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The Reflective Mind PodcastThe Mindful Creator: Finding Your Creative Voice in a Busy WorldIn this illuminating episode, Dr. Jennifer Reid speaks with Dr. Danah Henriksen, Associate Professor of Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University and co-author of Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, about the interconnections between creativity, mindfulness, and well-being. Dr. Henriksen shares valuable insights from her research and personal experience about nurturing creativity in both educational settings and daily life."Creativity is something that's fundamental and core to who we are as people. But we often do have to kind of fight with ourselves to make sure we're leaving some time for that."Understanding...2025-02-1839 min
The Science of CreativityDanah Henriksen: The Creative Power of Transdisciplinary ThinkingIn this episode, Dr. Sawyer talks with Professor Danah Henriksen of Arizona State University. Dr. Henriksen and Dr. Sawyer are the co-authors of the book Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, published by Oxford University Press in 2024. Dr. Henriksen is an expert on creativity and teaching. She is a top scientist who does rigorous studies of creativity. She’s published well over a hundred scientific journal articles, book chapters, and academic presentations. Dr. Henriksen studies the seven habits of mind of exceptional creators, with a special focus on teaching, technology, and design thinking. Her research shows that the mo...2024-07-011h 05
Learning FuturesSc(AI)ry StoriesIn the spirit of Halloween - Sean (with the help of producer extraordinaire Jake) pull together a fun compendium of short stories from some of our colleagues and listeners for a special “spooky” episode of the Learning Futures Podcast. The Challenge: Create an original short story (about, with, or through) Generative AI, in the spirit of emerging technologies, AI, the future of humanity etc. in the spirit of Halloween. These can be any genre, they can be spooky, funny, creepy, suspenseful, thought provoking, thoughtful, or any combination of the lot. Have fun with this idea. It could be cre...2023-10-3138 min
Learning FuturesSelects: Futures Thinking (S4E1)Drs. Clarin Collins and Sean Leahy have a very engaging conversation with Dr. Ruth Wylie, Dr. Danah Henriksen, and Maricel Lawrence about Futures Thinking. Each panelist discusses how they engage in different types of futures thinking and give tips for others to become engaged in this work. They also discuss how topics such as creativity, play, and wellness integrate with futures thinking. --- Original Show Notes --- Clarin Collins, Sean Leahy, Ruth Wylie, Danah Henriksen, and Maricel Lawrence discuss Futures Thinking and how that may look throughout our working spaces and how it af...2023-08-011h 07Learning FuturesWriting and Artificial Intelligence with Kyle JensenIn this episode - Punya and Sean talk around a great interview with ASU's own Kyle Jensen, who is the director of the writing center. This episode explores the impact of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) on creativity and the writing process, along with many other topics such as attention economy, consolidation of information, considerations around regulation, to name a few... Guest InformationKyle Jensen Kyle is the director of Writing Programs and a professor in the Department of English's writing, rhetorics, and literacies program at ASU. He has conducted research on...2023-05-2350 minLearning FuturesGames Entrepreneurship and AI in Education with Ethan MollickIn this episode Sean and Punya sit in studio and talk about the recent interview Punya and Danah had with Ethan Mollick for their Tech Trends series in which they talk with Ethan on a wide range of topics covering creativity, games, entrepreneurship and his journey to being one of the most visible scholars openly experimenting with AI in his teaching in higher education. About our Guests:Ethan MollickEthan Mollick is an associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship. He leads t...2023-05-021h 22
Talking Creativity#24 Björn Chempakathinal - Kreativität als HerzensimpulseAchtsamkeit kann die Welt positiv verändern - aber starten wir erstmal bei Siemens. Unser neuer PodGast Björn Chempakathinal (Senior Business Developer and Coach in Mindfulness & Emotional Intelligence bei Siemens) hat es verstanden, wie man eine Verbindung zu sich selbst aufbaut und die eigenen, aber auch fremde Emotionen verstehen lernt. Er hat keine Furcht vor der inneren Ruhe und schließt Frieden mit seinen Ängsten. Das alles versucht er in den Unternehmenskontext bei Siemens einzubinden, damit es sich positiv auf das Leben und den Beruf vieler Mitarbeiter auswirken kann. Und das funktioniert nur mit viel Achtsamkeit und Kreativität! 2022-07-281h 01Learning FuturesFutures ThinkingClarin Collins, Sean Leahy, Ruth Wylie, Danah Henriksen, and Maricel Lawrence discuss Futures Thinking and how that may look throughout our working spaces and how it affects the decisions we make regarding education. Our guests engage in a round table discussion on how we might look at our futures, the different categories of futures that exist and many more interesting points. (6:40)- What is Futures Thinking (FT)? What do we mean when we say that? (14:19)- Maricel´s choice of ASU´s PhD program, why did she choose it? Imagining new universities. (20:17)- Defin...2022-06-141h 06