The five qualities below not only contribute to innovative programs and processes, they’re also fundamental for working effectively with others in fast-paced, highly creative environments. They draw on the capacities of both right brain and left brain, and strengthen connection with one’s own inner voice, while also honoring the wisdom of the larger collective group [ Read more … ]
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Creativity tip: How can you make it strange?
Creativity happens when we make unusual connections…making what is familiar “strange.” We presume that certain things automatically go together—boat, duck, and water, for example. When we put unusual things together, we are in “creative” terrain. (As a silly example, ham sandwich and hair jell don’t go together…it’s a creative combination.) When we put two paradoxical [ Read more … ]
Third Space
When I was two years old, I was sitting on a carriage swing with my older sister. She sat on one side while I sat on the other side facing her. The neighborhood kids were pushing us too hard and I wanted them to stop, so I put my foot down and my leg snapped. [ Read more … ]
Life Is Calling All Of Us To Be Teachers
Almost two years ago I published a book on teaching, Getting Messy: A Guide to Taking Risks and Opening the Imagination. The heart of the book was to show teaching (at its best) as a creative process of learning along the way. By approaching teaching as a process of ongoing inquiry in which we are [ Read more … ]
Finding Third Space
The other day someone asked me how to get to a place of “third space” when one teaches or facilitates groups. Third space, which I also call the “imaginal” realm, is a place of expanded knowing and intuitive wisdom that happens when two or more people come together for a shared purpose. When it occurs [ Read more … ]