The Fertile Unknown

Your Calling: Inspired Vocation

Invocation, evocation, and provocation share the suffix voke, which means "to call." 



Evoke  - to call out, call forth, elicit, awaken, call forth, excite, bring to conscious mind, bring into being, brainstorm, bring about, generate, give rise to, originate, sow the seeds, dream up, make, produce

Provoke - stir up, arouse, incite, cause, make waves, stimulate, start, fire up, enthuse,  lead to, motivate, instigate, pique, thrill, promote, challenge, kindle, electrify, bring on, induce, inspire

Invoke - to call upon, appeal to, conjure, call from within, call on inspiration/something larger, entreat, implore, summon, pray, solicit, urge, implement, bring forward, appeal to, quest for.

(Definitions are compiled from several online dictionaries and thesaurus's)

While the distinctions are subtle and not clear cut, I see each as an essential part of cultivating your unique calling - the place where your creativity and aliveness meet the needs of the world:

MBTI, Keirsey Temperaments and Creativity

I was going through a Creative Thinking workbook I created a few years ago and I found this chart I had  developed as part of a corporate Team Creativity and Organizational Development program I led in 2006. It integrates the MBTI (http://bit.ly/hU5lqY) and Keirsey Temperaments (http://bit.ly/eeGXW5) with creative process. The definitions are generalized, intended to acknowledge, value and use creative style diversity in group creative process (not to limit it by labeling). I thought I would share it here since I hadn't posted it then, and it still has relevance.

By valuing and using the different creative styles, a co-creative team expands their creativity field. The whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts when we wlecome in and "yes-and" the creative-style gifts of other team members. If we reject them, we maintain. If we accept them, allow space for them, and consciously use them, we create.

Creativity in Business Conference 2011 Survey: Your Feedback Wanted!

Creators, Explorers, Adventurers, Meaning Makers, Innovators, Leaders, Visionaries, Entrpreneurs and all around Good People:  

In 2009 we put on a sold-out Creativity in Business Conference here in Washington, DC. It was an awesome event and we are thrilled to be producing a second conference this coming October 23! Mark your calendars! This conference promises to again be content-rich and highly experiential.

 

We will be posting an RFP (Request for Proposals) for those of you who want to present on the conference website by March 11 - all presenters must complete an RFP. Be sure to check the website on or after March 11.

In the meantime, we'd love to hear from you about what would make THIS years conference especially alive, relevant, meaningful and worthwhile for you - related to the theme of creativity in business/in the workplace and navigating the new paradigm of work (one where creativity, inspiration, the business bottom line and serving the greater good converge).

We've created a short survey to help us better serve you. Your thoughts will play a role in informing choices of experiential presentations and panel discussions, helping us address reoccurring themes and patterns that are important to you. The sooner the better as your ideas may also inform the questions on our RFP - big thanks! :-) 

 

Survey Questions  

Directions: Please cut and paste the questions into your email message box and send to conference administrator Tya Bolton at [email protected]  

 
1. This conference would be most valuable and worthwhile if _____________________

2. I would like to leave the conference with____________________________________

3. I am most interested in:  Check up to 10, and feel free to add anything.     

 

creative thinking/whole-brain techniques___  applied improvisation___ 

applied storytelling___  facilitating creativity___  embodiment/movement___ 

visual thinking/imagery___  innovation___  emergence___

activating my imagination___  brainstorming and ideation___  play___ 

passion and inspiration___ creative aliveness___  breakthroughs___

creative process models/approaches___  theories/philosophies___

research___ case studies___  stories___ tools I can use in my business/at work___  

co-creation___  personal creativity___  creative leadership___

creativity and entrepreneurship___  creative work cultures/environments___

creativity in work teams___ creativity in organizations___  

creativity and social media___ new paradigm of work___   

creating services or products___  creativity for marketing___ 

creativity for branding___  for business development___

discovering/telling my story___  nonverbal creativity___ 
creativity mindsets___  creativity and awareness/consciousness___ 

creative futures thinking/scenario planning___  creativity across cultures___   

developing creativity competencies (ie, resilience, flexibility, etc) such as ___________

having fun___  practical applications___  making generative connections___   

other(s)___ do tell: ______________________________________________________

Conference website: www.creativity-conference.com

Thank you so much for your time. I hope to to see you in October, if not sooner!