Dan Cooper created the leadership development program at Southwest Research Institute. Prior to that, he ran his own educational technology company in Boston. He has spent over 40 years developing educational programs.
His PhD and MS are in educational psychology from Stanford, and his BA is in social relations from Harvard.
TOPIC
Tips and tricks to deploy when creatively stuck.
SHORT TALK DESCRIPTION
Dan Cooper’s talk will explore a challenge common to us all—overcoming those all-too-frequent times when the creativity we need for our careers or hobbies abandons us. Accepted wisdom says that creativity is a matter of serendipity and is not a capability that can be produced on demand. However, modern research reveals that there are, in fact, techniques that can be used to overcome the creative blockages we all experience from time to time. We will explore these techniques and the situations in which they can effectively unblock our creative impulses.
TEDx QUOTE
“When I discovered new research about getting unstuck while trying to solve problems, I was very excited to share what I’d learned – but I didn’t know how. TEDx provided the perfect solution.”