Time for Innovation: How to Inspire Your Team’s Most Creative Thinking

With the right rituals and tools, you can inspire your team’s out-of-the-box thinking.

Julia Tsoi
The Startup

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Illustration of creativity
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As a design strategist, I work closely with the business owner to design programs and interactive sessions to unleash teams’ creativity. The client often shares that the team is comfortable with their current environment yet dares to challenge the status quo and develop original ideas. Day in and day out, every day seems to be a loop for them, and the leaders sense the vital need to break the routine.

“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” Steve Jobs

Everyone is born with creativity. And it is all about how we can knock and open the door for them to come in. So being a facilitator, we create a safe environment for people to embrace the discomfort and develop the craziest ideas.

Below I have summarized five ways to inspire participants to think out of the box and be ready to…

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Julia Tsoi
The Startup

Design Strategist @ Ogilvy | Apple Developer Academy Alumni. Bird without legs and I would always fly high. https://juliatsoi.com/