“I couldn’t even say I love myself. I thought mindfulness was esoteric bullsh*t.” Flo, my podcast guest, wouldn't be able to nurture creative environments in the Zukunftbureau (https://zukunftbureau.org/) movement without self-compassion and mindfulness. Flo and his business partner/wife, Niki, founded Zukunftbureau (https://zukunftbureau.org/) to support innovators on their creative journey. Their concept is spreading across Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
#11 in short:
Do you ask yourself: "How can we nurture creative environments for innovators? How do we foster creativity and innovation in work spaces that are designed to execute? " Then this episode is for you.
5 Key Take Aways for Nurturing, Creative Environments:
.1. Test ideas as much as you can before building the business case.
.2. Establish a culture of experimentation by focussing working sessions around producing prototypes. Start small and with the end in mind. Let the prototype test results guide your decision-making on the next steps.
.3. Mindfulness is staying open and curious by exploring your feelings, accepting them, and moving on, key to creativity and empathy.
.4. Transformation starts at the individual level: nurture mindfulness within yourself first and develop self-compassion to alleviate fear and reduce pressure from inner judgement. This helps embrace the learnings during experimentation in the creative process.
.5. Apply mindfulness to create safe spaces for others to feel comfortable with the learning process during experimentation. Listen and invite people to discuss insecurities.
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