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A monthly podcast in which we discuss topics relevant to change, leadership and creativity in organisations.
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This is the follow up podcast continuing the themes we touched upon in our two part series in which we reflected upon our learning and experiences from our different creative pursuits during 2025. In the first podcast we discussed Tracys experience of creativity with her pursuit of creative writing then we reflected upon Barbaras experiences with photography.
Today we will expand on these discussions in considering the Importance of place in creativity
In this episode Tracy interviews Barbara about her photography. During the podcast Barbara reflects upon how she started and where she is now with her creative pursuit of photography.
Barbara reflects on key creative concepts which are applicable, including perception, play, persistence and passion as well as mindset, habits and the need to overcome imposter syndrome.
In this episode Barbara interviews Tracy about her writing practice which extends to the publication of 15 books. During the podcast Tracy reflects upon how the development of her life as a writer illustrates key creativity concepts.
Concepts covered include the importance of mindset, habits, incubation and the 4 P's of Passion, positivity, persistence and play.
Barbara and Tracy discuss blocks to creativity including Imposter syndrome, and consider ways to overcome this.
They conclude with the building blocks to creativity of Positivity, Playfulness, Passion and Persistance to which was added Trust. You can read more around these topics in their book - Creativity Cycling - help your team solve complex problems
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Barbara Wilson and Tracy Stanley discuss the links between boredom and creativity.
They reference articles from Psychology Today, and Forbes September 2022 article by Naz Behishti, offering Takeaways for the workplace.
They conclude, as Naz does in the article, that boredom in the context of creativity should be renamed downtime.
As part of their own creativity projects, they discuss an App that Barbara has recently started working with, Milanote. This has really helped her plan for her future photography exhibition.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Barbara Wilson and Tracy Stanley discuss the final set of principles from the book 'Steal Like An Artist' by Austin Kleon. They consider the practical application of these principles to creativity.
This includes the importance of being curious, sharing your work, and travel to get inspiration.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
In this episode Tracy and Barbara discuss and share their main takeaways from the first part of the book Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (2012).
There are many ideas here for sparking creativity and developing habits around creativity.
The second part will cover the second half of the book and will be published at the end of March.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
Dr Tracy Stanley and Barbara Wilson discuss concepts around Space in creativity. This covers the design of personal space to enhance creativity and emotional space as a condition for creativity.
They reference the book: My Creative Space: how to design your home to stimulate ideas and spark innovation by Donald M. Rattner.
Barbara and Tracy take a look at Design thinking , wicked problems and the Creative problem solving process. They look at the similarites and differences between CPS and Design thinking.
You can find out more about Tracy at tjstanley.com, and Barbara at barbara-wilson.com.
This is a conversation about the importance of being in flow for the creative process, and the benefits of both mindfulness and mind wandering. We stress the value of incubation and that the process of creativity may be more satisfying than the end result!
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Barbara and Tracy discuss assumptions, facts and creative problem solving.
They underline the importance of exposing and challenging assumptions in order to understand wicked, or complex problems.
Reference is made to the ladder of inference proposed by Chris Argyris, and you can read more about this here.
Peter Senge proposed the left hand column exercise in his Fifth Disciplinary fieldbook.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Barbara and Tracy reflect upon their highlights from 2021.
In particular they remember the writings of both Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, known for his work on flow and the systems approach to Creativity, and Edward de Bono, best known for his concept of six thinking hats. Sadly, both of these creativity experts died in 2021.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Barbara and Tracy discuss the importance of images and metaphor in Creative Problem Solving. They reference Gareth Morgan and his metaphor of the organisation as a machine, and the image work of Marjorie Parker and Karmoy.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Barbara and Tracy reflect upon processes for opening up to creativity. In particular, randomness of ideas and techniques that can help with getting to randomness.
The podcast refers to Dr Jesvir Kaur Mahil who is hosting the Creativity & Culture Conference, scheduled to take place online on Saturday 18 September 2021. This will be the 5th annual Creativity & Culture Conference hosted by University for Life and the theme this year is “The Creative Power of Stories”.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Barbara and Tracy discuss asking open questions, and how and where to use them sharing their experiences with coaching and creativity facilitation..
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com, and Tracy at tjstanley.com.
Barbara and Tracy discuss: what are mindsets, how do they develop, how to change them and why they are important in creativity.
They reference Carol S. Dweck and The New Psychology of Success.
Edward de Bono who has recently died was discussed as one of the original thinkers in the world of lateral thinking.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com
Barbara and Tracy discuss procrastination, incubation and creativity in this episode of creativity snippets.
They refer to several sources and the links are shown here:
Adam Grant TED talk
BBC article on Procrastination
Professor K Gilhooly
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com
In this episode Barbara and Tracy discuss habits, what they are, and how we can change them
They reference the ideas on changing habits, of both Charles Duhigg
and James Clear
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com
Barbara and Tracy discuss the importance of nurturing creativity using a greenhouse metaphor. They consider the importance of leadership, collaborative teams and taking risks in organisations.
Reference is made to Goran Ekvall. and his work on innovative climates.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com
Barbara and Tracy discuss the 4b P Framework of individual conditions for creativity. These are Positivity, Passion, Playfulness and Persistence.
They reference:
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his work on Flow.
Tracy shares her discovery of the bullet journal method.
Carroll, R. (2018). The bullet journal method: Track the past, order the present, design the future. Penguin.
You can find more about Barbara at barbara-wilson.com and Tracy at tjstanley.com
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