In the last episode, I introduced you to how AI research sheds new light on our creative process. If you haven’t already listened to it, I recommend checking it out before listening to this episode. To give you a short recap: For an AI to function, it needs to know A) What options it has
This is going to be my first 2-part series on the show. This week, I’ll introduce you to the field of creative AI’s. We’ll learn how we program AI’s to be creative, and how we can apply that knowledge to our own creativity. Next week, I’ll share with you a really interesting problem that AI
Today we are going to be talking about the 4C Model of Creativity, which deals with what we call Creative Magnitude. Image source: http://www.normanjackson.co.uk/creativejam.html What I want you to take away from this episode is that you shouldn’t think about creativity as simply just the big ideas that have this massive impact on society. It’s
One of my secret passions is game design. I love watching YouTube videos about how games are made and why game developers made the decisions that they did. The topic for this episode was inspired by 2 YouTube channels that explain video game design really well. One is Adam Millard, who has the Architect of
Stream this episode of the Kaizen Creativity Podcast below or listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Listen Online Steve Martin is one of my all-time favorite creative people. What makes him so special is that he somehow managed to rebel against a group of comedians who were themselves in a rebellion.
How often do you sit down and allow your imagination to run wild? Using my imagination is one of my favorite parts of the creative process. When I write comedy, I spend very little time actually touching the keyboard. The vast majority of my time writing is spend playing around with ideas in my imagination.
One of the easiest ways to ensure that your idea is unique is by simply doing the opposite of what others are doing. This technique can be a bit uncomfortable at first, but it consistently leads to highly unique ideas. Listen to the podcast here (or on your favorite podcast app) When using this technique,
It’s one of the most important skills out there, yet it’s also the most difficult. Mindfulness has so many implications to our lives, both inside and outside of creativity. Mindfulness is about taking control of how we perceive the world. We override the automatic behaviors that dominate our daily life and, instead, we view the
More of the same never adds up to the best. Walk around the grocery store and you’ll see thousands of brand names trying to make you think they’re the best. They do this by trying to add something on top of their base offering. Take the cereal isle, which for decades has been trying to