Marily Oppezzo: Want to be more creative? Go for a walk
Marily Oppezzo: Wollen Sie kreativer werden? Gehen Sie spazieren.
Marily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind. Full bio
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-- Sie wissen schon --
zum endgültigen Produkt,
und jahrelange Arbeit.
you're going to go out for a walk
dass Sie spazierengehen
in your left hand.
unterm Arm zurückkommen.
process did we focus on?
Prozesses haben wir anvisiert?
coming up with a new idea.
eine neue Idee entwickeln.
with a variety of people.
Vielzahl von Menschen durchgeführt.
indoors or outdoors.
oder draußen umher.
found the same conclusion.
about one of them today.
nur von einer dieser Studien.
was alternate uses.
nannte sich alternative Nutzungen.
ways to use common everyday objects
alternative Gebrauchsmöglichkeiten
what else would you do with a key,
for opening up a lock?
as a third eyeball for a giraffe, right?
für eine Giraffe dienen, stimmt's?
kind of new. But is it creative?
auch neuartig, aber ist es kreativ?
as many ideas as they could,
so vielen Ideen wie möglich
that a lot of people go with
eine "geeignete Neuheit" ist.
it has to be realistic,
das realistisch ist.
a key as an eyeball.
als Augenbraue zu gebrauchen.
is that nobody had to have said it.
dass keiner es zuvor gesagt hat.
that we surveyed could have said it.
dieselben Ideen haben.
a key to scratch somebody's car,
ein Auto zerkratzen,
you didn't get credit for it.
diese Idee hat, war sie wertlos.
and it were a murder mystery,
of the murderer into the ground
mit deinen letzten Worten
because it's appropriate and it's novel.
und ist originell.
with ideas while you were seated
durfte man entweder sitzen
with different objects.
mit verschiedenen Objekten getestet.
saß beim ersten Test
while walking on a treadmill.
auf dem Laufband.
and this is interesting --
-- interessanterweise --
and then they sat.
und saß beim 2. Test.
that sat together for the first test,
die beim 1. Test saßen,
about 20 creative ideas per person.
20 kreative Ideen pro Person.
on the treadmill
on a treadmill in a windowless room.
in einem Raum ohne Fenster.
wurde zweimal durchgeführt.
test didn't get any better;
wurden nicht viel einfallsreicher.
and then went on the treadmill
und dann auf dem Laufband waren,
an neuen Ideen vom Laufen.
walking on the treadmill
is that you should go for a walk
vor Ihrem nächsten großen Meeting
and just start brainstorming right away.
Ideen sammeln sollten.
the best effect possible.
or a topic to brainstorm.
oder Thema zum Brainstorming aus.
and all of a sudden,
aus der Shampooflasche kommt.
you're thinking about ahead of time.
Sie schon lange nachdenken.
brainstorming a different perspective
über andere Perspektiven
is that if I were running,
dass ich beim Joggen,
would be to stop running, so ...
nämlich anzuhalten, also ...
is a comfortable pace, good.
die richtige Geschwindigkeit ist, gut.
activity is not taking a lot of attention.
lenkt Sie nicht zu sehr ab.
pace is a good choice.
ist also eine gute Wahl.
as many ideas as you can.
wie möglich entwickeln.
is to not lock on that first idea.
nicht an der 1. Idee hängen zu bleiben.
until you pick one or two to pursue.
bis Sie eine oder zwei weiter ausarbeiten.
to write them down,
die anderen Ideen zu vergessen,
and record through your phone
und mit Ihrem Handy aufnehmen
a creative conversation, right?
Sie ein kreatives Gespräch, okay?
your idea down is already a filter.
ist schon ein Filter.
"Is this good enough to write down?"
„Lohnt es sich das aufzuschreiben?"
record them and think about them later.
und denken Sie später drüber nach.
and that idea's not coming to you,
on a break right now,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Marily Oppezzo - Behavioral and learning scientistMarily Oppezzo studies how the movement of the body can affect the movement of the mind.
Why you should listen
Inheriting an energetic passion for health from her dad, Marily Oppezzo's past research has investigated ways to use the world to motivate healthy brains and healthy behaviors. She is currently an Instructor of Medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She is also working with Dr. Dan Schwartz to find out if fidgeting in the classroom may be a desirable cognitive tool rather than an irritating hallmark of inattention, and she's working with Dr. Margaret Neale and Dr. Jodi Prochaska to discover how walking may improve negotiation outcomes.
Along her way, Oppezzo has collected several souvenir lessons from her range of work and educational experiences:
Bartending:
1. The environment has incredible power to elicit and shape behaviors; and
2. Everyone has at least one interesting story in them.
Dietetics:
1. Biochemistry is fascinating;
2. We grant food immense powers. It can be simultaneously viewed as a vehicle of health, morality, social bonding, government conspiracy, inequality and pleasure; and
3. A plateful of knowledge doesn't always help the medicine go down.
Teaching / education:
1. Watching people learn, grow, and change is a deep gratification unique to teaching and behavior change work; and
2. Learning, like behavior change, takes distributed practice to become part of you. (We can’t binge-watch knowledge any more than we should pull flossing all-nighters).
Cardiac rehab:
1. Everyone has the capacity to be an inspiration and in surprising, unexpected ways; and
2. Health becomes incredibly valuable once you experience a true loss of it; and
3. Exercise is the ultimate multitasker: it can heal the brain, the heart and the body all at once.
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