Exploring Your Creative Genius: Episode 122
Last week’s show was another visit with John Swansey with more of his insights on creative organizations and work environments designed to help nurture the creativity of folks who work in them. It seems common sense that where we work will impact how we work. Research reported in the Harvard Business Review shows that environments designed for sensory stimulation and flexibility boost innovation by as much 45%.
Lots of natural light. Open areas for groups to meet. Playful decor. They reduce cognitive fatigue and stimulate associative thinking.
The sort of sterile, cubicle after cubicle, rigid space many businesses still use invites stress, induces fight or flight responses from many, and shut down the prefrontal cortex where creative insights announce themselves.
The sort of climate control leadership this show has promoted is relevant here, for sure. Leaders who spend thoughtful time curating climates that invite curiosity and facilitate diverse thinking are supporting, inviting, promoting creative energy and perspectiveS.
I listened to a panel discussion about the future of work and the conversation turned frequently to the importance of physical space. In the Q&A afterwards an audience member stated the importance of space in a wonderful way, capturing this topic’s importance simply and whimsically.
“You can’t plant a forest in a closet. Creativity needs room to grow.”
“You can’t plant a forest in a closet. Creativity needs room to breathe.”
“Exploring Your Creative Genius” takes an expansive view on what it means to be creative and entrepreneurial in an ongoing conversation led by Carl Nordgren — entrepreneur, novelist, and lifelong student with decades of experience growing his own creative capacity and assisting others to do the same in exciting new ways!
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