Jill Vershum

Cultivating Creativity

Everyone is creative yet many grow up believing they are not. That mindset can close the door to vast human potential within. Many people I worked with discovered this and found it prevented them from growing as a person or being effective as a leader. Uncovering or recovering blocked channels of creativity released great insights and energy for them. It was one path that helped them become unstuck and offered renewal—personally and professionally.

The global business world regards creativity as a critical skill for the future workforce. World Economic Forum cited complex problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity as the three most important skills required to thrive in 2020 and beyond. Bloomberg News reports creative problems solving, communications, strategic thinking, and leadership are the most desired but hardest to find skillsets.

Guiding others to explore and cultivate creativity is part of my quest to help others discover, uncover, and recover blocked creativity. It is about discovering and recovering human potential that may have been lost. It is not about becoming an artist, although that could happen.

Are you or a group you are part of interested in learning more?

My cultivating creativity engagements include nurturing and supportive processes to guide individuals or groups in these ways.

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Understand what creativity is and is not.

Assess their creativity potential now and desires for the future.

Provide seven essential practices to nourish creativity.

Build a relationship with creativity in ways that contribute to well-being.

Help recognize and grow creativity in yourself and those around you.

Examples of Creativity Topics

Longing to express creative dreams at this time in your life.

Feeling life lacks a certain luster or aliveness and being called to explore unmet or lost creative potential.

Desiring to overcome negative core beliefs about what creativity is and is not, or artistic interests that were stifled, often during middle and high school years.

Being stuck in some aspect of your life, personally or professionally, and courageously working to recover and uncover blocked creativity.

Unexpectedly finding that in retirement you want to use your hands after working as a thought leader, using your mind throughout your career.

Wanting to have specific ways to cultivate creativity in children to ensure they reach their full creative potential.

If your goal is to champion creativity in children, my book can be your guide.

Empower children for life by intentionally cultivating mindsets and skillsets for creativity now. You can be a driving force behind cultivating creativity in our current generation of children. These might be your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or neighbors.

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“Healthcare is chaotic and uncertain. Since our time together I feel confident that I can handle whatever comes my way because of my new skills and attitude towards my career and life.”

Vice President, RN, Pediatric Health System

“The benefits of working with Jill not only helped me during my transition to a new role but they’ve been incredibly impactful as I’ve developed in the role. She helped me to become more aware of my blind spots and developed practical lessons that I could easily apply between our coaching sessions. These made a real difference in moving from theoretical discussions to real-life application, which greatly accelerated my development.”

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Global Commercial Real Estate and Investment, Publicly traded