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Creativity Workshop - Wednesday 27.09

Abstract


“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves. Carl Jung”

We are all born very creative and screaming. We go to school, learn to add and do other fancy stuff, and most of the time forget how be creative. In this “Creativity Workshop” we will playfully provide you with a remedial one day crash course aimed at having you claim back some of that creativity that you were born with, and borrow some more from your own resources. We will not solve all your creative problems and we do not promise that you will see God, however we do plan to have some fun looking into several aspects of creativity that are important in technology and life. This is an applied workshop, do come prepared to work on your own goals and to scream.

The reason to engage in an interaction centered around the present knowledge and understanding of both experts and participants is to expand the horizons of what is seen to be possible in one’s own creativitiy and expressions.

Workshop Contents


09h00 Welcome
09:15

First Steps

  • Who we are and what we are going to do
  • Interaction rules, organizational details
  • Identification of participants expectations and goals for the workshop
  • Individual Goals and personal agendas
  • Sharing of Goals
09h45 Break
10h00

Introduction to Creativity

  • What do you know?
  • When do you know that someone is creative?
  • When are you being creative?
  • What do you need to be creative?
  • Who judges creativity?
10h45 Break
11h00

Introduction to Creativity (cont.)

  • Assignment Setup
  • Participants will be free to choose to work in groups or alone as each finds most suitable. The assignment involves being prepared to report back and share their work in the afternoon sessions.
12h00 Lunch
14h00

Debriefing from the lunchtime assigment

  • As the results of lunchtime creative process are being shared, the trainers will share their own knowledge and give feedback, when desired and appropriate, to the participants. The feedback will also be extended to the peers (p2p feedback) and moderated by the trainers
14h45 Break
15h00

Debriefing (cont.)

  • Continuation of the process of assignment debriefing and input on creativity, technology and each individual's area of influence.
15h45 Break
16h00

What have we achieved today?

  • Capturing the lessons learned.
  • What is that the participants have learned?
  • What insights have you gained?
  • What, if anything, are you going to do differently as of consequence of these insights and lessons learned?
17h00 Close-up

Main references


* “Creativity. Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention” by Mihaly Csikezentmihalyi

* “The Artist’s Way. A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity” by Julia Cameron.

The first reference reports on the results of a scientific approach to the study of what creativity is and the second is a self-study workbook with practical insight.

About the Speaker


This workshop will be given by Henriette Weber Anderson and Dannie Jost, just click on their names and learn a bit more about them.

Location

The workshop will take place at the SANA Metropolitan Hotel.
Information on how to get there can be found here.
When arriving, just ask for the room in the Reception.

Registration


Registration for this workship will open on the 26th of July. If you register before Sept 1th, you have a small discount on the ticket price:

* 170 Euros - Regular Rate

These price doesn’t include the portuguese added value tax: 21% in case you’re European and without a valid VAT number. You can register at SHiFT and in this particular workshop on the registration page. Remember that the maximum number of attendees is 50**, so register before all places are taken.

Contact

For more information, or any question you might have regarding this workshop, please send an email to creativity@shift.pt.