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🎙️The Doctor Is In: What if 'Play' is the Most Serious Work We Can Do?
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Hey Reader, I hosted The Creative Amp workshop this week, and I'm still buzzing from it. This image I captured says it all: messy, playful, and surprisingly profound. More on that in this week's letter. Dear Creativity, We did it. The Creative Amp workshop felt like building a bridge between all the parts of me, the 'lab' of systems and learning, and the 'studio' of pure play. And Creativity, it was you who held the blueprints. We watched people connect with their ideas, freeing themselves from perfectionism through those wonderfully messy non-dominant-hand drawings. We saw them make their ideas tangible, not with some large visual vocabulary, but by elevating simple shapes they already knew. It was a reminder that we don't need more tools; we need more permission. My biggest takeaway? The more I tap into the parts of me I've grown to hide over the years—the playful, the silly, the imperfect—the more deeply I connect with you. The magic I love to witness is that moment when someone who believes they "aren't creative" begins to see you everywhere. It happened again in that room. What if the skill we all need to practice most isn't our expertise, but our ability to play? Innovatively yours, “The Doctor Is In” is the official weekly broadcast of The Innovation Doctor. The call-in lines are always open. If you have a question or a story for the Doctor, you can leave a message for her right here. |
The Doctor Is In
The official broadcast from The Innovation Doctor. Your weekly prescription of practical creativity to get your ideas unstuck.
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