everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Cassini Nazir Assistant Professor College of Visual Arts and Design University of North Texas Everyday Curiosity: Practices That Improve Creativity · Georgia Tech University · 24 October 2024

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Torrance Test of Creative Thinking EVERDAY CURIOSITY 2 Paul Torrance (1915-2003)

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 3 Use Combine Complete Starting Shapes Completed Drawing More creative Less creative Samples Torrance Test Here are samples from the test. Take a moment to make drawings based on what you see here.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 4 Use Combine Complete Starting Shapes Completed Drawing More creative Less creative Samples Torrance Test Mickey Mouse Chain Face King Pot Fish on vacation Here are samples from the test. Take a moment to make drawings based on what you see here.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Four factors of the Torrance test. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 5 Kim, K.H. (2011): The Creativity Crisis: The Decrease in Creative Thinking Scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Creat Res J, 23:4, 285-295 DOI 10.1080/10400419.2011.627805 Fluency Interpretable, meaningful, and relevant ideas generated Flexibility # of different categories of relevant responses Originality Statistical rarity of the responses Elaboration Amount of detail in the responses

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Between 1990-2008 creative thinking has steadily declined EVERDAY CURIOSITY 6 Analysis of 300,000 Torrance scores of children and adults Kim, K.H. (2011): The Creativity Crisis: The Decrease in Creative Thinking Scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Creat Res J, 23:4, 285-295 DOI 10.1080/10400419.2011.627805 Fluency Interpretable, meaningful, and relevant ideas generated Flexibility # of different categories of relevant responses Originality Statistical rarity of the responses Elaboration Amount of detail in the responses 5 6 7 8 9 1984 1990 1998 2008 1984 1990 1998 2008 12.5 13.0 13.5 14.5 15.0 14.0 1990 1998 2008 3.25 3.30 3.35 3.45 3.50 3.40 1974 1984 1990 1998 2008 20.0 20.5 21.0 21.5 22.0

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir “ The results indicate younger children are tending to grow up more narrow-minded, less intellectually curious, and less open to new experiences.” EVERDAY CURIOSITY 7 Kim, K.H. (2011): The Creativity Crisis: The Decrease in Creative Thinking Scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Creat Res J, 23:4, 285-295 DOI 10.1080/10400419.2011.627805 The Creativity Crisis: The Decrease in Creative Thinking Scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Kyung Hee Kim School of Education, The College of William and Mary The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was developed in 1966 and renormed five times: in 1974, 1984, 1990, 1998, and 2008. The total sample for all six normative samples included 272,599 kindergarten through 12th grade students and adults. Analy- sis of the normative data showed that creative thinking scores remained static or decreased, starting at sixth grade. Results also indicated that since 1990, even as IQ scores have risen, creative thinking scores have significantly decreased. The decrease for kindergartners through third graders was the most significant. Research shows that intelligence is increasing (Ceci, 1991; Ceci & Williams, 1997; Dickens & Flynn, 2001). Based on the test norms of the Stanford-Binet and Wechsler tests, Flynn (1984) concluded IQs have increased in the United States over the decades of the last century, which is now called the Flynn effect. Flynn (2007) later concluded IQs have increased worldwide during the past century; IQs on the Raven’s Matrices and on the Similarities subtest of the Wechsler Intelli- gence Scale for Children (WISC) have gained by about 25 points; and IQs on the WISC Arithmetic, Infor- mation, and Vocabulary subtests have gained by about 3 points. Flynn (2007) explained the increase in IQs in terms of reduced inbreeding, improved nutrition, or increased affluence around the world. Contemporaneous with the increase in IQs are increases in the average scores on the Scholastic Assess- ment Test (SAT, formerly called the Scholastic Aptitude Test). The SAT is one of the most widely used tests for making high-stakes decisions about educational oppor- tunities, placements, and diagnoses. The SAT has tra- ditionally been accepted as a specific aptitude measure to assess verbal and mathematical reasoning abilities, but it has a high correlation with IQ (Frey & Detterman, 2004). SAT average scores decreased in the 1960s and 1970s, and then remained stable with slight increases in the 1980s. Since the 1990s, however, the overall down- ward trend has been reversed (College Entrance Exam- ination Board, 1993, 2008) and SAT average scores have increased, as IQs have increased. CHANGES IN CREATIVE THINKING What of creative thinking? Creativity is distinct from intelligence. Have average levels of creative thinking changed, and if so, have they changed in the same pattern as IQ? The TTCT is a good measure to use when exam- ining changes in the potential for creative thinking over time. That is because it is widely used and psychometri- cally sound. The TTCT was developed by Torrance in 1966. Although the TTCT has been used primarily as an assessment for the identification of gifted children, Torrance (1966) originally intended to use it as a basis for individualizing instruction for students with any ability level. The TTCT can be administered in either an individual or group testing environment from the level of kindergarten through adulthood. When predict- ing creative achievement, Kim (2008a) found scores on the TTCT predict (r ¼ .33) creative achievement better than other measures of creative or divergent thinking. The TTCT is utilized extensively in both the educational field and the corporate world, and it is more widely used and referenced than other measures of creative or diver- gent thinking. The TTCT has been translated into over 35 languages (Millar, 2002) and it is utilized worldwide. I thank Scholastic Testing Services, Inc., for providing access to the raw data sets and for their assistance in clarifying their data. Correspondence should be sent to Kyung Hee Kim, School of Education, The College of William and Mary, 301 Monticello Avenue, Williamsburg, VA 23187. E-mail: kkim@edu CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL, 23(4), 285–295, 2011 Copyright # Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1040-0419 print=1532-6934 online DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2011.627805

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Think like your driving in a school zone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 8 System 1 Fast Thinking System 2 Slow Thinking • Daily decisions • Unconscious • Automatic • Impressions and intuitions • Error prone • Can perform while tired or sick • Complex decisions • Conscious • Effort • Analysis and reflection • Reliable • Impaired by fatigue or stress What percent do we spend on each?

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Think like your driving in a school zone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 9 System 1 Fast Thinking System 2 Slow Thinking • Daily decisions • Unconscious • Automatic • Impressions and intuitions • Error prone • Can perform while tired or sick • Complex decisions • Conscious • Effort • Analysis and reflection • Reliable • Impaired by fatigue or stress 95% System 1 5%

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir We tend to think of curiosity as “neck up”. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 10

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir We tend to think of curiosity as “neck up”. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 11 Curiosity requires whole body thinking. Want to give it a try?

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Curiosity requires practice. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 12 System 1 Fast Thinking System 2 Slow Thinking • Daily decisions • Unconscious • Automatic • Impressions and intuitions • Error prone • Can perform while tired or sick • Complex decisions • Conscious • Effort • Analysis and reflection • Reliable • Impaired by fatigue or stress

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir You think that because you understand “one” that you therefore understand “two” because one and one make two. But you forget that you must also understand “and.” — Sufi teaching story KEYS TO CURIOSITY 13

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir KEYS TO CURIOSITY 14 Reframe your situation

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Try this with me. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 15 Write your name with your left hand. everyday curiosity 1 2 3 4 5 What would you rather spend your time consuming? Where and with whom should you contribute? What and with whom would you like to create? viewing, listening, reading, playing, sending I currently reflect this much I’d like to reflect this much joining, engaging, sharing, collaborating, supporting writing, making, doing, experiencing, shaping Reframe your . Do something . Rebalance your . Ask more . your own . learn work reflect everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir 02192024 create socialize rest CONSUMING CONTRIBUTING CREATING a matter of time How we choose to spend our time shapes the kind of curiosity that we experience. That time makes curiosity more—or less—likely to occur. Take a moment to record your activities for the past week. Draw a shape that marks how frequently you engaged in each category: rarely, sometimes, often, or always. Use another color to indicate how often you would like to engage in that activity. five keys Below are five ways to kick start your curiosity. grounding principles These principles created by the design team at Architecting Curiosity are immutable truths concerning curiosity to help guide you. Learn more about Architecting Curiosity or join their next workshop at architectingcuriosity.org. To those that let me borrow your curiosity, my sincere thanks: Jessica Burnham • Justin Childress • Seth Orsborn • Lauren Kelly • SMU Masters in Design & Innovation • SMU Product Design and Innovation. And a special thank you to Kennedy Staples for your assistance in creating this guidebook. Luxuriate in your curiosity at http:/ /unknowing.design. Curiosity is a strange, fascinating, and fragile phenomenon. Calling it to come forward can be a challenging task. Let’s give a try. Write your name with your left hand. Write your name with your right hand. Sometimes being curious is like writing with the hand we don’t usually use. We can do it, but it takes extra time and attention. Being curious provides rewards. Here are the answers. 1. situation 2. new 3. habits 4. questions 5. follow, advice observing using all your senses to notice what’s around in the moment suspending temporarily being open to the possibility of something new apprenticing using your beginner’s eyes, mind, and heart to learn by doing ritualizing intentionally exploring a sequence of activities gracing acting with beauty, love, humor, and ease flowing moving smoothly from moment to moment allowing the body and mind time to recover rest often sometimes rarely always reflect rest often sometimes rarely always

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Try this with me. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 16 Write your name with your left hand. Write your name with your right hand. 4 seconds 15 seconds everyday curiosity 1 2 3 4 5 What would you rather spend your time consuming? Where and with whom should you contribute? What and with whom would you like to create? viewing, listening, reading, playing, sending I currently reflect this much I’d like to reflect this much joining, engaging, sharing, collaborating, supporting writing, making, doing, experiencing, shaping Reframe your . Do something . Rebalance your . Ask more . your own . learn work reflect everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir 02192024 create socialize rest CONSUMING CONTRIBUTING CREATING a matter of time How we choose to spend our time shapes the kind of curiosity that we experience. That time makes curiosity more—or less—likely to occur. Take a moment to record your activities for the past week. Draw a shape that marks how frequently you engaged in each category: rarely, sometimes, often, or always. Use another color to indicate how often you would like to engage in that activity. five keys Below are five ways to kick start your curiosity. grounding principles These principles created by the design team at Architecting Curiosity are immutable truths concerning curiosity to help guide you. Learn more about Architecting Curiosity or join their next workshop at architectingcuriosity.org. To those that let me borrow your curiosity, my sincere thanks: Jessica Burnham • Justin Childress • Seth Orsborn • Lauren Kelly • SMU Masters in Design & Innovation • SMU Product Design and Innovation. And a special thank you to Kennedy Staples for your assistance in creating this guidebook. Luxuriate in your curiosity at http:/ /unknowing.design. Curiosity is a strange, fascinating, and fragile phenomenon. Calling it to come forward can be a challenging task. Let’s give a try. Write your name with your left hand. Write your name with your right hand. Sometimes being curious is like writing with the hand we don’t usually use. We can do it, but it takes extra time and attention. Being curious provides rewards. Here are the answers. 1. situation 2. new 3. habits 4. questions 5. follow, advice observing using all your senses to notice what’s around in the moment suspending temporarily being open to the possibility of something new apprenticing using your beginner’s eyes, mind, and heart to learn by doing ritualizing intentionally exploring a sequence of activities gracing acting with beauty, love, humor, and ease flowing moving smoothly from moment to moment allowing the body and mind time to recover rest often sometimes rarely always reflect rest often sometimes rarely always

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 17 PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 18 • Was just a phone PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 19 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 20 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 21 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 22 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 23 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length • Can’t change the volume PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 24 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length • Can’t change the volume • One person at a time PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Consider the 1980s telephone. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 25 • Was just a phone • Had physical buttons • Didn't know who was calling • Can’t take it with you • Limited cord length • Can’t change the volume • One person at a time • Long distance calls were expensive PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Our present day phones reverse each of these assumptions. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 26 Long distance calls expensive Was just a phone Had physical buttons Didn't know who was calling Can’t take it with you Limited cord length Can’t change the volume One person at a time PAST PRESENT

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Vehicles have gas pedals Vehicles don’t have pedals; vehicles don’t need gas Vehicles are purchased and owned Vehicles have subscriptions and no owner Vehicles can be stolen Vehicles alert police when stolen; can’t be stolen Vehicle headlights only illuminate the road Vehicles projects arrows/indicators to show the way Vehicles cannot take photos Vehicles can take photos Vehicles cannot store food for long periods Vehicles can keep food warm or cold A driver drives the vehicle There is no driver; there are many drivers Let’s do future assumption reversals. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 27 ASSUMPTION REVERSAL PRESENT FUTURE

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Vehicles have gas pedals Vehicles don’t have pedals; vehicles don’t need gas Vehicles are purchased and owned Vehicles have subscriptions and no owner Vehicles can be stolen Vehicles alert police when stolen; can’t be stolen Vehicle headlights only illuminate the road Vehicles projects arrows/indicators to show the way Vehicles cannot take photos Vehicles can take photos Vehicles cannot store food for long periods Vehicles can keep food warm or cold A driver drives the vehicle There is no driver; there are many drivers Let’s do future assumption reversals. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 28 ASSUMPTION REVERSAL Once you unlock reversals, explore how to make the scenarios possible. PRESENT FUTURE

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 29 Assumptions are deeply embedded into our thoughts. You assume that you know what people think without having enough evidence of their thoughts. You predict the future negatively: things will get worse, or there is danger ahead. You believe that what has happened or will happen will be so awful and unbearable that you won’t be able to stand it. You believe the situation that’s irritating you will always be that way and never change. You focus on the negatives almost exclusively and seldom notice the positives. 24 MIND READING FORTUNE-TELLING CATASTROPHIZING NEGATIVE FILTERING ALWAYS & NEVER He thinks I’m a loser. I’m gonna fail this class… It’ll be terrible when I fail. I always make a fool of myself when presenting. Look at all the people who don’t like me.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Re-framing is the designer’s superpower. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 30 On the large sticky notes write assumptions or embedded fears a person may have. Place them in the middle of your table. This is too much I really messed up I’m too scared to try

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Re-framing is the designer’s superpower. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 31 On the large sticky notes write assumptions or embedded fears a person may have. Place them in the middle of your table. Now take turns holding the wooden frame and reframe a thought. I really messed up

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 32 Do something new

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir 33 Today is the you’ve ever been.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir 34 “ The idea of living a long life appeals to everyone

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir 35 “ The idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.” — Andy Rooney

curiosity, everywhere · cassini nazir Our life is a series of 8,000 days. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 36 8,000 days 0-21 years 2 3 4 8,000 days 21-42 years 8,000 days 42-65 years 8,000 days 65-87 years 1 5 87+ years Learn Build Establish Extend know more and more + about more and more + know more and more + about less and less — know less and less — about more and more +

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Rob Lazebnik, a writer for The Simpsons, discovered he was boring when he turned 60.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir When I recently turned 60, I realized with alarm that I was starting to see unmistakable signs from friends and colleagues that I was becoming— there’s no easy way to put this—boring. It was almost as if the same stories I had told a hundred times were no longer interesting to them. But what else was I supposed to talk about? It wasn’t like I had anything new and exciting to tell them. Kettlebells for curiosity EVERDAY CURIOSITY 39 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-boring-at-60-1e9d087a

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir That’s when it hit me: I didn’t have anything new and exciting to tell them. My life had gotten entrenched in routine. Calcified, if you will. I had stopped evolving… Kettlebells for curiosity EVERDAY CURIOSITY 40 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-boring-at-60-1e9d087a

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Kettlebells for curiosity EVERDAY CURIOSITY 41 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-boring-at-60-1e9d087a Bid at an art auction. My goal was to raise a paddle to bid but not actually win a piece of art—because that would involve spending a lot of money. This was much harder than it sounds.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Kettlebells for curiosity EVERDAY CURIOSITY 42 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-boring-at-60-1e9d087a Took a sound bath. I traveled to Palm Desert, Calif., to listen to quartz crystal “singing bowls,” keyed to the “chakras of the body” and played in a building designed by a man who said he was abducted by aliens.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Kettlebells for curiosity EVERDAY CURIOSITY 43 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-boring-at-60-1e9d087a Go on a police ride-along. When we showed up at a domestic dispute, he went to the door, and I stayed in front in the cruiser. At that moment I learned something about myself I’d always suspected: I’m a hider, not a fighter.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Kettlebells for curiosity EVERDAY CURIOSITY 44 https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/how-to-avoid-being-boring-at-60-1e9d087a Made a shirt. I taught myself how to work a sewing machine and made a shirt that I wore to work. Employing classic parenting language, my boss said, “I can see you worked very hard on that, Rob.”

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir 45 Bonnie Pitman Former director of the Dallas Museum of Art Director Art-Brain Innovations, Center for BrainHealth My friend Bonnie Pitman found a way to keep the mind active.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Bonnie’s Story. Day 4,160. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 46

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 47 Rebalance your habits

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir everyday curiosity 1 2 3 4 5 What would you rather spend your time consuming? Where and with whom should you contribute? What and with whom would you like to create? viewing, listening, reading, playing, sending I currently reflect this much I’d like to reflect this much joining, engaging, sharing, collaborating, supporting writing, making, doing, experiencing, shaping Reframe your . Do something . Rebalance your . Ask more . your own . learn work reflect everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir 02192024 create socialize rest CONSUMING CONTRIBUTING CREATING a matter of time How we choose to spend our time shapes the kind of curiosity that we experience. That time makes curiosity more—or less—likely to occur. Take a moment to record your activities for the past week. Draw a shape that marks how frequently you engaged in each category: rarely, sometimes, often, or always. Use another color to indicate how often you would like to engage in that activity. five keys Below are five ways to kick start your curiosity. grounding principles These principles created by the design team at Architecting Curiosity are immutable truths concerning curiosity to help guide you. Learn more about Architecting Curiosity or join their next workshop at architectingcuriosity.org. To those that let me borrow your curiosity, my sincere thanks: Jessica Burnham • Justin Childress • Seth Orsborn • Lauren Kelly • SMU Masters in Design & Innovation • SMU Product Design and Innovation. And a special thank you to Kennedy Staples for your assistance in creating this guidebook. Luxuriate in your curiosity at http:/ /unknowing.design. Curiosity is a strange, fascinating, and fragile phenomenon. Calling it to come forward can be a challenging task. Let’s give a try. Write your name with your left hand. Write your name with your right hand. Sometimes being curious is like writing with the hand we don’t usually use. We can do it, but it takes extra time and attention. Being curious provides rewards. Here are the answers. 1. situation 2. new 3. habits 4. questions 5. follow, advice observing using all your senses to notice what’s around in the moment suspending temporarily being open to the possibility of something new apprenticing using your beginner’s eyes, mind, and heart to learn by doing ritualizing intentionally exploring a sequence of activities gracing acting with beauty, love, humor, and ease flowing moving smoothly from moment to moment allowing the body and mind time to recover rest often sometimes rarely always reflect rest often sometimes rarely always EVERDAY CURIOSITY 48 It’s a matter of time. Record your activities for the past week. Draw a shape that marks how frequently you: • work • learn • socialize • create • reflect • rest Now use another color to indicate how often you’d like to engage in each activity.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 49 consuming creating contributing Level of brand-related activities Muntinga, D., Moorman, M., & Smit, E.G. (2011) Introducing COBRAs. Intl J Adv, 30:1. (13-46). DOI: 10.2501/IJA-30-1-013-046 Consumers’ Online Brand-Related Activities

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 50 consuming • Publishing a brand-related weblog • Uploading brand-related content • Writing brand-related article • Writing product reviews creating contributing • Rating products and/or brands • Joining a brand profile on a social network site • Engaging in branded conversations, e.g. on online brand community forums or social network sites • Commenting on brand-related video, pictures, etc. • Viewing brand-related video • Listening to brand-related audio • Watching brand-related pictures • Following threads on online brand forums • Reading comments on brand profiles on social network sites • Reading product reviews • Playing branded online videogames • Downloading branded widgets • Sending branded virtual gifts/cards Level of brand-related activities Muntinga, D., Moorman, M., & Smit, E.G. (2011) Introducing COBRAs. Intl J Adv, 30:1. (13-46). DOI: 10.2501/IJA-30-1-013-046 Consumers’ Online Brand-Related Activities

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 51 A balancing act.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 52 A balancing act. consuming

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 53 A balancing act. consuming

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 54 A balancing act. consuming

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 55 A balancing act. Business Leaders consuming contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 56 A balancing act. consuming contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 57 A balancing act. contributing consuming creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 58 A balancing act. contributing consuming creating creating contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 59 A balancing act. contributing consuming creating creating contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 60 A balancing act. consuming contributing creating creating contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 61 A balancing act. consuming contributing creating creating contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 62 A balancing act. consuming contributing creating creating contributing creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 63 A balancing act. contributing consuming creating creating creating creating

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Curiosity emerges out of stimulus. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 64 consuming contributing creating A combination of factors curiosity affects curiosity

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Curiosity emerges out of stimulus. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 65 consuming contributing creating A combination of factors curiosity affected by curiosity

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Altogether, this represents an ecosystem. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 66 consuming contributing creating A combination of factors curiosity affects curiosity affected by curiosity ?

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir There are probably other things in this ecosystem. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 67 consuming contributing creating A combination of factors curiosity affects curiosity affected by curiosity ? ?

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 68 Rebalance your habits. Take a moment to put a sticky note on how much you currently spend your time: • consuming • contributing • creating everyday curiosity 1 2 3 4 5 What would you rather spend your time consuming? Where and with whom should you contribute? What and with whom would you like to create? viewing, listening, reading, playing, sending I currently reflect this much I’d like to reflect this much joining, engaging, sharing, collaborating, supporting writing, making, doing, experiencing, shaping Reframe your . Do something . Rebalance your . Ask more . your own . learn work reflect everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir 02192024 create socialize rest CONSUMING CONTRIBUTING CREATING a matter of time How we choose to spend our time shapes the kind of curiosity that we experience. That time makes curiosity more—or less—likely to occur. Take a moment to record your activities for the past week. Draw a shape that marks how frequently you engaged in each category: rarely, sometimes, often, or always. Use another color to indicate how often you would like to engage in that activity. five keys Below are five ways to kick start your curiosity. grounding principles These principles created by the design team at Architecting Curiosity are immutable truths concerning curiosity to help guide you. Learn more about Architecting Curiosity or join their next workshop at architectingcuriosity.org. To those that let me borrow your curiosity, my sincere thanks: Jessica Burnham • Justin Childress • Seth Orsborn • Lauren Kelly • SMU Masters in Design & Innovation • SMU Product Design and Innovation. And a special thank you to Kennedy Staples for your assistance in creating this guidebook. Luxuriate in your curiosity at http:/ /unknowing.design. Curiosity is a strange, fascinating, and fragile phenomenon. Calling it to come forward can be a challenging task. Let’s give a try. Write your name with your left hand. Write your name with your right hand. Sometimes being curious is like writing with the hand we don’t usually use. We can do it, but it takes extra time and attention. Being curious provides rewards. Here are the answers. 1. situation 2. new 3. habits 4. questions 5. follow, advice observing using all your senses to notice what’s around in the moment suspending temporarily being open to the possibility of something new apprenticing using your beginner’s eyes, mind, and heart to learn by doing ritualizing intentionally exploring a sequence of activities gracing acting with beauty, love, humor, and ease flowing moving smoothly from moment to moment allowing the body and mind time to recover rest often sometimes rarely always reflect rest often sometimes rarely always 75% 20% 5%

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir everyday curiosity 1 2 3 4 5 What would you rather spend your time consuming? Where and with whom should you contribute? What and with whom would you like to create? viewing, listening, reading, playing, sending I currently reflect this much I’d like to reflect this much joining, engaging, sharing, collaborating, supporting writing, making, doing, experiencing, shaping Reframe your . Do something . Rebalance your . Ask more . your own . learn work reflect everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir 02192024 create socialize rest CONSUMING CONTRIBUTING CREATING a matter of time How we choose to spend our time shapes the kind of curiosity that we experience. That time makes curiosity more—or less—likely to occur. Take a moment to record your activities for the past week. Draw a shape that marks how frequently you engaged in each category: rarely, sometimes, often, or always. Use another color to indicate how often you would like to engage in that activity. five keys Below are five ways to kick start your curiosity. grounding principles These principles created by the design team at Architecting Curiosity are immutable truths concerning curiosity to help guide you. Learn more about Architecting Curiosity or join their next workshop at architectingcuriosity.org. To those that let me borrow your curiosity, my sincere thanks: Jessica Burnham • Justin Childress • Seth Orsborn • Lauren Kelly • SMU Masters in Design & Innovation • SMU Product Design and Innovation. And a special thank you to Kennedy Staples for your assistance in creating this guidebook. Luxuriate in your curiosity at http:/ /unknowing.design. Curiosity is a strange, fascinating, and fragile phenomenon. Calling it to come forward can be a challenging task. Let’s give a try. Write your name with your left hand. Write your name with your right hand. Sometimes being curious is like writing with the hand we don’t usually use. We can do it, but it takes extra time and attention. Being curious provides rewards. Here are the answers. 1. situation 2. new 3. habits 4. questions 5. follow, advice observing using all your senses to notice what’s around in the moment suspending temporarily being open to the possibility of something new apprenticing using your beginner’s eyes, mind, and heart to learn by doing ritualizing intentionally exploring a sequence of activities gracing acting with beauty, love, humor, and ease flowing moving smoothly from moment to moment allowing the body and mind time to recover rest often sometimes rarely always reflect rest often sometimes rarely always EVERDAY CURIOSITY 69 Rebalance your habits. Take a moment to put a sticky note on how much you currently spend your time: • consuming • contributing • creating Place a different color sticky note on top each current one and indicate how much time you would like to spend in each activity. 75% 20% 5% 45% 30% 25%

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Let’s shape our curiosity. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 70 Begin a new behavior What new thing do you want to try? What do you want to do again? Renew familiar behavior What do you want to do more? Increase behavior intensity What do you want to do less? Decrease behavior intensity What do you want to stop entirely? Stop existing behavior One time behavior What new thing might you try just once? GREEN BLUE PURPLE GRAY BLACK DOT How can dots turn into lines? Has a duration What activity might you do often? SPAN PATH Lasting change Is done from now on Attend a workshop tonight. Take a nature walk tomorrow. Engage in journaling today. Mindless scrolling before bed. Procrastinating on work today. Start new hobby next week. Get my degree next year. Read 4 books this summer. Wake up earlier this month. No negative self-talk in 2024. Grow your own vegetables. Bike to work. Buy more local produce. Eat less meat from now on. Never litter again. When? When? How can lines turn into paths of lasting change? Curiosity takes many forms. One of the patterns is in the form of an invitation, response, and reward. The activity makes curiosity more likely to occur by creating custom invitations for yourself. Each gray bar indicates a different duration. At the top are different behaviors in various colors. Instructions Use 1.5x2 inch sticky notes to write in ideas for each prompt. For example, write on a sticky note something new (green behavior) you can try for the first time (dot). Then place that sticky note on Box 1. Continue on to the other boxes. Hints • Use sticky notes so that you can use this workbook again and again. • When done, place this somewhere where you will see it regularly. Like your fridge. • Have a conversation with someone about your goals. Even better if they ask you about it at a later date. Print Download at http:/ /unknowing.design. shape your curiosity 1 everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir • Based on BJ Fogg’s Behavior Model. Version 02192024 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 71 Begin a new behavior What new thing do you want to try? What do you want to do again? Renew familiar behavior What do you want to do more? Increase behavior intensity What do you want to do less? Decrease behavior intensity What do you want to stop entirely? Stop existing behavior One time behavior What new thing might you try just once? GREEN BLUE PURPLE GRAY BLACK DOT How can dots turn into lines? Has a duration What activity might you do often? SPAN PATH Lasting change Is done from now on Attend a workshop tonight. Take a nature walk tomorrow. Engage in journaling today. Mindless scrolling before bed. Procrastinating on work today. Start new hobby next week. Get my degree next year. Read 4 books this summer. Wake up earlier this month. No negative self-talk in 2024. Grow your own vegetables. Bike to work. Buy more local produce. Eat less meat from now on. Never litter again. When? When? How can lines turn into paths of lasting change? Curiosity takes many forms. One of the patterns is in the form of an invitation, response, and reward. The activity makes curiosity more likely to occur by creating custom invitations for yourself. Each gray bar indicates a different duration. At the top are different behaviors in various colors. Instructions Use 1.5x2 inch sticky notes to write in ideas for each prompt. For example, write on a sticky note something new (green behavior) you can try for the first time (dot). Then place that sticky note on Box 1. Continue on to the other boxes. Hints • Use sticky notes so that you can use this workbook again and again. • When done, place this somewhere where you will see it regularly. Like your fridge. • Have a conversation with someone about your goals. Even better if they ask you about it at a later date. Print Download at http:/ /unknowing.design. shape your curiosity 1 everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir • Based on BJ Fogg’s Behavior Model. Version 02192024 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Use sticky notes to answer the DOT questions. Let’s shape our curiosity.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 72 Begin a new behavior What new thing do you want to try? What do you want to do again? Renew familiar behavior What do you want to do more? Increase behavior intensity What do you want to do less? Decrease behavior intensity What do you want to stop entirely? Stop existing behavior One time behavior What new thing might you try just once? GREEN BLUE PURPLE GRAY BLACK DOT How can dots turn into lines? Has a duration What activity might you do often? SPAN PATH Lasting change Is done from now on Attend a workshop tonight. Take a nature walk tomorrow. Engage in journaling today. Mindless scrolling before bed. Procrastinating on work today. Start new hobby next week. Get my degree next year. Read 4 books this summer. Wake up earlier this month. No negative self-talk in 2024. Grow your own vegetables. Bike to work. Buy more local produce. Eat less meat from now on. Never litter again. When? When? How can lines turn into paths of lasting change? Curiosity takes many forms. One of the patterns is in the form of an invitation, response, and reward. The activity makes curiosity more likely to occur by creating custom invitations for yourself. Each gray bar indicates a different duration. At the top are different behaviors in various colors. Instructions Use 1.5x2 inch sticky notes to write in ideas for each prompt. For example, write on a sticky note something new (green behavior) you can try for the first time (dot). Then place that sticky note on Box 1. Continue on to the other boxes. Hints • Use sticky notes so that you can use this workbook again and again. • When done, place this somewhere where you will see it regularly. Like your fridge. • Have a conversation with someone about your goals. Even better if they ask you about it at a later date. Print Download at http:/ /unknowing.design. shape your curiosity 1 everyday curiosity © 2024 Cassini Nazir • Based on BJ Fogg’s Behavior Model. Version 02192024 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Use sticky notes to answer the DOT questions. Take a moment to answer the SPAN questions. Let’s shape our curiosity.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 73 Ask more questions

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Curiosity is a social phenomenon. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 74 The Benny Hill Show. Bill Posters. First aired April 8, 1985

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir “ Don’t get distracted chasing rabbits while hunting elephants.” — T Boone Pickens EVERDAY CURIOSITY 75

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual MOTI VATI ON B E H AVI O R instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 76

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual MOTI VATI ON B E H AVI O R instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom monkey solves a problem rat explores a maze bored teenager flips channels scientist search for solutions 77 Loewenstein, G. (1994). The psychology of curiosity: A review and reinterpretation. Psychological Bulletin, 116(1), 75–98.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 78 Activities exist for each of these areas.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 79 QUESTION TENNIS QUESTION TENNIS QUESTION TENNIS QUESTION TENNIS Björn Borg Venus Williams Björn Borg Venus Williams QUESTION TENNIS BERRY Was that a magic berry? Did you bury the treasure? BURY Do you eat cereal? CEREAL Is that podcast a serial? SERIAL 1 2 3 4 QUESTION TENNIS ATE Isn’t it time we ate? Was dinner at eight? EIGHT Were you in a band? BAND Was your music banned? BANNED 1 2 3 4 QUESTION TENNIS AIR Why don’t you breathe air? Are you heir to the throne? HEIR Did you step on an ant? ANT How is your aunt? AUNT 1 2 3 4 QUESTION TENNIS AD(VERTISING) Did you see that online ad? Do you know how to add? ADDITION Why are you standing in the aisle? AISLE Didn’t you visit an island? ISLE 1 2 3 4 Question Tennis © Copyright Thomas Mangelsen © Copyright Tilakraj Nagaraj / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards © Copyright Geert Weggen / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards © Copyright Roie Galitz / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 40 Questions Gibberish Rebus Yanni Yawn Knee + = How else can we indulge our curiosity?

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir epistemic diversive specific perceptual instinctual, exploratory behavior — not just in humans desire for knowledge — primarily in humans persevere to find an answer desire for stimulation, related to boredom 80 Question Tennis © Copyright Thomas Mangelsen © Copyright Tilakraj Nagaraj / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards © Copyright Geert Weggen / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards © Copyright Roie Galitz / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 40 Questions Gibberish Rebus Yanni Yawn Knee + = QUESTION BERRY Was that a magic berry? Did you bury the treasure? BURY Do CEREAL 1 2 3 QUESTION TENNIS AIR Why don’t you breathe air? Are you heir to the throne? HEIR Did you step on an ant? ANT How is your aunt? AUNT 1 2 3 4 ? QUESTION TENNIS Venus Williams QUESTION TENNIS BERRY Was that a magic berry? Did you bury the treasure? BURY Do you eat cereal? CEREAL Is that podcast a serial? SERIAL 1 2 3 4 QUESTION TENNIS ATE Isn’t it time we ate? Was dinner at eight? EIGHT Were you in a band? BAND Was your music banned? BANNED 1 2 3 4 TENNIS How is your aunt? AUNT 4 TENNIS Why are you standing in the aisle Didn’t you visit an island? ISLE 4 QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION TENNIS QUESTION TENNIS Björn Borg Venus Williams

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Not all questions are made equal. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 81 Dan Brown. The Art & Science of Asking Questions. The IA Conference. April 2021 Questions that clarify Could you elaborate on… ? Improve understanding Questions that open possibilities Is it possible… ? Identify opportunities Questions that prime Is that like… ? Set the stage Questions that plumb Tell me more about… . Expand your knowledge Questions that validate [Rephrase… ] Did I get that right? Confirm your understanding

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 82 your own advice Follow

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Curiosity is like Alka Seltzer. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 83

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir A 53-word story. EVERDAY CURIOSITY Ciao Is Two Words Leeron Carmi I’ve only just started to sort the trash properly and now I feel a pressure to speak the language I’ve struggled with for the past two years. The cab driver is waiting and my luggage is full, but I squeeze in my landlady’s rusted moka pot anyways, even though I don’t drink coffee.

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir We’ll end as we started. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 85 PAST PRESENT FUTURE eve 1 2 3 4 5 What w spend y viewing playing I currentl I’d like to Reframe your . Do something . Rebalance your . Ask more . your own . everyday c CONS a matte How we kind of c makes c Take a m past we frequen rarely, s another like to e five keys Below are five ways to kick start your curiosity. grounding principles These principles created by the design team at Architecting Curiosity are immutable truths concerning curiosity to help guide you. Learn more about Architecting Curiosity or join their next workshop at architectingcuriosity.org. To those that let me borrow your curiosity, my sincere thanks: Jessica Burnham • Justin Childress • Seth Orsborn • Lauren Kelly • SMU Masters in Design & Innovation • SMU Product Design and Innovation. And a special thank you to Kennedy Staples for your assistance in creating this guidebook. Luxuriate in your curiosity at http:/ /unknowing.design. Curiosit phenom challen Write y Being curious provides rewards. Here are the answers. 1. situation 2. new 3. habits 4. questions 5. follow, advice observing using all your senses to notice what’s around in the moment suspending temporarily being open to the possibility of something new apprenticing using your beginner’s eyes, mind, and heart to learn by doing ritualizing intentionally exploring a sequence of activities gracing acting with beauty, love, humor, and ease flowing moving smoothly from moment to moment allowing the body and mind time to recover rest

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 86 your own advice Follow Ask more questions Rebalance your habits Do something new Reframe your situation

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir EVERDAY CURIOSITY 87 your own advice Follow Ask more questions Rebalance your habits Do something new Reframe your situation

everyday curiosity · cassini nazir Curiosity is everywhere. EVERDAY CURIOSITY 88 Alan Kay Tombstone, “curious” Early visionary of computer science “ My tombstone will be a single word: curious.” — Alan Kay