Too fast to think : how to reclaim your creativity in a hyper-connected work culture / Chris Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Chris, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creative ability.

Psychology, Industrial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Kogan Page, 2016.

Summary:

"Exposing current work environments and practices, Too Fast to Think argues that these two elements are detrimental to and block creativity from flourishing. Employees are too busy, too overloaded with constant information, and too focused on analytical left brain thinking to allow for diffuse thinking, which is usually when creativity can flow uninterrupted and where the best ideas emerge. Author Chris Lewis promotes a model that re-balances left and right brain thinking, takes a holistic approach to the process of thoughts (including emotional thinking and wellbeing), and promotes eight traits that are inherently linked to creation and innovation. Supported by the latest research he teaches how to retrain the brain into allowing creative ideas to emerge, before being shut down by constant interruptions and self-doubts"-- Provided by publisher.

"Our lives are getting faster and faster. We are engulfed in constant distraction from email, social media and our 'always on' work culture. We are too busy, too overloaded with information and too focused on analytical left-brain thinking processes to be creative. Too Fast to Think exposes how our current work practices, media culture and education systems are detrimental to innovation. The speed and noise of modern life is undermining the clarity and quiet that is essential to power individual thought. Our best ideas are often generated when we are free to think diffusely, in an uninterrupted environment, which is why moments of inspiration so often occur in places completely separate to our offices. To reclaim creativity, Too Fast to Think teaches you how to retrain your brain into allowing creative ideas to emerge, before they are shut down by interruption, distraction or the self-doubt of your over-rational brain. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to maximize their creative potential, as well as that of their team. Supported by cutting-edge research from the University of the Arts London and insightful interviews with business leaders, academics, artists, politicians and psychologists, Chris Lewis takes a holistic approach to explain the 8 crucial traits that are inherently linked to creation and innovation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction 01 The information overload and the way it's changing us

The scale of the overload

Disproportionate effect of overload on millennial adults

How overload is changing the media

How news is changing

How the world is actually getting better

No information is correlated with 'nothing happening'

Disproportionate effect of overload on women

Conclusion 02 How did we allow ourselves to become so overloaded?

Competition and confidence

What are the problems in the system?

What should education be trying to do?

Two worlds, still too far apart

How it can be different

Art used in science

Conclusion 03 The 'always on' environment and its effect

Understanding the Type A

The meeting

The greeting

Office layouts

Conclusion 04 Your brain and how to use it

What you are capable of

The impact of overload on the structures

The left-brain process

The right-brain process

The left and right in history and culture

So is the left brain, right brain a dead end?

The awkward interview

The boring presentation

When things go wrong - the link between creativity, mental illness and depression

Flow and pulse - the way to sustainable creativity

Conclusion 05 Sleep matters

The link between technology and sleep

The role of light

The link between technology and general well-being

Conclusion 06 Where great ideas come from

The 'to-do list' versus the 'to-be list'

The sense of flow

The big inhibitors

Fear

Mastery and failure

The power of art

Truth, beauty and aesthetics

Conclusion 07 Generating better ideas

Generating better ideas: it's all about you

The Eight Creative Traits (QED3RPT)

Generating better ideas: it's all about others

Training principles

So, what else do you need to know?

Taking others into the zone

The Rise Academy at LEWIS

The Rise Four I's Creative Cycle

Conclusion 08 How leaders apply creativity

A business success that doesn't understand business

Fighter

The outsider's insider

An unlikely CEO

'You can't polish a turd'

Expelled for reading too much

Just your average cat-breeding, star-gazing, portrait-painting, military reservist politician

Complete Focus

The power of logic and emotion in leading the Royal Navy

Conclusion Confession

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780749478872

074947887X

OCLC:

957414400