
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Embracing the devil's advocate2m 50s
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Managing creative talent3m 2s
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Fighting bureaucracy3m 6s
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Not all best practices are best2m 57s
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Diversity’s real power2m 6s
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Initiating change conversations2m 57s
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Creating needed debate3m 2s
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Myth of creative genius2m 44s
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Making risk feel like learning2m 47s
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The difference between creativity and innovation3m 10s
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People don't hate change2m 47s
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Advocating for the unpopular2m 20s
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The upside of limited resources2m 54s
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Understanding change capacity2m 24s
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Picking a successful fight at work2m 19s
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