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Amy Avergun's avatar

Hi Annie,

I love these posts on creativity. A couple of years ago during the height of the pandemic I wrote an article entitled, "What Do innovation and sandwiches have in common?" It's based on an activity I do with teams where I have them imagining themselves standing with their head in the refrigerator trying to make a sandwich out of less than ideal makings. This gets them energetically into the "constraints" frame of mind you described and on to their own set of challenges.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-do-innovation-sandwiches-have-common-amy-avergun

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Courtney's avatar

Thanks for this Annie - did you see that Jason Kottke highlighted a great example of art made in the "notes" app as a great example of creativity within constraints? https://kottke.org/23/03/notes-art When I manage I often work with people to lay out constraints (or guardrails) that can help identify where there is freedom to innovate. Love reading your writing!

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