The Common Creative
Paul Fairweather and Chris Meredith
The Common Creative - But Never Ordinary A podcast series with Paul Fairweather and Chris MeredithThe worlds of business, home and play are all starved of creativity. From an early age, we’re taught how to analyse, critique and simplify but the tools for exploring, ideating and creating are assumed to be instinctive. The Common Creative is all about bringing creativity back into everyday life - understanding the essence of creativity and making creativity a common as a loaf of bread and as well understood as a common language.Hosts Paul Fairweather and Chris Meredith are both creative thought-leaders and have been bonded by a common passion for creating and sharing something new and inspiring every day. Paul paints a watercolour of the household object and posts the image on IG “@everythink”, Chris photographs the same beach each and every day and posts the image on IG “@thisisbalmoral”By day, Paul Fairweather is a Brisbane-based, speaker, author, mentor, architect and artist. Chris Meredith is a Sydney-based, business coach, innovation consultant, and award-winning photo-artist.Each podcast explores a different aspect of creativity. Recent topics have included: Energy, Time, Constraints and even the Impact of Covid-19 (why not?!) The podcasts are ideal for anyone looking to get out of a rut and deliver stuff that goes beyond the norm.Join us for our conversations and surprising guests to unlock your own creativity.
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https://thecommoncreative.co/
https://www.paulfairweather.com/
https://chrismeredith.com.au/
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Nov 24, 2022 • 37min
S5E64: Episode 64: Caroline Weaver - Sharpening Up Creativity
In this week’s episode is Caroline Weaver, who talked about the freedom of principle brought to rediscovering the pleasure of a graphite pencil on paper and how a pencil is permanent, and yet erased. Caroline Weaver is the founder of the former CW Pencil Enterprise, a pencil specialty shop in New York City, and an expert on stationery and small business retail. She lives in New York and spends her time working on ways to better support the independent businesses in her community. Caroline Weaver - Special Guest LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolineweaver Instagram - @ladygraphite Websites carolineweaver.nyc Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 17, 2022 • 33min
S5E63: Episode 63: Ben Gardiner - Raising the Bar on Creativity
In this week’s episode Ben Gardiner who is a practicing Barrister in IP law, which means he's the person who helps creatives protect their thinking of their ideas. And it's interesting, you'd imagine it'd be a rather dry, dusty topic but also has some fascinating past times outside of his day job, and they all inform the way he practices law. Ben Gardiner has tertiary qualifications in pharmacy, business and law and completed post-graduate studies in law (BCL) at the University of Oxford in 2005. The Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers lists Ben as a leading junior barrister in intellectual property law. Doyle’s Guide has listed Ben as a recommended or leading junior barrister in intellectual property law since 2010. Ben Gardiner - Special Guest linkedin.com/in/ben-gardiner-4ab62848 Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 10, 2022 • 43min
S5E62: Episode 62 - Kerry Sulkowicz - Couched in Creativity
In this week’s episode Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz talks about his journey from pre-eminent psychiatrist to successful business leader and business coach. He describes how he made that change, why he made that change, and shares his lessons for anyone considering a change of direction. Kerry J. Sulkowicz, MD serves as a trusted advisor on people and culture to some of the world’s most well-known and respected CEOs and corporate boards. He is the founder and Managing Principal of the Boswell Group LLC, a management consultancy based in New York since 1998. Dr. Sulkowicz is President of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Kerry Sulkowicz - Special Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerry-j-sulkowicz-md-06b9b12 Websites https://boswellgroup.com/ Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au= Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 4, 2022 • 43min
S5E61: Episode 61- Roger Beaty - NEUROCREATIVITY 7: Creative Thinking
Episode 61: Roger Beaty - Creative Thinking How does the brain develop new ideas? And are different neural networks involved in different types of creativity? In this week’s episode Dr. Roger Beaty talks about the three neural networks that drive the way we think and shares insights about managing your own personal creativity. Big insights include: Take a break to help ‘re-set’ the mind Harness the power of a positive mood to boost creativity Focus on the tiny details of something (anything!) before generating new ideas Dr. Roger Beaty is an assistant professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University and the principal director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab. Having studied creativity for ten years, he is primarily interested in understanding the brain basis of creative thoughts. Roger Beaty - Special Guest https://beatylab.la.psu.edu Websites Sonophilia Foundation https://www.sonophiliafoundation.org/roger-beaty/ Society for Neuroscience of Creativity https://www.tsfnc.org Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.au Two Common Creatives https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 27, 2022 • 48min
S5E60: Episode 60 - Jonathan Schooler - NEUROCREATIVITY 6: MindWondering
Are there different kinds of mindwandering? What is the difference between mindwandering and mindfulness? What is the link between creativity and curiosity? In this week's episode, Professor Jonathan Schooler helps to answer these complex-sounding questions in plain english and help us continue to navigate the world of creative neuroscience. Jonathan is a distinguished professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara and research attempts to understand the nature of mental life, and in particular consciousness. Jonathan Schooler - Special Guest https://psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/jonathan-schooler The Open Mind Project https://open-mind.net/about Paul Fairweather - Co-host https://www.paulfairweather.com Chris Meredith - Co-host https://www.chrismeredith.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 24, 2022 • 33min
S5E59: Episode 59 - Linda Ray - NEUROCREATIVITY 5: Creative Speak in Draft
In this week’s episode, we interview Linda Ray - CEO and founder of Neurocapability, a business which is on a mission to change the world one brain at a time by building psychologically safe workplaces. An early adopter of psychological safety and the links to high performing teams, Linda is an engaging facilitator and speaker. She is a regular contributor to Australian and international leadership, business and education conferences and her courses and programs have been tested and validated by researchers around the world. https://neurocapability.com.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 16, 2022 • 32min
S5E58: Episode 58 - Selena Bartlett - NEUROCREATIVITY 4
In this week's episode let's talk about brain training! Professor Selena Bartlett is a Group Leader in Neuroscience and Neuroplasticity at the Translational Research Institute and a Research Capacity Building Professor at QUT. Join us for a fantastic conversation about brain training, flow states and the importance of working in teams for creativity. Links/References Selena Bartlett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drselenabartlett/ Selena Bartlett website: https://www.profselenabartlett.com/ Thriving Minds Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thriving-minds/id1471835230 The Common Creative Podcast (Paul and Chris): https://creativecommons.org.au The Common Creative (Mailing List Subscriptions): http://eepurl.com/hgp0_jSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 7, 2022 • 43min
S5E57: Episode 57 - Joel Pearson - NEUROCREATIVITY 3: Intuitive Creativity
In this week’s episode, we interview Professor Joel Pearson, a psychologist, neuroscientist and public intellectual working at the forefront of science, innovation and agile science. He both studied art and science because he felt that these two are very similar and the way he practices science is probably more like an art. So, he developed “Agile Science”. He takes a multidisciplinary agile approach to running his lab, bringing in staff and students from art, architecture, mathematics, computer science, psychology, neuroscience and medical imaging. Professor Joel Pearson’s research has been recognised with major accolades including the 2009 William James award for the greatest scientific contribution to understanding consciousness. His team’s efforts have been featured in The Huffington Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, LiveScience, Discovery Channel, BBC and a host of other major media outlets. https://www.profjoelpearson.com/ https://www.futuremindslab.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 30, 2022 • 49min
S5E56: Episode 56 - Uri Hasson - NEUROCREATIVITY 2: Extracting the juice of story telling and creativity
A celebrated TED speaker, Uri Hasson started his career with the intention of becoming a fictional writer. Nowadays, he’s taken storytelling to a new level and is a world authority on the neuroscience of storytelling. His research confirms what many know instinctively that stories are how we listen and learn. Stories are how we connect. (By contrast, humans struggle to make sense of data, statistics and raw facts). Interestingly Uri defines a story as ’a stimulation’ something that almost implants a memory into the listener's mind. “A story is like the juice of an orange - it squeezes the essence of the experience” he explains. Professor Uri Hasson is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. His research focuses on understanding how communication through story telling can affect human cognition. His TED talk “This is your brain on communication” has achieved over 250,000 views. https://www.hassonlab.com https://youtu.be/FDhlOovaGrI Ideas & Stories that Matter: https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/workshop Two Common Creatives: https://www.twocommoncreatives.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 22, 2022 • 49min
S5E55: Episode 55- Moshe Bar - NEUROCREATIVITY 1: Boost your creativity with mindwandering
Professor Moshe Bar, a neuroscientist and director at the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Centre, reveals secrets of mindwandering in his new book. He explains how our brains work creatively even when resting, emphasizing the importance of an open mindset. Moshe discusses the balance between exploratory and exploitative thinking, linking positive mood to creativity. He also shares insights on how to harness mindwandering for idea incubation and the significance of structuring unstructured time for creative breakthroughs.
