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Frappe Break: 4 Creative Challenges to Expand Your Mind

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Frappe Breaks are little doses of creativity that can be injected into your day at any point. They’re meant to inspire, wake you up, and put some fire under your feet! They’re just as potent as any cup of real coffee (or in my case, a good ‘ol frappe), just without all the jitters, and possible midday energy drains.

Brief:

It’s important to continue to think outside the box, and this Frappe Break will help you do just that!

Before the pandemic, I went to an in-person event called, “Make You Matter.” It’s a weeklong event that my company holds at least once a year, that’s dedicated to improving me (and all the other WarnerMedia employees) for the better. While attending this week-long event, I had the opportunity to engage in an interactive session with one of our Studios’ leaders. His session inspired this post!

Before you get started on your “Think Outside the Box” Challenges, check out the resources below. If you get stuck during any of your challenges, use them as a guide.


Deliverables:

I am tasking you with solving a few creative problems. Each exercise will have one (1) deliverable.

Challenge #1: Save the Cat!

The purpose of this first activity is to walk a mile in somebody else’s shoes. Let’s say you’re a civilian and you’re called to save a cat that’s stuck in a tree. In this exercise, you’re not allowed to save the cat in a traditional way (i.e. using a ladder to climb up the tree.)

Quantity will lead to quality.

CC: Kyle S.

Challenge #2: Opposite Day

To get started with this challenge, you need to identify a simple problem. You can use this handy list of “first-world” problems to help you choose one.

Once you’ve chosen a problem, write down one way to solve it.

Once you solve the problem, take it to the next level! 👇

Challenge #3: Trash Heap

Let’s make a TV show! With this “Trash Heap” exercise, I’m challenging you to write down 100 bad ideas before you leave the page.

After writing down these bad ideas, take a look at each one and start making connections. Use these connections to create a cohesive TV show concept! (Think about the Medici Effect as you do this exercise.)

Key Things to Remember:

🌟 Extra Credit: The Extra Mile Challenge

Now that you’ve successfully completed the creative exercises above, you can choose to go the extra mile!

Pick one of the ideas you created above. Ask the following questions to help refine your ideas:

No matter what your idea is, these questions will help you gain clarity!


My Results:

Not going to lie, this is a lot and I want to fully complete all the exercises before I share. Stay tuned for my results!



Your Results: 

I want to see how you did! Submit your deliverables to Human Resources if you’d like to be featured on the community’s Employee Resource Group page!

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