🐋How to be the ideas person
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Hello, Tech Pod! 💦
Big Tech is constantly on the hunt for creative thinkers.
A tech company’s success hinges upon the quantity of original and inventive thinkers in their organization.
And you can be their solution! Even if you don’t find yourself to be naturally gifted in this area, you can still masterfully develop this skill.
So, here are 4 quick tips to develop your ideation and strategic thinking skills ⬇️
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🦦 Dig a mental river
Beneath the surface of the conscious mind lies a raging ocean of original ideas and creative solutions.
An effective creative thinker = synchronization between the subconscious and unconscious.
Dig out a channel for creative ideas to flow into your conscious mind ⬇️
Practice speed writing thoughts, ideas, and solutions onto a document. Setting a timer can be helpful. Aim to enter into a flow state where your deep mind and typing fingers sync together.
When your conscious mind butts in with criticism, pause, acknowledge it without judgement, and send it off with a breath. Consider this as clearing junk out from your river.
🧠 Build a Second Brain
Today, we consume way more information than we know what to do with.
There’s a better way to interact with information, with the help of a “second brain” note-taking system.
Benefits of the system:
Treat your thoughts as treasures worth keeping
Create a mental space to roam, wander, and explore ideas
Discover original connections between your ideas
We’ll let this video by the creator of it explain it.
But spoiler alert, it can forever transform the way you consume and create ideas!
Final thoughts 🍃
When it comes to your career in tech:
Bring value to your team by developing personal habits and structures to consume, process, and create ideas from content on a high level.
Be the person about whom people say:
“[your name] will think of something, they always do”
“[your name], you have such a good memory”
“I wouldn’t have thought about it that way, that’s interesting!’
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Written by Jacqueline Mastrelli
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