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June 13, 2025 36 mins
About Melissa Melissa Dinwiddie is on a mission to help leaders and teams turn the "impossible" into reality by uncovering their creative potential. A Juilliard-trained dancer, professional artist for 15 years, jazz singer-songwriter, and performing improviser, Melissa brings a wealth of creative experiences to her work with companies like Google, Meta, and Salesforce. As the author of The Creative Sandbox Way™, she's passionate about showing people how to embrace play, imperfection, and experimentation as tools for innovation. Known for her engaging, interactive keynotes and workshops, Melissa empowers individuals and teams to unlock creativity, strengthen collaboration, and thrive in the face of uncertainty. When not leading transformations, she's making art or attempting ukulele-and-bass duets with herself. Today We Talked About Her background Creativity Create the Impossible Framework Play Hard - Turn every experience into a growth opportunity. Make Crap - Welcome imperfection as the path to discovery. Learn Fast - Embrace play as the fuel for creativity. Visual Note taking How can work bring in play? IMPACT Innovation Checklist Connection Communication Creativity FUN - Find the Flow Unlock the Meaning Name the Change (Now What?)   Connect with Melissa LinkedIn Website Book IMPACT Innovation Checklist Leave me a tip $ Click here to Donate to the show I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcasts and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even one sentence will help spread the word.  Thanks again! #1 in Technical Leadership
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