EP #42: Intercultural Creativity with Genein Letford

Apr 22

Organizations, individuals, and groups that allow multiple perspectives are the ones that are the most able to grow. So how do you find multiple perspectives? By immersing yourself in the cultures around you and continually pushing yourself to learn new things. Joining us on this episode is Genein Letford, an intellectual diversity trainer who will be sharing the tools needed for a successful and fulfilling life.

Listen in as Genein shares where her passion started for creative thinking and culture, as well as the difficulties she faced as she found her way to making an impact of her own. You’ll learn how creative thinking leads to innovation and education, and how we can be more intentional about using it in our own growth process. It’s important that we learn and innovate as the human race changes, and Genein has an incredible sense of what it means to move forward in new, creative, and impactful ways.

What You'll Learn In Today's Episode:

How Genein got started in intercultural creativity.
The true definition of creativity and how it’s so much bigger than we may have thought.
How culture is often defined incorrectly and what we need to know about it.
Why culture is so important to creativity and growth.
The seven gems of intercultural creativity.
How the training process and support works.

Ideas Worth Sharing:

“Creativity and creative thinking is the process of problem-finding and problem-solving with value, relevance, and novelty.” - Genein Letford

“Highly creative thinkers know how to find problems. They’re very observant and very curious, and they know how to perspective shift and make connections.” - Genein Letford

“You have to have an open mind. You have to be curious and be able to observe other people. You have to be able to perspective shift, and you have to be able to adapt in different cultural situations and eventually learn how to be a bridge.” - Genein Letford