On The Guest: From professional soccer player to scientist, Leidy Klotz is a multi-passionate creative, engineer, professor, and author. His research has appeared in major publications including Nature and Science, and he has written for popular outlets including The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and The Behavioral Scientist. Perhaps most notably, he’s written a fascinating book called Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less that touches on an essential tool for the creative process.
From this conversation you’ll learn:
- The tool of subtraction in problem solving
- Why our first instinct is to add
- The biological force of displaying competence
- The effect of bias and neutrality in subtracting from your own work
- Why simplifying gives you more space for creativity
- How to find the courage it takes to subtract
- Why you should add “stop-doings” to your To Do Lists
- The importance and balance of reminders and rules
- The conceptual distinction between subtracting and “not adding”
- Creative parenting and changing behavior with subtraction
- How multi-tasking is detrimental to seeing subtraction opportunities
- Why subtraction is so necessary for the creative process
- When to break the rules
- Tools for consistency
- Proof that people value time over money
- And so much more!
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