from make-believe to must-achieve: how adulting killed our creativity
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part 2 (of 5):

The 4 Life Stages of Creativity

But First, Here's What We Know:

Recap of Part 1 (of 5): What Creativity Is (and isn’t)

Creativity is a cognitive (thinking) process someone uses to produce something original, authentic, and useful, either to find or to solve a problem, or to experience the concept of Flow
Since creativity is a thinking process (and not some magical skill only people with talent in the arts possess), it can be taught to and learned by anyone, at any age, in any industry
Creativity is the first step in the innovation process. Creativity is ideation - the generating and honing of ideas. Innovation is the actual execution of said ideas

This essay is a resounding wake-up call making people everywhere question everything – and finally take action on executing the ideas that matter.

part 2 (of 5): the 4 life stages of creativity

Reality Check 2 - As we enter adulthood, our perceived need or use for creativity decreases - but it’s actually when we need it most.

Creativity isn't static.

It's a dynamic force that evolves throughout our lifetime.

This video essay reveals how our creative potential shifts across four distinct life stages that I’ve identified, offering an eye-opening pathway to understanding and maximizing your creative capacity.

Together, we’ll discover how creativity evolves from birth to end of life, revealing:

When creativity naturally peaks and fades
Issues impacting creativity in each life stage
Practical strategies to nurture creativity throughout our lifespan
How external experiences directly impact our creative potential

Watch the video essay • 26:17

let's recap:

We just uncovered how creativity becomes systematically suppressed during the Conformative Creativity stage.

This is the period spanning the first two decades of adulthood that profoundly changes our relationship with creative expression.

Now, let’s look beneath the surface at the personal and professional impacts that result.

up next: part 3 (of 5)

The Professional Spillover of Personal Creativity Scarcity

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The 4 Life Stages of Creativity

Reality Check 2 - As we enter adulthood, our perceived need or use for creativity decreases - but it’s actually when we need it most.

Creativity isn't static.

We just uncovered how creativity becomes systematically suppressed during the Conformative Creativity stage.

The Professional Spillover of Personal Creativity Scarcity

You're in the right place if you have been curiously questioning the status quo and are ready to develop and execute your groundbreaking ideas that will reshape the way work works, life is lived, and how impact is realized.

On this site, we explore:

How to convert our strongest ideas into powerful assets for change and impact

What creativity is (and isn’t), how it evolves throughout our lifetime, and why it’s critical to our success to activate it

A new creativity and innovation process to build out your ideas and manage your innovation projects

Using Intrapreneurship as an employee engagement + retention tool and innovation engine inside your organization

Start Here:

We're In What I'm Calling The Great Adult Creativity Recession

Visioning Shouldn't Be Confined To Annual Vision Board Parties

The 4 Life Stages of Creativity

Reality Check 2 - As we enter adulthood, our perceived need or use for creativity decreases - but it’s actually when we need it most.

Creativity isn't static.

We just uncovered how creativity becomes systematically suppressed during the Conformative Creativity stage.

The Professional Spillover of Personal Creativity Scarcity

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You're in the right place if you have been curiously questioning the status quo and are ready to develop and execute your groundbreaking ideas that will reshape the way work works, life is lived, and how impact is realized.

On this site, we explore:

How to convert our strongest ideas into powerful assets for change and impact

What creativity is (and isn’t), how it evolves throughout our lifetime, and why it’s critical to our success to activate it

A new creativity and innovation process to build out your ideas and manage your innovation projects

Using Intrapreneurship as an employee engagement + retention tool and innovation engine inside your organization

Start Here:

We're In What I'm Calling The Great Adult Creativity Recession

Visioning Shouldn't Be Confined To Annual Vision Board Parties

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