Culture, Flow, Purpose, Creativity, Kids, and Process

CULTURE,FLOW,PURPOSE CREATIVITY,KIDS,PROCESS

CHRIS SCOTT @CSCOTTSY

WE NEED PROBLEM SOLVERS AND PROBLEM IDENTIFIERS.

UNDERSTANDING DERIVES FROM ACTIVITY

John Dewey

GIVE A TRY

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EXERCISE

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

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EXERCISE

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

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ANOTHER?

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EXERCISE

LIGHTS

▸ There are 3 switches outside a closed room. There are 3 lamps inside the room. You can flip the switches as much as you want while the door is closed, but you must enter the room only once. Can you determine which switch is connected to which lamp?

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WE’RE HERE TO DO BETTER.

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START WITH WHY

SIMON SINEK

WHAT’S YOUR CLASS CULTURE?

WHAT ARE YOUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE?

Douglas McGregor

THEORYX/Y

THEORY X

KIDS NEED TO BE:

▸ Coerced

▸ Controlled

▸ Directed

▸ Threatened with Punishment

▸ to achieve educational objectives…

THEORY Y

KIDS

▸ Inherently Want to Create

▸ Motivated to Work

▸ Seek out Responsibility

▸ Solve Problems Imaginatively

CULTURE3 LEVELS OF

THEORYX/Y

CULTURE

▸ Surface level: what is visible

▸ Mid level: stated rules and policies

▸ Deep Underlying: values and assumptions

LET’S BUILD

YOUR TEAM CHALLENGE:

▸ Build the largest freestanding tower with the paper and tape provided

▸ 5 min to design

▸ 10 min to build

▸ 10 min debrief

GO!READY?

DEBRIEF

PICK A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

▸ What strengths did you see in your teammates? Name them with specific examples.

▸ Were you holding back during the activity?

▸ How do the actions of another team member (negative or positive) affect your ability to adapt?

▸ How do you respond when changes in the environment are beyond your control? When they are within your control?

HOW ARE YOU BRINGING AUTHENTIC PURPOSE?

AUTONOMY MASTERY PURPOSE

DRIVE:

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FLOW?WHAT ABOUT

FLOW STATES ARE OPTIMAL STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Steven Kotler Flow Genome Project

FLOW GENOME PROJECT

FLOW BY ANY OTHER NAME

▸ In the Zone

▸ Runners High

▸ In the Pocket

▸ The Forever Box

FLOW

WHAT HAPPENS IN FLOW?

▸ Time speeds up or slows down

▸ Focus concentrates

▸ Transient Hypofrontality -self disappears

▸ Norepinephrine, dopamine, anandamide, serotonin and endorphins.

FLOW

WHY FLOW

▸ Quick learning. Master things in half the time.

▸ Optimal state of consciousness.

STAGE 1

Struggleimg: https://goo.gl/87gnyL

STAGE 2

Releaseimg: https://goo.gl/tJSpmW

STAGE 3

Flowimg: https://goo.gl/tJSpmW

STAGE 4

Recoveryimg: https://goo.gl/5uYyrn

FLOW

GET INTO FLOW

▸ 17 Flow Triggers

▸ Rich Environment, Deep Embodiment, Serious Concentration

▸ Sense of Control/ Autonomy,

▸ Creativity creates Flow, Flow creates Creativity

▸ Altruistic :: Helper’s High

▸ 4% difference between challenge and skill

▸ 17 Flow Triggers by Steven Kotler: http://goo.gl/GfEU5M

FLOW

PREVENTS

▸ Cortisol

▸ Self-awareness

▸ Worry

WHAT’S YOUR FLOW PROFILE?

bit.ly/flowquiz

Lou Ruvo Brain Institute image:https://goo.gl/CGNmZD

FLOW GOER

HARD CHARGER

CROWD PLEASERDEEP THINKER

FLOW

HOW TO ENCOURAGE FLOW & CREATIVITY

▸ Exercise

▸ Long blocks of time

▸ Take a walk

▸ Breathe

DEBRIEF

WHAT’S YOUR TAKEAWAY?

▸ Please share with your group your personal takeaway from what you’ve been learning at OETC.

▸ What’s your next step? -make it actionable.

PROCESS