4. Creativity and Adjacent Possible
02/21/22 • 63 min
Jeff and Alan explore a topic near and dear to both of them: creativity. It’s not just about a work of art, writing a book, or creating a cool TikTok video. They discuss how we all get “sand in our trackballs” and need to consider the "Adjacent Possible", as well as why people don’t finish things.
Listen in and then tell us about your “sand in the trackball” and “Adjacent Possible” experiences.
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Jeff and Alan explore a topic near and dear to both of them: creativity. It’s not just about a work of art, writing a book, or creating a cool TikTok video. They discuss how we all get “sand in our trackballs” and need to consider the "Adjacent Possible", as well as why people don’t finish things.
Listen in and then tell us about your “sand in the trackball” and “Adjacent Possible” experiences.
Have questions or want to suggest a topic?
Email [email protected] or [email protected]
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3. Planning Your Storyworld for the Next 100 Years?
It's a cold day on the Cosmic Streetcorner, at least in the Northeast. Jeff and Alan warm up with some discussion on:
- Disney's new CEO Bob Chapek announced a striking vision for the 2nd century of Disney — Jeff weighs in on what it all means
- New narratives: streaming services, storyworlds, and metaverses
- Architecture for Dialogue — successful storyworlds must include the audience
For further reading:
Bob Chapek’s Memo to Staff: Disney Has Three “Strategic Pillars” Moving Forward
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/bob-chapek-2022-memo-storytelling-1235072324/
Superpositioning and the Collective Journey
https://blog.collectivejourney.com/superpositioning-fef1e10ff24c
Pervasive Communications
https://blog.intelligistgroup.com/lets-call-it-pervasive-communication/
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Next Episode
5. Netflix, and Viacom, and Metaverses, Oh My!
This week on the show Jeff breaks out a t-shirt (which you can’t see but you can find on social media) and we dig into streaming services, media companies and the metaverse.
Also:
- Why would we tell this story to millions of people? What are they gonna leave with that’s different from what they came in with?
- One-shots vs. franchise development (transmedia storyworld development)
- Why it takes an elevated vision and a true dedication to NOT become a dinosaur
- And why do visions of the metaverse look like 1990’s video games?
Further reading for this week’s episode:
What Warner Bros. Discovery Will Look Like and Why Jason Kilar Won’t Survive the Merger
https://www.thewrap.com/warner-bros-discovery-post-merger-jason-kilar-zucker/
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Facebook parent Meta lost $251 billion of value in the worst wipeout ever. That's more than Netflix, Nike and McDonald's are each worth
The 10 Commandments Of 21st Century Franchise Production
https://www.businessinsider.com/10-commandments-of-21st-century-franchise-production-2012-10
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