147: How to Be More Creative, with Todd Henry

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Careers, Management, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2014

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Todd Henry: The Accidental Creative

“Creativity, at the heart of it, is problem solving.” -Todd Henry

“We are creatures of habit and creatures of comfort.” -Todd Henry

Focus is a key element of creative work

Those who are most effective can define their work very well.
Define your work by establishing challenges.
“When we start framing up work as problem statements rather than as projects, it completely changes the way that we approach the work itself.” -Todd Henry

Hours of work is important element of work and creativity to look at

“You’re not being paid for replying to emails quickly. You’re being paid for the value you contribute to the organization.” -Todd Henry
Most people don’t make dedicated time to think and process important things.

Stimulus makes a big difference in shifting your perspective and tapping into your creativity

If you want to have deep thoughts, immerse yourself in the minds of great people.
Books are hugs helps to do this, and not just business books.

Capture ideas in some way

Todd uses notecards to capture his ideas
Later, he’ll process which ideas are helpful or actionable

Todd has learned to use seasonal rhythms in order to be most effective

What’s one action you could take to be more creative?

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0:00.0	Creativity isn't the first word I hear most leaders wanting to get better at.
0:05.0	However, most of us can reap huge benefits by being more creative.
0:11.0	On today's show, why we should care about creativity and how to get better at it.
0:16.4	This is Coaching for Leaders, episode 147.
0:20.3	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:25.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:30.0	This is Coaching for Leaders leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac.
0:36.9	This is a weekly coaching show to help us all be better leaders through improved communication, human relations, and
0:45.4	personal leadership. I'm so glad to have you back this week. Welcome to the show
0:50.0	that really focuses on helping you to become more effective in your people skills, all the things
0:56.9	that you want to be doing that will help you to be more effective at producing results
1:02.0	for your organization, producing results for others in their
1:06.1	careers, and also tapping into your own personal excellence.
1:10.8	And that's why I have invited today's guest to join us.
1:15.0	I'm so pleased to welcome Todd Henry to the show today.
1:20.0	Todd is the author of the book The Accidental Creative.
1:25.0	How to be Brilliant at a moment's notice.
1:27.8	And I recently read this book and really found
1:32.0	so much of what Todd had included up here to be something of value for so many of us who are part of the Coaching for Leaders Community.
1:41.0	And Todd just has a wonderful practical way of looking at
1:45.2	creativity and I know that this is a word that for a lot of us and me included
1:51.2	when we hear the word creativity, we think,
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