Twenty-Two Habits for Better Creativity
Twenty-Two Habits for Better Creativity is an ideation warm-up exercise for divergent ideation: it helps participants open up more possible ideas before choosing a direction.
How to run it
- In People Science teams, have each team pick 3 of the following habits and deep dive into what they mean and how they could apply them at the gathering AND in their day-to-day work
- Based on the data or what you know about the participants, give them the habits that they don't do as well at
- Use feedback with skepticism, craft and deliberation
- In People Science teams, have each team pick 3 of the following habits and deep dive into what they mean
- Based on the data or what you know about the participants, give them the habits that
- Invite a guest attendee for each group to share personal stories of examples of how they have brought
- Use in conjunction with "Mini Habits" and discuss how they might convert some of these habits to make
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Prompts to use +
In People Science teams, have each team pick 3 of the following habits and deep dive into what they mean and how they could apply them at the gathering AND in their day-to-day work
Based on the data or what you know about the participants, give them the habits that they don't do as well at
Use feedback with skepticism, craft and deliberation
In People Science teams, have each team pick 3 of the following habits and deep dive into what they mean
Based on the data or what you know about the participants, give them the habits that
Invite a guest attendee for each group to share personal stories of examples of how they have brought
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Twenty-Two Habits for Better Creativity. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In People Science teams, have each team pick 3 of the following habits and deep dive into what they mean and how they could apply them at the gathering AND in their day-to-day work; Based on the data or what you know about the participants, give them the habits that they don't do as well at; Use feedback with skepticism, craft and deliberation; In People Science teams, have each team pick 3 of the following habits and deep dive into what they mean. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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