creative thinking:
the world’s 2nd most demanded skill
This is one of our series of inspirational talks hosted and curated by our friend Matt Bolton-Alarcón of Special Sauce Training.
Matt's topic for this sessions is 'Creative Thinking – The world's 2nd most demanded skill’. Matt highlighted that creative thinking involves both expansive (imaginative) and reductive (expertise-based) thinking, and shared insights from a NASA study showing that 98% of 5-8-year-olds are creative geniuses, compared to only 2% of adults.
He stressed the importance of mindset, recognizing different thinking times (morning larks, night owls), and also warned against living on autopilot, emphasising the need for deliberate positivity and playfulness in creative processes.
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This podcast was recorded at Protein Studios in Shoreditch with a live audience.
Our sound and mix engineer is Matteo Magariello and our producer is Peter Kerwood.
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Elevate is a pioneering free mentoring programme that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to inspire, inform and empower people within the event industry.
Elevate operates thanks to the generosity of our Partners; Cvent, Jack Morton Worldwide, Live Union, Powwow Events, Protein STUDIOS (venue partner), PSP, The Production Department, We Are Collider, CastleBell, SPECIAL SAUCE TRAINING LTD (training partner) Times Ten Coaching and Nic Neal (people and culture partners).
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