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www.khub.net
The public sector’s collaboration platform
Celebrate the book
Do some creative thinking
Change the ending
Stories that matter…
• The idea
• The writers
• The endings
Why this is so important…
• Open up new possibilities
• Engage/energise
• Creative teams perform better
• Voice and influence
Change and creativity
• I’m not creative
• The tyranny of evaluation
• If it’s not embarrassing /exposing, it’s probably not that interesting…
Creativity is helped by…
• Structure and space
• Experimenting and detail
• Persistence and self-awareness
For the next 15mins…
Stretch your imaginations
• No-one will see it!• Inner editor banned• Go with the process• Ideas unlimited
Quick letting go exercise…
Write a letter in the corner of your page
(not j,k,q,u,x,y,z)
Scribble down
as many words as you can that start with
that letter….
…that describe you!
Lie, embellishwrite the opposite
What your mum /kids /distant relative might say about youJot down words about your
younger/older self names of places, where you
would like to beHow do you imagine yourself
as a superhero…
…fill the page!
Caped crusader
Rebecca Smith Buckinghamshire CC
Work in pairs
.. One of you makes a suggestion…
And talks about it for one minute
If you’re stuck try this…
“We should set up a department for
lessons learned…”
For a minute or so… Your partner
only responds with
No but…
For the next minute
your partner responds only with…
Yes and…
Situation + what if’s…
Stephen King (more personal and looser)
1. Pick a situation or a question…(something real… something you are challenged by/ intrigued about…)
2. Think of a picture - related in/directly - a physical location, a person… (in your frame…. describe or draw a detail of that picture, start filling it in)
What if?
Work with your neighbour…
Create 5 “what-if’s?”
e.g. put yourself in the pictureinvert /subvert something
remove a given…reveal an emotion
help comes unexpectedly
Lessons in corporate parenting
Kersten EnglandYork City Council
Wouldn’t it be great if?
Triple H
Mark RogersBirmingham City Council
Change the ending
Not just stories….Stories with a purposethat we create and live
Big thanks
• Enjoy the read / rest of the day
• T: @futuredawn
“Very compelling.. both tough and human.” The Guardian Masterclasses
“The first bedtime book in many, many months that I have actually finished! Written by someone with a deep inside knowledge and empathy with local government ” Martin Reeves Chief Executive Coventry City Council
“Great descriptions of people, power and goodness. Read it!” Jeremy Corbyn, Islington North MP “A dark tale, difficult to put down.” Richard Carr, Chief Executive Central Bedfordshire Council
“Rings true and draws you into the dilemmas of city life” Duncan Sharkey Chief Executive, Worcester City Council