The Creativity Algorithm

What can we learn from surfers? A lot! Surfers can't rush the perfect wave any more than we can rush a good idea. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativityalgorithm.wordpress.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.c...

What do The Creativity Algorithm and Dr. Anthony Frederick's book about creativity, "Two-Minute Habits: Small Habits, Dynamic Creativity: An Easy and Enjoyable Way to Ignite Your Imagination and Fire Up Your Creativity" have in common? A Lot! Listen to this episode that features author, speaker, and creativity expert Tony Fredericks. You can find his book here: https://www.amazon.com...

Is there a phrase that cannot be added onto the end of the phrase, "What if..." How often do you think of the 2 magic words, "What if?" Next Episode: Pushing the Earth References Clear, J. (2018). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones . Penguin Publishing Group. Houser, D. (2020). The Power of What If: Discover the Life-altering Power...

When do you do your best thinking? You might not have to push a heavy lawn mower, but being bored is a good way to invite a money-making idea. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativityalgorithm.wordpress.com...

There can't be improvement without routine practice. This includes learning how to have good ideas more often. Ironically, being firm in your creative routines can allow you to be mentally flexible. Next Post:    For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: y...

A willful yet playful dog will sometimes bring you a slobbery stick when you least want it. That is similar to how your unconscious can sometimes bring you an unpleasant thought. Listen to this episode to find out how to use that to have good ideas more often. Next Post: Missing a Virtue For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to have good ideas more...

If your mind is always changing, can you have the same thought more than once? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativityalgorithm.wordpress.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/joe-swope-speaker Books: https://...

There are tons of motivational videos. You know the ones, with inspirational music with clips of fit athletes sweating through adversity to attain their goals. Why aren't there any motivational videos for thinking or mental work? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeak...

If Websters, the makers of the dictionary reached out to you and asked you to make a new letter for the alphabet, what would you come up with? More importantly, how in the world does this relate to increasing sales by having good ideas more often? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswo...

Solving puzzles in one domain can help you solve puzzles in another. Improving your solution-finding skills is like improving your cardiovascular endurance. They both can help you improve your functioning in many areas. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube...

What if your imaginative mind was like tomato vine that produced so many good things, it started to struggle with the weight of its fruit? What kind of support would your mind need? Next Post: No More Steps on The Ladder For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtub...

Teenagers shouldn't drink wine and they certainly shouldn't try to make it. Hurrying the fermentation process in wine is like hurrying the creative process. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativitya...

Why do we still get nervous even if we don't want to? Shouldn't we be able to control what we want to feel? What about psychologists, can they overcome anxiety if they help others? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publics...

A great conversation with author and poet, David McCartney who makes time to meditate to keep in touch with his creative side. Check out David's work: https://www.amazon.com/stores/David-J-McCartney/author/B09LVTF115?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Do meals that take the longest to prepare generally taste better? Is it the same with idea formation? Are ideas that take longer generally better? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativityalgorithm.wordpress...

How you look determines what you'll find and that is true for planets, tiny organisms, and good ideas. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativityalgorithm.wordpress.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/joe-s...

Is it better to get it all out of your system or does releasing emotions cause you to feel more of those emotions? Do you know enough to have a good idea? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: Joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: creativityalgorithm.w...

Phones need to recharge. So do our brains and so do our relationships. Having the right connection is critical to recharging. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: Joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-swo...

What do sheet music and Frankenstein's monster have in common? Listen and watch and see if you can find what is missing. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: https://creativityalgorithm.wordpress.com Linkedin:...

Inspiration, engagement, and leadership all rest heavily on relationships with the people you work with. Just like good ideas are dependent upon the relationship you have with your unconscious. Listen to the former C.O.O. of Disney World, Jim MacPhee talk about leadership, engagement, and inspiration. His book is a masterclass on how treating people well comes first and results come second. Jim&#3...

Would it be "Standing Still Man?" How about "Boring Woman?" Watch this episode to see what kind of a superpower having a good idea is. For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Blog: https://creativityalg...

Getting power out of a battery takes the right conditions. Too much too, fast and the surge might damage something. Too little, too slow, and nothing much will happen. It is similar with getting a good idea out of the unconscious. But, maybe more important, is how do you charge those batteries? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutio...

Getting power out of a battery takes the right conditions. Too much too, fast and the surge might damage something. Too little, too slow, and nothing much will happen. It is similar with getting a good idea out of the unconscious. But, maybe more important, is how do you charge those batteries? For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutio...

Like a lot in life success in business and having good ideas more often depends on playing the long game. Some things shouldn't be rushed. References For more information on how to help yourself and people in your organization learn how to access solutions more regularly, please go to: Website: joeswope-publicspeaker.com Youtube: youtube.com/@joeswope-publicspeaker Podcast: https://podcasters....

What is the heaviest thing in your mind? Anxiety, your to-do list? What if it was the creative part of your mind?