Introducing Lee Kitchen - Magical Creativity Dude!

Lee is the "Magical Creativity Dude" who helps people think differently with a view to Maximize Your Potential. Lee was a part of the Creative Inc. team at Disney during his last 10 years. The idea was to create a common language for creativity and he did this with an innovative program called "Toy Box" which I was blessed to participate in myself.

We all have creativity within us and when we release this potential it creates amazing results. People are overwhelmed by the fact that they didn't realize they had this level of creativity within them.

The training is simple, it is based on what we learn in life but the way it is built makes it powerful. It focuses on building on ideas that traditionally would be thought of as ridiculous. Using a divergent and convergent mindset helps expand thinking.

"Behaviors eat the process for breakfast" - teaching behaviors produces results. 

The concept of "What if" helps people think about what is possible rather than what is not likely. Lee calls this the "Rule breaker" and encourages you to think about what could happen if that rule didn't exist. Disney used this concept when they created the Magic Bands by asking "What if there were no turnstiles?"

Put all judgements aside when you are creating ideas. Use the phrase "Yes, and" and but the no because response away. Another phrase that can be used is "Yes, or" which encourages collaboration of ideas that can be green-housed.

An important step in the thought process is to invite 80% experts and 20% UN-biased observers who have no preconceived ideas and therefore bring a fresh approach. 

Some people do not have permission to create ideas in their workplace so giving that permission is a fresh perspective that opens up a new world of ideas. Lee explains how he did this with a group of accountants who are not normally associated with being creative.

There are a lot of amazing things happening in the world during the current situation which is really refreshing. Lee describes how creative it is that Italians are on their balconies playing music together, how he has "dance parties" online, the Easter Bunny parades, and also how families are spending more quality time together. All of each would not have happened previously.

All of Lee's business was live so his jobs were cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19. This meant that Lee had to be creative and so he decided to practice facilitating via zoom, which he wasn't comfortable in doing previously. He did this every other day for a couple of weeks to fail and learn in order to become comfortable with this new way of communicating his programs.

Another great tip for virtual meetings is to "stand people up" every 40 minutes so that they stay energized and focused.

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