Show notes

We talk to Denise Jacobs about how to banish our inner critic and remove the mental blocks that get in the way of creative thinking. We also talked about how you can improve focus and get your brain into a state where you can access creative ideas best.

Later in the episode, Chris Noessel joins us to continue our conversation about creativity. Chris and Denise both make use of audience participation during keynote presentations. We talk about improvisation as a useful tool for us and ask why is creativity so important?

(Listening time: 35 minutes, transcript)

Episode #276: Creativity with @denisejacobs & @chrisnoessel (UXP Classic)

We banish our inner critic, remove mental blocks, get to a flow state, do improv – and consider why creativity is so important?https://t.co/w3SgfLkO4M#ux #uxpodcast #podcast pic.twitter.com/N6SOJhleFc

— UX Podcast (@uxpodcast) November 19, 2021

References:

• Full transcript to Episode 276
• Denise Jacobs
  • Website: https://denisejacobs.com/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/denisejacobs
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deniserjacobs
  • Banish Your Inner Critic talk: https://denisejacobs.com/videos/mind-the-product-2019-san-francisco/
• Christopher Noessel
  • Website: https://about.me/christophernoessel
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisnoessel
• Banish your inner Critic – Denise’s book
• Unfold your brain workshop
• Flow state (Wikipedia)
• Lisa Nichols – Speak and write to make millions
• Co-create: Create better together – Denise’s slides from UXLx 2016
• #nametale stories on Twitter
• Ted founder Richard Wurman
• Jessie Shternshus – The Improv Effect
• Haruspication
• Chris’s previous appearences on UX Podcast – Episodes 217, 121 86 and 25
• Designing Agentive Technology – Chris’s book
• Original show notes to Episode 136
• Recommended listening:
  • Episode 227: Imposter syndrome
  • Full original uncut version of our conversation with Denise and Chris (30 minutes, on Soundcloud)
  • Episode 226: Improv with Mike Gorgone
• Featured image provided by UXLx
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