Micro-learning - 23 x top tips to boost your creativity

Name: Micro-learning - 23 x top tips to boost your creativity
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Short 1-2min content with quickdraw illustrations from two top creatives

Created bySi Beales

Last updated 2/2024

English

What you'll learn

Creatives looking for a boost, Non-creatives looking for new skills
23 tips in short-form content, less than 2 mins each
Live illustrated sessions to deepen learning, great for visual learners
Build creative habits with two expert creatives with big brand experience
From student to graduate to account manager to company director - creativity will boost your career
Instantly learn new creative habits that will stay with you for life

Course content

2 sections • 24 lectures • 37m total length

Introduction0:43
Si from Future Skills Club collaborates with Rikki Marr - quickdraw illustrator for 23 tips and techniques to become more creative.

01 - Steal2:06
Good Steal and bad steal. Don't be worried -'its not where where you take from but where you take it to'. Remix it into something new.
02 - Take note2:21
Always have a sketchbook or notebook for taking notes and writing things down to help embed into your brain.
03 - Fight the system1:32
Fight and challenge the system, step outside the box and don't go along with the norm. This is how creatives add value.
04 - Remix1:10
Remix it to feel fresh. Don't be scared or worried - align to human needs and insight.
05 - Five Words1:24
Borrow / Blend / Subvert / Develop / Bounce
06 - Don't fit-in1:49
Why wear a tie? Celebrate it and be yourself.
07 - Cook2:29
Cooking and blending - mixing and matching for problem solving with a little bit of this anf a little bit of that. Insight story of how HP Sauce was created in Nottingham!
08 - Known1:17
Don't just stay in your lane with what you know, go out and do primary research - speak to people and users.
09 - Be Weird1:08
Weird people are interesting, they think about stuff that takes you to a new place!
10 - Get Angry1:17
Getting angry will help us change things - this isn't good enough.
11 - Be Critical1:58
It's not being critical to be negative way but developing your critical thinking.
12 - Bash the Brief2:12
Don't rush into your project brief and jump straight to waht you think the solutions are.
13 - Look UP1:12
We walk along with our heads down or what marketeers want us to look at. Go towards the strange and try walk into a tree!
14 - Growth Mentality1:26
Growth mentality is about open to change, possibilities or peoples ideas.
15 - Lego1:21
Si has a love and hate relationship with Lego. Don't use the kits - be brave and freestyle it!
16 - Alt Indie1:26
Alternative and independent - look down the side-streets for the fresh stuff.
17 - What on earth is the three i's1:44
Innovation / insights / inspirations
18 - Culture Vulture2:01
Be a culture vulture - consume content and inspiration. Become a sponge so when you need a new idea it will come out of your sub-conscious.
19 - Trend Spotting1:55
Look for trends, connections, patterns, flavour and words. Its not in the mainstream or hight street. Rikki has a great insight about Gucci trend research. Also, the sweetie or lipstick index.
20 - Deconstruct / Reconstruct1:23
Pull it apart, get granular and take it apart to understand it. You should have your notebook/sketchbook handy.
21 - Look for Problems1:10
Tension or pinch points - What's good and what could be better? Be a problem hunter and ways to solve them. This is the foundation habit of everyday problem solving challenges.
22 - Flaws0:44
Perfectly imperfect - finding the joy in the limitations. Everything does not have to be symmetrical.
23 - Listen up1:24
Take time to listen or for those quiet ones in your time - ask them what they learnt from the conversation.

Requirements

All you need is curiosity and willingness to try new things
A notebook and pen/pencil
Whatever your job, experience or ability these top tips will help you learn automatically

Description

Si from Future Skills Club and Rikki the quickdraw illustrator discuss and illustrate 23 top tips to boost your creativity.

These short 1-2 minute videos explore creative habits, effective methods and some insightful snippets from their experience in the creative industry.

You might be surprised that we will encourage you to:

Steal, make something fresh
Fight the system
Don't fit-in, be different
Get angry
Not follow cooking recipes
Be weird
Be critical
Go down side alleys off the beaten track

You will need to get a notebook, look-up, play with Lego, become a culture vulture, look for problems and flaws.

We will teach you little systems such as

5 words
Three i's

You can enjoy this content on-the-go and put into practice straight away to boost your creativity and problem solving skills. You will be able to Bash the Brief of a live project at work using our deconstruct and reconstruct tips.

Try the same tip with a friend or colleague to see how different the process and results are. You be surprised how powerful collaboration in creative thinking and problem solving is. Remember no idea is a bad idea and failure is good - they lead to better solutions.

Si and Rikki

Who this course is for:

Anybody who wants some tips to develop their creativity

Micro-learning - 23 x top tips to boost your creativity

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Introduction1 lecture • 1min

23 Brain Boosting tips for creativity23 lectures • 36min

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