Kaizen Creativity: The Science of Creativity & Innovation
65 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCreative inspiration for artists, entrepreneurs, and problem solvers! Each episode focuses on a different creativity and innovation topic designed to boost your natural creativity. Jared Volle received his M.S. in Creativity and Innovation and teaches an accessible, science-based approach to creativity that’s perfect for anyone. Learn how to optimize your creativity, stay motivated, market creative ideas, work in teams, and much more!
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Constraints: Guiding Your Creativity Towards The Best Solution
February 08, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes - 7.19 MBSometimes creative people fall into the originality trap. They focus so much on originality that they lose focus on the other half of the creativity equation: effectiveness. Placing contraints on ourselves as creators is how we guide our creativity towards usefulness. They are a necessary component to great creative thinking. Your creative. Your a free thinker. You’re an artist. That’s true. But what matters is whether you can be a free thinker inside a set of constraints. When you see the p...
Mindfulness: Getting Clarity On Your Creative Projects
February 05, 2021 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.78 MBMindfulness has so many implications to our lives, both inside and outside of creativity. Mindfulness is about taking control of how we perceive the world. We override the automatic behaviors that dominate our daily life and, instead, we view the situation from a fresh perspective. You can choose to be mindful. You can choose to hear the criticisms and not respond. As you’re creating today, be mindful of how you’re approaching the problems. Pay particular attention to what preconceived not...
Isolation & Gathering Your Thoughts
February 03, 2021 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MBMost creative work requires long hours and deep thought. Your ability to get creative work done depends a lot on how much time you spend in isolation. The more time you spend in environments with low stimulation, the more you’ll find creative ideas bubbling up to the surface of your mind. As you’re creating today, make it a point to find isolation and gather your thoughts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Mastery: How Our Guiding Values Motivate Us To Create
February 01, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MBMastery is ranked the number one value among inventors. What is mastery such a motivating factor for creativity? And how do we apply it to our creativity today? Mastery is a creative person's northern star. It inspires us when we're new and continues to push us forward long after we've gained competence in our field. What does mastery mean to you? How would your creativity change if you concentrated on achieving your values instead of your outside goals --- Send in a voice message: https:...
Dealing With Change: Episodic vs. Continual Strategies For Organizational Change
January 29, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBThe world is constantly evolving. How are you going to respond to the challenges ahead? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
The Creative Process: Using the Geneplore Model of Creativity
January 27, 2021 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBA simple, 2-step process for creativity. Geneplore begins with a generation phase ("Gene-") and then an exploration phase ("-plore"). While simple the idea explains not only personal creativity, but how creative ideas have evolved over time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Creative Marketing: Why All Creatives Must Market Themselves
January 25, 2021 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MBJared discusses the marketing strategy of Poo-Pouri and why it's so important for creative people to market themselves. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Personal Creativity: Turning Your Creativity Inwards
January 22, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.38 MBPersonal Creativity offers us a unique opportunity: Turn the power of our creative thinking inward. What would happen if you became your next creative project? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Meaningfully Different: How Hyper-Segmented Markets Fail To Be Unique
January 20, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.01 MBJared discusses hyper-segmentation in creativity and why you should focus on being meaningfully different as an artist or entrepreneur. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
The Invention of Velcro: Why Curiosity Goes A Long Way
January 18, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MBThe history of how velcro was invented and why a little curiosity can go a long way. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Train Your Brain To Solve Creative Problems
January 15, 2021 05:00 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MBLearn how the philosophy of Kaizen can be used to focus your creative energy and train your brain how to solve problems big and small. Discover how businesses in Japan have used Kaizen Teian to stay competitive. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Dealing With Ambiguous Problems
January 13, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes - 6.89 MBAmbiguous problems are a daily occurrence for creative people. Learn why tolerance of ambiguity is so important to creativity and innovation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Immediate Goals: Get Into A Creative Flow And Stop Procrastinating
January 11, 2021 09:00 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MBLearn how the types of goals you create influence your motivation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
The Genius of CAPTCHA: Solving 2 Problems With 1 Solution
January 11, 2021 05:00 - 8 minutes - 8.03 MBSolve 2 problems with a single creative solution: This is the genius of CAPTCHA. Learn how CAPTCHA evolved from a simple human test into one of the most important tools for training artificial intelligence in computers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message
Creative Naiveté: Allow Yourself To Be A Beginner
January 03, 2021 10:00 - 6 minutes - 5.56 MBCreative people often sabotage themselves before jumping into a new project or career. Creative Naiveté is the blissful ignorance of not knowing everything before you're willing to get started. Learn how highly creative people use creative naiveté to get started, quickly learn lessons and gain competence when facing new challenges. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaizencreativity/message