Reclaim Your Creative Confidence

They realized they needed a way to keep babies warm in areas far from hospitals, not just a cheaper incubator.

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<p>They started their project in a Palo Alto café, surrounded by potential users.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were described as technically brilliant, deeply analytical, and shy 'geeks'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Initially, people said the app was 'crap'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Kothari gathered feedback by asking café patrons to experiment with his prototypes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Pulse News App was developed in a matter of weeks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;I like...&quot; and &quot;I wish...&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>conservatism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a workshop aimed at generating crazy ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>guided mastery</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They have less anxiety, more success in other parts of their lives, and more resilience in the face of failure.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>harnesses to hold people standing up</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the Skycouch</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It increases their confidence in their ability to attain their goals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is something you practice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>overcoming inertia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>focus on a small piece you can tackle right away</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To gain empathy for customers through direct experiences, and to find insights and breakthrough by dealing with unexpected findings, uncertainty and irrational people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a writer facing the blank page</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>You risk simply reconfirming ideas you've already had or waiting for others to tell you what to do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anthropological fieldwork.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Students in the Extreme Affordability class going out into the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They ventured out of their offices into gritty Detroit neighborhoods, where they observed and spoke with residents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The awkward teenager symbolizes the opposite of unfettered creative expression, showing a deep concern about how others perceive them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adults self-edit to avoid the risk of failing in front of others, causing them to stick to safe options.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Keep a whiteboard and marker in the shower to record thoughts immediately.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scheduling &quot;white space&quot; allows time for thinking, walking, or daydreaming, which can foster creativity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text recommends aiming for 100 ideas instead of 10 to foster greater creativity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text recommends deferring your own judgment when generating ideas to encourage creativity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text recommends using new language when giving feedback and encouraging collaborations to do the same to enhance creative thinking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>&quot;Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The quickest, cheapest way to make progress toward a larger goal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The problem of bus riders not knowing when the next bus would arrive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He bought an 800 number, accessed real-time bus data, and linked it to text-to-speech technology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By showing, not telling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They videotaped an existing car and then used digital effects to layer on proposed features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To take the first step immediately, no matter how tiny, to overcome anxiety and begin a task.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Having the humility to let go of ideas that aren't working and to accept good ideas from other people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She gathered a team of 120 frontline employees and mapped out their disruption recovery actions and challenges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They brainstormed solutions from the bottom up, rather than top down.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were used to differentiate between recovery actions and challenges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>One initial fear was that the public conversation could get out of hand.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It demonstrates that there are always more ideas outside an organization than inside it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is to break the routine of the meeting and leverage different perspectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It demonstrates the concept of ceding control and leveraging different perspectives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fear of judgement, the first step, or letting go.</p> Signup and view all the answers