014. Creativity with Don Campbell

Don Campbell is a sculptor and author of the book "Creativity: It's not what you think".  Whilst discussing leadership with a sculptor may seem unusual, there are many nuggets of gold in this interview about how to unlock your own creativity and the creativity within your team.

Don shares his life story from graphic designer to sculptor and important lessons he has learnt along the way.

We discuss the power of language and mindset; deep listening; emotional intelligence and voices that can prevent us from unlocking our full potential.

This includes Don sharing with us the one word that changed his life forever.

Don discovered the concept of Theory U and different levels of Deep Listening and uses this in his own work as well as inspiring creativity in others.

Theory U was born out of Otto Scharmer of MIT and explores the process of creativity.

Levels of Deep Listening start from just hearing what we already know (or perhaps hearing what we want to hear).  To unlock further levels of deep listening we must have an OPEN MIND ready to listen to new concepts; an OPEN HEART to listen and empathise with feelings; and an OPEN WILL to be willing to discover a new future of what is possible.

Please do check out this episode as Don shares his wealth of knowledge so that you can apply this yourself and incorporate it into your leadership style.

You can find a copy of Don's book at the following link: https://amzn.to/3y5FxhJ 

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