Creativity and Emotions are inseparable and there’s a strong possibility that they may be directly proportional, and yet, we know that an over-abundance of emotions can lead us into darkness. The problem with this whole creativity-emotions nexus is that if…
Category: Creativity Techniques
The Creative Lounge: 3 Telltale Signs that you are Creative!
Creativity is an exotic term that dons different faces from the walls temple of Many-faced God (Reference: Game of Thrones.) Fortunately, the reasons why Creativity dons several faces, is different than it was in the Game of Thrones where the…
The Creative Lounge :: Perfection vs. Creativity – the Destructive Chemistry between the Two.
The Clue: “Perfectionist” not “Perfect” The term is Perfectionist. It isn’t Perfect. As old as the quest for perfection is – if it had a success rate of even half-a-percent you’d expect hundreds of thousands of “perfects” around. We don’t…
Two New Free Workshops – CICD (Creativity) and TID (Training.)
Dear Readers, This spring, I’m happy to announce two mint-fresh workshops for my two favorite audience groups – the writers and the trainers. 1. The Creativity & Instructional Content Development (CICD) Workshop on April 07, 2019 (Sunday.) For the writers (content…
Creativity – Igniting, Harnessing, and Channeling your Creative Potential.
Last week, I received a call from a young woman who was interested in exploring the IDCD (Instructional Design and Content Development) course. During our discussion, she asked me if her lack of creativity would in any manner hamper her…
Creative Agni’s Corporate Trainings and Open Workshops.
This post is for the Organizations and Professionals who are seeking effective training programs in the areas of Instructional Design, eLearning Development (Storyboarding and Rapid Authoring,) and Gamification of Training and Learning content. Creative Agni’s corporate training programs and open…
Using Instructional Storytelling Storytelling for Soft-skills, Conceptual, and Technical Trainings
The battle-lines between creativity and practicality never fade, yet some instructional designers and trainers make the effort to bring creativity into the domain of teaching and training. They use various techniques to make learning more palatable and also more effective.…
Context-specific Creativity
What is Context-specific Creativity? We are all creative, however, our creativity is contextual. It exists within a specific context and disappears outside it. Thus, The Definition of Context-specific Creativity Context-specific Creativity is the ability to arrive at a solution to…
Aleatoric Creativity and Instructional Design
According to the Webster’s dictionary that sits on my desk, Aleatoric means, “characterized by chance of indeterminate elements.” Aleatoric Creativity: Aleatoric creativity thus, must mean something that’s the complete antithesis of the kind of creativity required for instructional design, which…
Types of Creativity – The 4C Model by James Kauffman
Types of Creativity – The 4C Model by James Kauffman Traditionally, creativity was thought to be of two types: 1. Eminent Creativity (Creativity of those who achieved eminence in their chosen creative field.) 2. Everyday Creativity (Creativity that everyone…