Creativity is about the survival of ideas, pushing and pulling them out of us, giving them shape, and nurturing them into the world. It rarely happens alone. More often teams and groups are critical to creative ideas reaching adulthood. Yet, teams are complex. They can be the greatest champions for an idea or instantly kill it. In this episode, Amy Climer talks about the 3 elements of collaborative creativity that teams need to help ideas survive and thrive.

What You’ll Learn

* The three elements of collaboratively creative teams.
* What happens when ideas are shot down too early


“At any point in our life we can choose to become more creative.” -Amy Climer Click To Tweet

Resources

* Episodes about Creative Problem Solving: 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
* Episode 52 with Darcy Luoma: How Multi-tasking Decreases Productivity
* Book: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Video of Amy Climer’s Survival of Ideas Talk at Creative Mornings Asheville

Weekly Challenge
Think about a team you are a member of. How do they rank in the three elements of collaborative creativity? Where are the weaknesses and strengths? What does the team need to learn in order to be more creative together?
Transcript
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Transcript for Episode #074: The Survival of Ideas
Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 74. I am so glad you are here today. Today, I want to talk about this concept of the survival of ideas and how ideas might survive and thrive or they might wither and die. I am going to talk through what makes that happen in teams. Before I do that, I want to share a new review that came in on iTunes. This review is from Michael Diettrich-Chastain and it is titled The Power of Creativity, five stars. Michael says:
“Amy and her guests do a wonderful job exploring how creativity is connected to so many aspects of our effectiveness in our professional and personal worlds. The Deliberate Creative podcast is insightful, entertaining and wide ranging in guests and content. I appreciate how the podcast truly integrates all aspects of our experience while still staying relevant to creativity. Excellent job!”
Michael, thank you so much for the review. I really appreciate you taking the time to write it and I am so glad you are listening to the show. If you have not left a review on iTunes, Stitcher or Google Play, I would love for you to do that. Reviews are kind of a big deal for podcasters like me to get. If you are willing to take a few minutes and go in and write your review, I would love to hear your thoughts and it helps other people find The Deliberate Creative Podcast.