Flow Engines - Hack The Way You Work, Not The Time You Have

@WILLSH
21.09.2014
HAPPY STARTUP CAMP
DEEPEST SUSSEX…
51.102816, -0.006946
FLOW ENGINES
HACK THE WAY YOU WORK,
NOT THE TIME YOU HAVE
!
!
JOHN V WILLSHIRE
SMITHERY / ARTEFACT CARDS

@WILLSH
OHAI I’M JOHN
I RUN SMITHERY,
AND MAKE ARTEFACT CARDS…

@WILLSH
SMITHERY,
IN A DICTIONARY,
HAS TWO
HANDY
MEANINGS…

@WILLSH
“WORK OF”
“GOODS MADE”

@WILLSH
THIS IS A TALK WHICH
IS RELEVANT FOR
ARTEFACT CARDS,
BUT IS BASICALLY ABOUT
THE WAY WE WORK
!(OR, MORE IMPORTANTLY, DON’T)

I SPEND LESS TIME NOW WORRYING
IF ARTEFACT CARDS WORK
BUT MORE TIME WONDERING
WHY THEY WORK…
@WILLSH

@WILLSH
IN AUGUST, I SPENT 30 DAYS
THINKING ABOUT ALL THE
SMITHERY PROJECTS SO FAR…
AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
MAKING A DIFFERENT BETWEEN
PEOPLE & SPACE…

@WILLSH
*BTW
!YOU CAN READ ALL
THE POSTS FROM
THE PROJECT HERE:
!HTTP://RIVETIN.GS/65

@WILLSH
AS PART OF IT, I STARTED
THINKING ABOUT THE WAY WE
WORK AS A SIMPLE VARIANT OF
A WELL-WORN EQUATION…

@WILLSH
WHAT IF:
!BY CHANGING THE
SPACE WE WORK IN…
!….WE CHANGE THE
RATE WE WORK AT?

@WILLSH
IT MADE ME THINK
ABOUT WHY THE
ARTEFACT CARDS HELP
PEOPLE WORK REALLY
QUICKLY AND WELL…

@WILLSH
FLOW ENGINE
!A WAY TO TURN CREATIVE
ENERGY INTO PRODUCTIVE
FORWARD MOTION

@WILLSH
FLOW
!IN WHICH A PERSON PERFORMING
AN ACTIVITY IS FULLY IMMERSED IN
A FEELING OF ENERGISED FOCUS,
FULL INVOLVEMENT, AND
ENJOYMENT IN THE PROCESS
WIKIPEDIA

@WILLSH
“YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO IS POSSIBLE TO DO,
EVEN THOUGH DIFFICULT, AND
SENSE OF TIME DISAPPEARS.
YOU FORGET YOURSELF.
YOU FEEL PART OF
SOMETHING LARGER.”
!
- MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI

@WILLSH
A VERY
INTERESTING
BOOK (WITH AN
ADMITTEDLY
CREEPY TITLE)

CREATING A
SENSE OF FLOW 1 IT SUGGESTS
@WILLSH 7TRIGGERS FOR
THERE ARE

3ENVIRONMENTAL
TRIGGERS
@WILLSH I’M MOST
INTERESTED
IN THE

@WILLSH
I’VE MUCKED ABOUT
WITH THEM A LITTLE
TO EVOLVE A VERSION
FOR USING WITH
ARTEFACT CARDS…

@WILLSH
1. CONSEQUENCES
2. ENVIRONMENT
3. EMBODIMENT SOURCE: STEVEN KOTLER
“THE RISE OF SUPERMAN”

FIRST TRIGGER:
CONSEQUENCES
@WILLSH

@WILLSH
STATE AT THE BEGINNING OF
ANY TASK - WHAT HAVE I
GOT TO DO, AND WHAT
HAPPENS IF I DON’T?
!IT FOCUSSES THE MIND…

YOU’RE AIMING FOR THIS CHANNEL
@WILLSH
SOURCE: GAMASUTRA

@WILLSH
WHAT I’VE NOTICED
IS THAT IT REALLY
HELPS TO WRITE
ANY OBJECTIVE
DOWN ON ONE
ARTEFACT CARD…

@WILLSH
SECOND TRIGGER:
ENVIRONMENT

@WILLSH
CREATING A DIVERSE,
RICH ENVIRONMENT OF
STIMULATING MATERIAL
TO WORK WITH CREATES
MORE CONNECTIONS,
AND BETTER IDEAS

@WILLSH
KOTLER SUGGEST THREE
WAYS OF DOING THIS…

NOVELTY
THINGS YOU
HAVEN’T SEEN
BEFORE
@WILLSH

COMPLEXITY LETTING YOUR MIND SIFT THROUGH THE
IMPLICATIONS OF A MULTIFACETED WORLD
@WILLSH

UNPREDICTABILITY
@WILLSH
KEEP PEOPLE GUESSING…
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN NEXT

@WILLSH
CREATING THIS RICH ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICALLY ON THE ARTEFACT CARDS
ALLOWS YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION TO
MOVE ELEMENTS AND MAKE
CONNECTIONS MORE QUICKLY
AND NATURALLY

@WILLSH
THIRD TRIGGER:
EMBODIMENT

@WILLSH
HOW DO
YOU MAKE
TEN FINGERS,
TWO EYES AND
A BRAIN PAY
ATTENTION?

@WILLSH
QUICKLY MAKING A
PHYSICAL OBJECT OF
YOUR IDEA, LIKE AN
ARTEFACT CARD,
BRINGS IT INTO THE
WORLD IN A TANGIBLE,
TESTABLE WAY.

CONSEQUENCES ENVIRONMENT
@WILLSH
EMBODIMENT
WAS IT THAT
SIMPLE, THEN?
THREE SIMPLE
ENVIRONMENT
AL TRIGGERS,
IN ORDER?

@WILLSH
I REALISED THAT IT
WASN’T JUST THE
THREE TRIGGERS, BUT
THE REINFORCEMENT
OF EACH IN THE OTHER
TWO STEPS…

@WILLSH
CONSEQUENCES
ENVIRONMENT
EMBODIMENT
STEP 1

@WILLSH
STEP 1
PRIMARY: CONSEQUENCES
SET UP THE THING THAT YOU NEED TO
DO, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON’T
SECONDARY: ENVIRONMENT
USE SCENE SETTING - E.G. “PRETEND
IT’S FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE”
TERTIARY: EMBODIMENT
MAKE EVERYONE WRITE DOWN THE
TASK AS THEY UNDERSTAND IT

@WILLSH
CONSEQUENCES
ENVIRONMENT
EMBODIMENT
STEP 2

@WILLSH
STEP 2
PRIMARY: ENVIRONMENT
CREATE A RICH TAPESTRY OF THE NEW,
THE COMPLEX, AND/OR THE UNEXPECTED
SECONDARY: EMBODIMENT
CREATE AS MUCH OF THIS WORLD IN PHYSICAL
SPACE; LET PEOPLE MAKE CONNECTIONS QUICKLY
TERTIARY: CONSEQUENCES
CONTINUALLY REFER BACK TO THE
TASK - WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

@WILLSH
CONSEQUENCES
STEP 3
ENVIRONMENT
EMBODIMENT

@WILLSH
STEP 3
PRIMARY: EMBODIMENT
MAKE A PHYSICAL VERSION OF YOUR
IDEA USING THE ARTEFACT CARDS
SECONDARY: CONSEQUENCES
REFER BACK TO THE TASK; HOW DOES
THIS ANSWER THE FIRST CARD?
TERTIARY: ENVIRONMENT
USE THE OTHER PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
YOU’VE DRAWN FROM TO BACK IT UP

@WILLSH
CONSEQUENCES
ENVIRONMENT
EMBODIMENT
THIS IS A
FLOW ENGINE

@WILLSH
A FLOW ENGINE CAN
HELP YOU HACK THE WAY
YOU WORK, INSTEAD OF
WORRYING ABOUT THE
TIME YOU HAVE…

@WILLSH
TRY AND BUILD
YOURSELF SOME
FLOW ENGINES WITH
ARTEFACT CARDS

@WILLSH
21.09.2014
HAPPY STARTUP CAMP
DEEPEST SUSSEX…
51.102816, -0.006946
THANK YOU
!
!
JOHN V WILLSHIRE
ARTEFACTSHOP.COM

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