Podcast: Your Instincts Are Killing Your Creativity (with Adam Hansen)

Your human instincts are fine-tuned for survival, not innovation. This is handy when you’re escaping a lion in the wild, but not so great when you need to come up with an amazing new idea for that client project you’re working on. On today’s episode, Adam Hansen shares a few insights for how to overcome those baked-in instincts with tips from his book Outsmart Your Instincts.

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Music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. End remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

Todd Henry

Positioning himself as an “arms dealer for the creative revolution”, Todd Henry teaches leaders and organizations how to establish practices that lead to everyday brilliance. He is the author of five books (The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder Than Words, Herding Tigers, The Motivation Code) which have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and he speaks and consults across dozens of industries on creativity, leadership, and passion for work.

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