Don’t feel like you get enough opportunities to be creative in your job? Maybe so.
If that’s the case, here's an assignment for today and over the weekend: be on the lookout for an informal opportunity to use your creative talent to help someone else, then report back on it here by Monday.
Want a quick example - at a party earlier this year, one guest was talking about trying to come up with an intriguing name for her new business idea. I joined the conversation and offered to help generate some possible names. My motivation? I'd developed a new messaging ideation technique that hadn't yet been tested. This was a great low-risk way to see if it could really generate lots of cool ideas.
We both benefitted. She received more than a 100 possible names; I learned what worked and didn't with the new technique.
Be on the lookout for people with creative challenges this weekend and share a brief story in the comments section on this post, ideally by Monday. Let everyone know how you tried to help someone - either previously or over the weekend. And in so doing, you'll address another creative challenge: your comments will become the whole Monday Creative Quickie post!
So have a great weekend and report your successes in helping others with creative challenges on Brainzooming!
