THINKing

Tightrope To Creativity

(left to right on back row are Dustin Moore, Derick Wells, Barry Kraft and Mark Harrison; in the middle is Terry Hoover, front row, left to right are Brant Waldeck, Harry Hoover and Jenny Waldeck.)

You can discover creativity anywhere, as My Creative Team learned Saturday at the US National Whitewater Center. Because our organization is virtual, we hold as many face-to-face events as possible. We have established My Creative Team University, a monthly learning session at the Whitewater Center, and we do a lot of other team building events like whitewater rafting and this weekend’s ropes course at the Center.

I’ll tell you, if I am ever stranded on a deserted island, this is the group I want with me. We rapidly solved the challenges thrown at us by our guide, Laura. We came up with some solutions that Laura said she had never seen before.

One of the challenges is a 10 x 6 teeter-totter that you must get everyone aboard while keeping it balanced and not letting it touch the ground on either end. Harder than it sounds. Then, you must all move to the far ends of the teeter-totter without letting it touch. Again, much harder than it sounds. But we did both, the final one with virtually no verbal communication.

Most important learning for me: sometimes the best communication is non-verbal. In the balance exercise, we let our senses take control.

Events like this can really release your creative muse. I’d suggest you take your team to the US National Whitewater Center, or a similar venue, and try it.

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