This presentation is about identifying and changing school and classroom culture, how to encourage Flow state and creativity while having an authentic purpose.
8. EXERCISE
LIGHTS
▸ There are 3 switches outside a closed room.
There are 3 lamps inside the room. You can
flip the switches as much as you want while
the door is closed, but you must enter the
room only once. Can you determine which
switch is connected to which lamp?
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9. WE’RE HERE TO
DO BETTER.
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20. DEBRIEF
PICK A COUPLE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:
▸ What strengths did you see in your teammates? Name
them with specific examples.
▸ Were you holding back during the activity?
▸ How do the actions of another team member (negative or
positive) affect your ability to adapt?
▸ How do you respond when changes in the environment
are beyond your control? When they are within your
control?
24. FLOW STATES ARE OPTIMAL
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Steven Kotler Flow Genome Project
FLOW GENOME PROJECT
25. FLOW BY ANY OTHER NAME
▸ In the Zone
▸ Runners High
▸ In the Pocket
▸ The Forever Box
26. FLOW
WHAT HAPPENS IN FLOW?
▸ Time speeds up or slows down
▸ Focus concentrates
▸ Transient Hypofrontality -self disappears
▸ Norepinephrine, dopamine, anandamide, serotonin and
endorphins.
27. FLOW
WHY FLOW
▸ Quick learning. Master things in
half the time.
▸ Optimal state of consciousness.
33. FLOW
GET INTO FLOW
▸ 17 Flow Triggers
▸ Rich Environment, Deep Embodiment, Serious Concentration
▸ Sense of Control/ Autonomy,
▸ Creativity creates Flow, Flow creates Creativity
▸ Altruistic :: Helper’s High
▸ 4% difference between challenge and skill
▸ 17 Flow Triggers by Steven Kotler: http://goo.gl/GfEU5M
37. FLOW
HOW TO ENCOURAGE FLOW & CREATIVITY
▸ Exercise
▸ Long blocks of time
▸ Take a walk
▸ Breathe
38. DEBRIEF
WHAT’S YOUR TAKEAWAY?
▸ Please share with your group your personal takeaway from
what you’ve been learning at OETC.
▸ What’s your next step? -make it actionable.