Melissa Dinwiddie, The Creative Sandbox Way

Unlocking Your World of Creativity

Mark Stinson

Arts, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Design, Marketing

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In our journey together, we’ve explored the creative processes of authors, songwriters, interior designers, architects, and even scientists. Each guest has shared unique insights into how they bring their ideas to life and push creative boundaries. Today, we continue that journey with someone who knows all about transforming the 'impossible' into reality—Melissa Dinwiddie.

Melissa's website -- https://melissadinwiddie.com

Melissa's Instagram -- @a_creative_life

Melissa's YouTube channel -- https://youtube.com/@MelissaDinwiddie

Melissa's LinkedIn -- https://linkedin.com/in/melissadinwiddie

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From dreaming of Juilliard as a teenager to now empowering leaders and teams through her Create the Impossible™ keynotes and workshops, Melissa has mastered the art of making big dreams come true.

Your journey from taking your first dance class at 16 to attending Juilliard just three years later is inspiring. What mindset shifts did you have to embrace to turn what seemed impossible into reality, and how do you help others do the same?
You have such an eclectic background—calligraphy, jazz singing, and now corporate innovation coaching. How have these diverse creative experiences influenced your approach to fostering innovation in major companies like Google and Meta?
Your book, The Creative Sandbox Way™, encourages readers to play and experiment. What role does playfulness have in achieving breakthrough innovation, especially in high-pressure corporate environments?
You work with analytical minds, helping them adopt a creative mindset, skillset, and toolkit. What are some common challenges these individuals face, and how do you guide them past those barriers?
Your workshops and retreats are known for being highly interactive and results-driven. Can you share a standout success story where a team truly embraced your approach and achieved remarkable outcomes?

Listeners, if you enjoyed today’s episode, be sure to leave us a review—it helps more creative minds like you discover the show. And don’t forget to tune in next time, when we’ll continue to explore the many facets of creativity with another incredible guest.

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0:00.0	Unlocking your world of creativity with best-selling author and brand innovator Mark Stinson.
0:08.0	This episode is brought to you by White Cloud Coffee Roasters, nestled in the heart of Idaho's Mountain Wilderness,
0:15.0	where every bean tells a story of adventure.
0:19.0	Discover the difference in their premium beans, meticulously roasted
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0:29.2	discount. Just use the promo code Creativity at checkout. Visit whitecloud coffee.com and use the code
0:36.3	creativity.
0:42.5	Welcome back, friends, to our podcast, your world of creativity.
0:44.7	And boy, what a world it's been.
0:50.1	Our journey together, we've explored the creative processes of writers of all kind,
0:57.0	authors, novelists, reporters, playwrights, songwriters, also designers, including interior designers, but also architects and even scientists about their creative process. So it's fun talking
1:02.9	to all the guests about their unique insights about how they develop ideas, how they
1:08.1	organize them, and ultimately push the creative boundaries and get the
1:11.7	confidence to launch the work out into the world. And so today we're going to continue that thought
1:16.5	process, transforming our work, our creativity into reality. And my guest is Melissa Denwitty.
1:23.1	Melissa, welcome to the show. Thanks so much for having me, Mark. It's just a delight to be here.
1:28.3	The ideas of creativity have really been personal to you.
1:32.3	I read about your dreaming of Julia Art as a teenager, and now you're empowering leaders and
1:38.3	teams through your Create the Impossible.
1:41.3	It's in workshops, so I can't get in, can't wait to get into all of that
1:45.2	and how you've mastered the art of making these big dreams come true. I think we have to start
1:51.2	with the dance classes. Young ages in your teenage years, wanted to attend Juilliard. And you did
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