187: Increasing Creativity via Constraints with Drew Boyd

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🗓️ 1 August 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Professor Drew Boyd invites us to think inside the box and to put constraints around our minds in order to be more creative and awesome at our jobs.

You’ll Learn:

1) The 5 patterns responsible for the majority of innovation

2) Why brainstorming is sub-optimal

3) Why it’s better to think inside the box than outside the box

About Drew

Drew Boyd is a global leader in creativity and innovation, international public speaker, award-winning author and innovation blogger, and professor at the University of Cincinnati. He teaches teams, businesses and governments how to solve tough problems to create a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline. Drew reframes the innovation process in a way that makes people more creative.

Items Mentioned in this Show:

Sponsor: TextExpander
Drew’s Book: Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results
Drew’s website: http://www.drewboyd.com/
Book: Raising Thinkers: Prepare Your Child for the Journey of Life by Tremain du Preez
Idea: Brainstorming by Alex Osborn
Journal Article: Does Group Participation When Using Brainstorming Facilitate or Inhibit Creative Thinking?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host, Pete McKitis.
0:17.0	Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 187 with Drew Boyd.
0:26.6	We are talking creativity.
0:28.4	It's been a while, but Professor Drew Boyd is bringing it. So you're going to learn one, the five patterns
0:34.9	responsible for the majority of innovation.
0:37.7	Two, why brainstorming is suboptimal.
0:40.9	This one really disappointed me. And three, why it's better to think inside the box rather than outside the box. So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that we reference here, You can find that over at awesome at your
0:53.2	job.com slash F one eight seven and I'd encourage you while you're at awesome at
0:58.4	your job dot com sign up for some of our handy resources one One I'll highlight today would be the
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1:44.4	Now here's Drew's story.
1:45.8	Drew Boyd is a global leader in creativity to innovation,
1:49.0	international public speaker, award-readinging author and innovation blogger and professor at the University of Cincinnati.
1:55.0	He teaches teams, businesses, and governments how to solve tough problems to create a culture of innovation and a flowing pipeline.
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