6 Big Ideas From 10 Interviews With Creators From All Over The World | ETHX 137

Enhancing The Human Experience with Mark Phillips

A World of Creativity is a special interview series within Enhancing the Human Experience co-hosted by myself and Mark Stinson. In this series, we talk with successful people from around the globe to find out how they get inspired, where their ideas come from, and how they apply creativity in their business and personal lives. Scroll to the end of this post to listen to prior episodes in this series. Well, we've arrived at our final episode in this special series, A World of Creativity. If you've been with us since the beginning, we want to thank you and we hope you got as much out of this series as we did. In this episode Mark shares 6 big ideas he's taken away from our guests in this series. We'd like to thank all of our guests for taking the time to talk with us and share their experience. We'd also like to thank you for listening. 6 big ideas from A World of Creativity Special Interview Series: Toolbox - Each of our guests had one or more go-to tools or processes to help them get their creative juices flowing and ultimately arrive at a creative solution to the problem they were solving.Perseverance - All of our guests expressed and demonstrated a can-do attitude and an on-going commitment to be more creative and grow. Many mentioned reading, practice, and taking on new challenges as ways they stayed on top of their creative game.Data - Many of our guests talked about the relationships between data and creativity. They talked about the idea that each of these support the end result and that focusing on either data or creativity to the exclusion of the other can never produce the best result.Empathy - Our guests talked about the need to know and cultivate a deep understanding of your target market or client you are serving. Many expressed the profound benefits of getting very specific when thinking of that one person who will be using your product or service. This person could be a consumer, reader, viewer, etc. Visualize them as a real person, in a real life situation, with real struggles and problems you are helping them solve.Contingency plan - Many of our guests talked about the need to plan for the best, but prepare for the worst so you aren't blind-sided by something you didn't foresee at the outset of your project.Leadership - All of our guests were constantly looking for ways to elevate their creative influence in the world and share their experience with other creators. Many shared resources with us that you can find in the show notes that accompany every episode (see links below). Listen to prior episodes in this series: Travelling Solo And Experiencing The World With Jen Ruiz | ETHX 136 Creative Leadership and Growing Your Business Through Empathy With Paolo Mercado | ETHX 135 Solving Business Problems Through Creativity With Kevin Fox | ETHX 132 Cultivating Corporate Social Responsibility With Tontine RSE Founder Sophia Lara-Grine | ETHX 130 Value-Based Creativity With Sophia Lara-Grine and Mridhu Verma | ETHX 129 Business Success Through Applied Creativity With Bob Baurys And Cristian Saracco | ETHX 128 The Power of Play | ETHX 127 Successfully Balance Creative and Analytical Activities With Marty Johnson | ETHX 125 5 Ways To Develop Your Network: Never Eat Alone By Keith Ferrazzi | ETHX 123 Outcome-Focused Creativity With John Beggs and Danilo Fratangelo | ETHX 121 Being Authentic, Exploring Your World, and Continually Recreating Yourself with Sherri Talley | ETHX 119 A World of Creativity with Guest Host Mark Stinson | ETHX 118 Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you did, share it with a friend and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. You can also listen to every episode of Enhancing The Human Experience on YouTube. All the best! Mark P.S. – Have you visited the Focus & Flow store yet? If not, what are you waiting for? You’ll find all sorts of products and apparel you’ll enjoy using and wearing that wi...