Tales from the Wonder Emporium: Visual and Creative Thinking in Business

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1. Slide 1: Tales From the Wonder Emporium Visual and Creative Thinking in Business Kelsey Ruger Webvisions 2008
2. Slide 2: I’m a kid at
3. Slide 3: I’ve always had a wild imagination.
4. Slide 4: I’ve always been a doodler.
5. Slide 5: I learned the power of storytelling at an early age.
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7. Slide 7: Tell your story. Show your story. +
8. Slide 8: A Visual Library From “Mapping Inner Space” by Nancy Margulies, Nusa Maal, and Margaret J. Wheatley
9. Slide 9: Some people say... Man, Kelsey I don’t know about you but that’s just not the world I live in.
10. Slide 10: Sometimes I don’t feel creative.
11. Slide 11: Who has time for creativity anyway?
12. Slide 12: I am busier than I have ever been. I have too many projects for that and there are deadlines I have to meet.
13. Slide 13: Some people get serious
14. Slide 14: REALLY serious.
15. Slide 15: It’s easy to see why that might be frustrating. Business life doesn’t always make it easy to pursue your creative goals.
16. Slide 16: Do visual and creative thinking really have a place in today’s business workplace?
17. Slide 17: It’s true The business world has changed.
18. Slide 18: Business isn't a newtonian machine of mechanical laws that work like a clock. an It’s t’s . It abou I ism t ules gan and invent ion, er r n or adopt Few ed o lives es ion an d bas rial ath flexib ust bre ility ind mo dels The old ways don't convert well in an age of service, information and technology.
19. Slide 20: Enter Mr. Magorium Mr. Magorium is the eccentric owner of a magical toy store. His belief in imagination has given him an unnaturally long life and the ability perform amazing feats of magic.
20. Slide 21: Even though he is the title character... This story isn’t about Mr. Magorium
21. Slide 22: Meet Molly Mahoney. She Feels Stuck.
22. Slide 23: Molly’s problem isn’t foreign... Just different I don’t sleep I watch the enough This isn’t fun clock all day. anymore. anymore. It’s tough to I am grumpy get up in the all the time. morning. I feel like I’m Nothing turns There’s dragging all the me on nothing to look time anymore. forward to.
23. Slide 24: So it was back to the drawing board because the solution wasn’t just about how to make businesses better
24. Slide 25: How does Molly’s Story Relate To Us?
25. Slide 26: Let me tell you a story The quest is a search for a person, place, or thing, tangible or intangible. The character is looking for something they hope or expect to find that will significantly change her life. The character may be reluctant at first, but eventually does get caught up in the need to reach the end point. The object of the search reflects heavily on their character and usually alters it in some way, thus affecting the character change, which is important by the end.
26. Slide 27: I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. I will not pick my nose in class. Chapter 1 Remember when you could conquer the world?
27. Slide 28: Why don’t adults believe what they did when they were kids?
28. Slide 29: Do you Remember what it’s like to be a kid?
29. Slide 30: Why do adults stop believing the things they believed when they were kids?
30. Slide 31: Stop being silly. You need to act like an adult. Your Mother You want to do what? Nobody does that! Your high school buddy That’s wrong. Do it the way I showed you. Your first boss
31. Slide 32: The 6 steps for de-evolving of creativity. Step p 1: K Stick 2: Ste t O with p 3: t no statu the Ste righ It’s silly. s qu the be o. to Find wers. ans 4: Step ave a Step 5: ays h an. Alwa 6: Alw us pl ys be S tep nd erio logica ha s l. Teac t. Repea
32. Slide 33: Now do you see why he’s mad?
33. Slide 34: The education process.
34. Slide 35: The shortest distance between two points might be a straight line.
35. Slide 36: Being creative requires taking routes that deviate from the straight path
36. Slide 37: Recent studies have show that humans use about 80% of our brain to process visual information yet most things in business are either auditory or written
37. Slide 38: Visual Lesson 1: The basics are easy • Vertical Lines • Diamond (Decision) • Horizontal Lines • Spiral (Change in Direction) • Circles • Circle (harmony) • Spirals • Direction (arrow) • Wavy Lines • Straight • Jagged Lines • Triangle (Relationship) • Star (success)
38. Slide 39: as achild. to paint lifetime kawhole It too o Picasso Pabl
39. Slide 40: There is still a six-year old inside of all of us, still undaunted, and just dying to come out and play. Granville Toogood
40. Slide 41: There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. There is no tooth fairy. Chapter 2 Is seeing believe or is believing seeing?
41. Slide 42: Everything isn’t “just” what it is.
42. Slide 43: Without the ability to temporarily forget what we know our minds remain cluttered with ready- made answers, and we never have an opportunity to ask the questions that lead off the beaten path in new directions. Roger von Oech
43. Slide 44: What are the barriers to seeing things differently?
44. Slide 45: Roadblocks that prevent us from believing that we can see something different. hould re s ght It sh The a ri ould the be er. logica be llow . nsw l. Fo les a ru on’t be Be pr actic D oolish. al. f
45. Slide 46: Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking or seeing something different.
46. Slide 47: What do you see? Before you can solve problems creatively you have to be able to see it in your mind.
47. Slide 48: Chapter 3 Do you have a sparkle?
48. Slide 49: Do you have a sparkle?
49. Slide 50: The Main Ingredient All the creative exercises in the world won’t matter if you are missing one important ingredient - belief in yourself.
50. Slide 51: we believe the the labels that we or others have applied. After a lifetime of this type of programming most people start to accept that there isn’t anything better, so they don't look, don't push, and don't ask. Kelsey Ruger
51. Slide 52: Understand Molly Mahoney’s story.
52. Slide 53: Conclusion Putting it all together.
53. Slide 54: It’s not the store it’s you. You can make it whatever you want.
54. Slide 55: Getting started with Visual and Creative Thinking Encourage actual play and fun Create an open environment Start a School Practice, Practice, Practice Look beyond the obvious
55. Slide 56: The Final Lesson The Five Acts
56. Slide 57: It wasn’t the fact that he died... but rather the life he led before that.
57. Slide 58: The Wisdom of 82 Years... If I had my life to live over, I’d try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax, I would limber up, I would be crazier than I had been on this trip. I know very few things I would take seriously anymore. I would take more chances. I would take more trips, I would scale more mountains, I would swim more rivers and I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans. I’ve been one of those people who never went anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a raincoat, and a parachute. I would start barefoot earlier in the spring, and I would ride more merry-go- rounds, and catch more golden ring, and greet more people, and pick more flowers, and dance more often. If I had to do it all over again. But you see...I don’t - Anonymous
58. Slide 59: The Wisdom of 82 Years... If I had my life to live over, I’d try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax, I would limber up, I would be crazier than I had been on this trip. Thi k samthings I would takenseriously anymore. I wouldntakeen I know veryefew e v T h of life e d e more chances. I iwould ply a I would n the aptake more trips,nd work scale more mountains, life is I princ ples s. as a s s I would swim more busineand rivers s I would eat imorev ice cream and fewer sine da ly a d entu bu beans. asion c to iss out. re an oc n g to. I’ve been on’t m those people who never went anywhere without arisi D one of orth w thermometer, a hot water bottle, a gargle, a raincoat, and a parachute. I would start barefoot earlier in the spring, and I would ride more merry-go- rounds, and catch more golden ring, and greet more people, and pick more flowers, and dance more often. If I had to do it all over again. But you see...I don’t - Anonymous