HOW TO HAVE BETTER IDEAS (half day)

 

The 7 stages of the creative process

 

No one is really sure where great ideas come from. Famously, singer Leonard Cohen said if he knew, he’d go there more often. But what we do know is that there are things we can do to make great ideas more likely to arrive.

In this inspirational, interactive and mind-opening masterclass I overturn some common misconceptions about the creative process and reveal surprising insights from neuroscience, art, history and nature that will enable you and your team to have better ideas.

Expect drug taking dolphins, an agoraphobic traveller and an iconoclastic nun …

Takeaways …

  • How to mobilize analytic and spontaneous thinking

  • The difference between creativity and evaluation

  • Breaking down your process

  • The definition of a great idea

  • Finding the sweet spot of ‘optimal difference’

  • How to leave space for your audience

  • How to steal but not copy

  • Why subtraction is a creative act

  • How to find liberation in limitations

  • How to work with AI

  • How to manage self-doubt

Outcome

A much more confident creative team, able to quickly generate a higher volume of better quality ideas.

The session was brilliant!  Got me thinking lots for work-related matters and for personal projects, too.
— Rochele Mitchell, International Publishing & Licensing, Penguin Random House
Packed full of really engaging and inspirational information.
— James Fisher, Senior Designer, Viaplay
A HUGE thank you for yesterday. It was such a great session… both fun and insightful. We have had such great feedback already and all have gone away feeling very inspired and with new tools to help with the day to day jobs. It was so nice seeing everyone get so involved and it showed how much they enjoyed it!!
— ALEXANDRA FILLETTI CREATIVE DIRECTOR, PARAMOUNT