BUILDING PHYSICAL SPACES TO ENHANCE CREATIVE WORK

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Comment by Liisa Välikangas on May 27, 2011 at 2:10pm

I like the idea of reflecting what spaces evoke or induce in us. I always meet people in cafes when ever possible, as the office is too constrained an environment. I believe spaces are so important but they are usually so boring (as far as work spaces go), that we have tuned out the natural feelings of space consciousness that all animals have - who is next to you in the jungle? Friend or foe?

Comment by Tianyi Pan on May 20, 2011 at 10:46am

Hi Inge, no I dont mind at all! In fact, I copied your style and embedded the Webex intro at the end as well. It's more "customer friendly" this way :)

 

I certainly hope you can attend and share your stories during the session on evoking the inner child and playfulness. I will show some examples, but I think it's the interaction between the attendees that's the real value here.

Comment by Inge Jansen on May 20, 2011 at 10:01am

Hi Tianyi,

I added your video (great job!) to this introduction for more exposure, hope that's okay with you!  

Your introduction makes me curious to reflect on physical (and virtual) spaces and to share experiences. I like your phrase of 'evoking the inner child', it would be great if participants of this session could think about an environment (or even bring pictures) that has this effect on them. I always feel this when I am swinging on a swing in a garden I pass, or when I'm walking through the dunes and can't stop myself from running or rolling down. Next question is: how can this be translated to a physical and virtual space? I need to think of that a bit more...    

Comment by Tianyi Pan on May 18, 2011 at 9:46pm

Zoltan, very nice point. Unfortunately the reason behind viral spreading of an idea is a bit offtopic. However, regarding the conditions surrounding the birth of these ideas, that might touch on my topic. Although I'm not an expert in this field, something that repeatedly comes up when people ask about the environmental aspects behind creativity, the answer has been playfulness. I guess what I mean is that the environment should evoke the inner child in the person in order for that person to become more creative and not be risk-avoiding.

 

Sari, yes, I think my and Holger's sessions greatly complement each other. Actually, this is why I've taken the "virtual" out from my own session. I will still briefly bring my own experience of virtual collaboration tools at the end of my session, and contrast that with the physical environment. However, it serves more as a teaser and a bridge to Holger's session, which will fully deal with virtual spaces.

Comment by Sari Stenfors on May 18, 2011 at 7:49pm

Tianyi, now that you have a nice combo with Holger's session on virtual creative spaces, I was wondering if you will be comparing them at some point. I would like to learn about the differences of virtual and physical creative spaces. Is that a topic for some other session or will you cover that?

Comment by Zoltan Jaq Jakab on May 18, 2011 at 5:28pm

In connection to angry birds and this topic I do have some things hitting my mind.

What makes an idea or a design spread globally like a virus? I mean we see funny, crozy or dramatic animations, pictures but only a few of them really pread. What are the features that makes something so viral?

Question following this. If we know what are these things, how can we cultivate these crative skills, these "heavenly sparks" to create more ideas like them?

Comment by Tianyi Pan on May 13, 2011 at 1:09pm

Hi Hans,

 

Thanks for the comment. Please note that we collaborated with Holger to bring our thematically close sessions into a fully featured track, and thus changed the order of our presentations to make it flow better.

 

My session will now be held before the break.

 

Thanks,

Tianyi

Comment by Hans Gaertner on May 5, 2011 at 3:06pm

Since we are encouraging people in our seminars on virtual teams to include a variety of means of communication in their dialogues  in virtual teams, including audio and video: I am especially interested in using film and other visuals that everybody can produce easily (where you don't need a professional to accomplish this)