Denise Jacobs speaks with Dave Rael about creativity, authenticity, disappointment, and learning to value oneself for intrinsic worth
Denise Jacobs is a Speaker + Author + Creativity Evangelist who speaks at conferences and consults with companies worldwide. As the Founder + CEO of The Creative Dose, she promotes techniques to unlock creativity and spark innovation in people, teams, and workplaces, particularly those in the tech world. A tech industry veteran and web expert, Denise is the author of The CSS Detective Guide and co-author of the Smashing Book #3 1/3 and Interact with Web Standards. She is also the founder of Rawk The Web and the Head Instigator of The Creativity (R)Evolution.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Denise Jacobs
- - Denise on creativity
- - Web development/design and creativity
- - Project management and a lack of fulfillment for Denise
- - Soapmaking as the conduit to get Denise into creativity and teaching
- - The things about technology and learning that "light Denise up"
- - How Denise stays current with what she needs to know
- - The utility of digital books relative to different types of content
- - Denise's book recommendation
- - Denise's story of failure - The college experience: athletics, scholarships, and broken dreams
- - Family perceptions, race, and other limitations
- - Personal identity and finding self-value
- - Becoming self-referential rather than other-referential
- - Authenticity, fear and human attraction
- - Denise's top 3 tips for delivering more value
Resources:
- Denise's website
- CSS Detective Guide: Tricks for solving tough CSS mysteries, The - Denise Jacobs
- Banish Your Inner Critic - Denise's upcoming book
- Rawk The Web
- Smashing Book 3 + 3⅓
- Sir Ken Robinson
- Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative - Ken Robinson
- Zach Lieberman on Developer On Fire
- Microsfot - Internet Explorer End of Support
- Jim Quik
- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything - Joshua Foer
- Redshirt
- Kim Oden
Denise's book recommendation:
Denise's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Be aware of what is going on with yourself - model being in touch with your passion
- Take a break from things like social media that may distract and influence you away from your true self
- Listen and be present - show up in the world in a way that you are helpful to others