Innovator in arts, business and social change. They say I am the founder of Street Wisdom but the truth is, it found me. Love Creative Mornings. Double love Tina Roth Eisenberg. If all goes wobbly I will just sing Italian love songs in a bar.
Street Wisdom is based on the simple idea that insight, ideas, and inspiration are available to us all the time when we know how to look.
During this guided 60-minute FieldTrip, you will learn how to use your immediate surroundings - the streets in your neighbourhood or the rooms in your home - to find fresh answers to important questions.
The Street Wisdom experience will teach you the skills you need to see your environment in a fresh and curious way, ask a pressing life or work-related question and use the answers you discover all around you to move forward with inspiration and clarity. It’s a dynamic mix of curiosity, mindfulness, creativity and psychology, and the results can be profound.
The Street Wisdom FieldTrip will unfold in three parts:
TUNE UP. You will be guided through a series of short exercises that are designed to “tune up” your senses so you can tune into the world around you.
QUEST. You will choose and frame a question you would like some fresh thinking on and/or new answers to and then set off in search of insights, ideas and answers, looking for signs and signals from the streets or space you explore.
SHARE. At the end, everyone will gather together again and we will ask a few people to share their experience, what they learned and discuss how to apply the insights back to the question they brought to the walkshop.
Once you learn and have experienced the Street Wisdom process, you can use it again and again on your own. It’s a brilliant way to problem-solve and expand your sense of possibility in partnership with the world around you.
About your Host David Pearl is the founder of non-profit social venture Street Wisdom.
An ex-BBC broadcaster, David is responsible for designing, orchestrating, and animating on & off-line high-stakes meetings the world over. He is also the creator of the live-streamed talk-show, The Green Room, in which David and his guests explore the backstage of working life. He keeps his creative instincts sharp with his improvising ensemble, Impropera.
David describes the common thread between all his work as finding the inspiration in the everyday. Every day.
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
This FieldTrip will not be recorded.
Google is proud to support FieldTrips at CreativeMornings. At Google Design, we produce original articles and videos, host events, and champion creative and educational partnerships, with the goal of supporting and inspiring the UX community. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to learn more.
Innovator in arts, business and social change. They say I am the founder of Street Wisdom but the truth is, it found me. Love Creative Mornings. Double love Tina Roth Eisenberg. If all goes wobbly I will just sing Italian love songs in a bar.
The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Wear your beginner’s hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings community—just like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgrounds—a lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
We’re all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try “Yes! And…” in conversation.
It’s 100% okay when a FieldTrip does not resonate with you. Pop out quietly and try another experience later. Fill out the survey with your feedback (no dms to host or chat commentary, please.)
Google is proud to support FieldTrips at CreativeMornings. At Google Design, we produce original articles and videos, host events, and champion creative and educational partnerships, with the goal of supporting and inspiring the UX community. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to learn more.