Developing a Creative Innovation Process with Stef Lewandowski

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

• Episode: Developing a Creative Innovation Process with Stef Lewandowski
• Website: The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
• Feed URL: https://unmistakablecreative.com/podcast/rss
• Duration: 01:08:32
• Published: 2013-08-26 10:00

Stef Lewandowski is definitely not our typical guest. I came across his work on Medium and noticed that he had some really profound insights to share about creativity. Between running a record label, working at an agency, and building a technology startup, I thought he'd have a really interesting perspective on creativity. Here are some highlights from our chat:

• A Look at Building Creative Projects in an Afternoon 
• The Power of Exploring Seemingly Pointless Ideas
• Why It Makes Sense to Blend High and Low Tech Ideas
• How to Rapidly Sketch and Test Out Your Projects
• Why You Should Test the Edges of What's Possible
• The Power of Mixing People with Disparate Skillsets
• Why Solving Your Own Problems Can Lead to Business
• A Look at 12 Different Ideas in the Course of a Year
• The Power of Self Reflection Through Writing
• Writing a Letter to Yourself to Learn from Your Past Mistakes
• Treating Your Mornings as a Creative Bootup Time
• How to Accelerate Serendpity in Your Creative Efforts
• Why You Should Revisit Your Old Content to Get New Ideas
• A Look at Hack Events that Lead to Interesting Ideas
• Leveraging the Creative Hacker Framework in Your Efforts
• Knowing When to Kill or Keep a Side Project

Tweetable Insights Include:

• Nowadays careers are a patchwork of many smaller careers (Click to Tweet)
• The first step to doing a new thing is experimenting in your spare time (Click to Tweet)

Stef Lewandowski is co-founder/hacker at Makeshift. He sketches with code, writes at at Medium, gives a leg up to the little guy, and creates something every day. You can follow him on twitter @stef. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter.