I’m experimenting with having unplanned conversations with stimulating people. I record our sessions and I put them online. I want to have at least 10 of them and create a network of notes to use as the source of new ideas.
I am at the sixth CREAZEE Sprint, now. Four in English and two in Italian. Will I make it to ten?
David Orban was an enthusiastic CREAZEE Challenger during our Daily Writing Habit Challenge in 2021. I was very proud of seeing his unleashed creativity in following his own rules and prompts (rather than the ones I was suggesting). We had fun, creative ideas, and profound thoughts on life and everything.
A few days ago I had the pleasure of having an unplanned CREAZEE Sprint with David where we talked about polymathy, learning approaches, failure, correcting own mistakes, zooming in-out, the joy of living, building confidence with deliberate practice, climate crisis and IEA’s mistakes, creativity and surprise.
I met Quinten in Ness Labs, a community of creatives. I proposed a book club on “The Uncertainty Mindset” and we started to zoom-meet every week.
It was about three years ago and we never stopped since.
Quinten is a Joyful Creative Enzyme. We never had to plan our conversations. The sole fact of being online connected sparked in us the urge to talk.
About what?
Watch the video to have a sample. Consider it an excellent representation of what Q & Max do every week for one hour.
Among the topic we touched on was content curation, visualizing conversations in real-time (as in this case), collaboration, Personal Knowledge Management, and note-taking, the role of AI in learning.
We also discussed my experience with the CREAZEE Daily Writing Habit Challenge which involved about 15 people in 2021. We wrote about 500 articles in a month, one article per day, every single day.
It’s a long video, consider it an invitation to be part of a meeting between friends with an unstoppable desire to share their enthusiasm for knowledge and for life.
Making decisions in large no-profit organizations benefits from structured facilitation. A Human-Centred Designer like Antonella Pastore facilitates the process of understanding the complex setting, gathering all diverse points of view, mapping information flows and processes, and convening all people to create a shared understanding.
In a CREAZEE Sprint, I discussed with Antonella a former illustration of her roles in Italian. Then we decided it was worth redoing it in English by summarizing her journey and highlighting some of the most interesting aspects.
Enjoy a video interview, also published as a podcast, in which we leverage an engaging work of exploration, reflection, and analysis of a crucial role: the Human-Centred Designer.
In an informal conversation with a good friend, I explored creativity, songwriting, filmmaking, and how music can help people to be more hopeful.
Marco Genovesi, my first guest, is a songwriter, music composer, and professional Visual Effects Artist.
We discussed the creative process of creating a song when collaborating with other artists with different roles. Marco received an audio track, and he got inspired to write the lyrics. In the conversation, he explains how he imagined the words and facilitated the inspiration of creating in different moments and places.
So we discussed continuity in creativity, the surprise of finding things when you have to work with others, and the fact that it helps serendipity and pushes you to think differently.
It’s not a secret that this video might not look refined. I decided to do it while on the road without overthinking it.
I got inspired by another good friend, David Orban, who said: “Why don’t you just do it?”
And I did it! Without the comfort of my studio and an adequate microphone, a fast connection, a good camera, or high-quality local recording: I did it! All of that was limiting the quality of the final product but didn’t limit the content. Those constraints helped to make it profound and focused.
Since then, I have recorded other conversations and can’t wait to share them.
I’m proud of this initiative. I invite you to listen and watch the first episode.
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