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Cultivating Creativity
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, presented by Keilhauer, ThinkLab interviews designer Alanna Call and creativity researcher Keith Sawyer on how to foster the superpower of creativity and combat constraints on creative output.
Accredited for: IDCEC, AIA | 0.5 CEU/0.5 LU
After listening, you will be able to:
1. Identify the constraints happening in the world around us that are impacting creativity.
2. Assess how design teams can find creativity and innovation despite outside pressures.
3. Examine real-life examples of harnessing creativity “on demand” in projects.
4. Evaluate ways that groups can have the greatest creative output.
Alanna Call is the creative lead and storyteller at CID Design Group. She identifies the external pressures that are making it difficult for creativity to flourish in the design industry. And she shares the unique ways in which how her hospitality and branding firm is cultivating creativity — including placing a special importance on research and future-proofing.
Keith Sawyer is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a creativity researcher who has spent the past 10 years studying how people become designers and architects at universities. He describes common features of creative groups across disciplines and explains how four elements — technology, expectations, expertise, and deadlines — are currently constraining creativity.
Quiz: Want CEU credit for listening? Click here to take the quiz, and earn your certificate of completion.
How it works:
Step 1: Listen to the episode.
Step 2: Sign in at this link to take a short, 5-question quiz.
* Scoring an 80% or above on the quiz will earn you 0.5 CEU/0.5 LU.
Step 3: Upon passing the quiz, receive your certificate of completion via email from CEU sponsor Keilhauer.
Step 4: Self-report to IDCEC and AIA.
Connect with our expert guests on LinkedIn:
Alanna Call
Keith Sawyer
Special thanks to our CEU episode sponsor, Keilhauer, for partnering with us to provide valuable insights on compelling topics for the design industry.
Accredited for: IDCEC, AIA | 0.5 CEU/0.5 LU
After listening, you will be able to:
1. Identify the constraints happening in the world around us that are impacting creativity.
2. Assess how design teams can find creativity and innovation despite outside pressures.
3. Examine real-life examples of harnessing creativity “on demand” in projects.
4. Evaluate ways that groups can have the greatest creative output.
Alanna Call is the creative lead and storyteller at CID Design Group. She identifies the external pressures that are making it difficult for creativity to flourish in the design industry. And she shares the unique ways in which how her hospitality and branding firm is cultivating creativity — including placing a special importance on research and future-proofing.
Keith Sawyer is a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a creativity researcher who has spent the past 10 years studying how people become designers and architects at universities. He describes common features of creative groups across disciplines and explains how four elements — technology, expectations, expertise, and deadlines — are currently constraining creativity.
Quiz: Want CEU credit for listening? Click here to take the quiz, and earn your certificate of completion.
How it works:
Step 1: Listen to the episode.
Step 2: Sign in at this link to take a short, 5-question quiz.
* Scoring an 80% or above on the quiz will earn you 0.5 CEU/0.5 LU.
Step 3: Upon passing the quiz, receive your certificate of completion via email from CEU sponsor Keilhauer.
Step 4: Self-report to IDCEC and AIA.
Connect with our expert guests on LinkedIn:
Alanna Call
Keith Sawyer
Special thanks to our CEU episode sponsor, Keilhauer, for partnering with us to provide valuable insights on compelling topics for the design industry.
Released:
Jul 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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