We take fitness classes to strengthen our bodies. We see therapists to care for our minds. We meditate, get massages and take vacation to de-stress. But in our pursuit of wellness, we neglect perhaps the most critical element of all: creativity.  

It’s time we start thinking of creativity as a core component of our health. Not just artistic expression, but in the broadest sense of flexing our mental muscles to make connections, entertain ideas, and imagine possibilities. Research reveals what many of us know intuitively - that engaging in creative pursuits enhances our problem-solving abilities, sharpens our minds, boosts our moods, and enriches our lives.

Relegating creativity solely to the artistic realm misses the point. So — practically speaking — how can we incorporate creative wellness into our lifestyles? Jeremy Utley, Adjunct Professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford and Leading Instructor of Stanford’s Creativity and Design Thinking Certificate, will lay the ground work for doing exactly that. It’s time we rethink what it means to be well and recognize creativity’s central role in living purposeful, fulfilling lives. Our imaginations are our most valuable resource. Let’s start treating creative wellness with the same importance we give to our physical and mental health.

Jeremy Utley — a Stanford adjunct, corporate leadership & exploration advisor, venture capitalist, the author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters — is conducting cutting edge research in the rapidly-evolving domain of generative AI.

Drawing on insights from in-progress studies with world-renowned collaborators and in-depth interviews of AI leaders across a wide variety of organizations, this groundbreaking session addresses questions like: How do human beings best interface with generative AI? How do teams incorporate AI into their problem solving process? How do organizations identify the most fertile opportunities to incorporate these tools? What are the best practices companies can leverage to ramp up the learning curve and leap frog the competition? Jeremy has inspired nearly 1,000,000 aspiring innovators worldwide through his 14+ years teaching at Stanford University, and he expects present research to far eclipse the insights and impact he's already made.

This is Jeremy Utley's great obsession. Jeremy is a world-leading innovation expert -- Stanford adjunct, corporate leadership & exploration advisor, venture capitalist, and the author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters. He has spent the last 3 years facilitating regular gatherings of scores of CEOs, CXO's and start-up founders to help them unleash growth and innovation. Drawing on insights from collaborations with world-leading collaborators from companies like Amazon and Apple, this groundbreaking session addresses questions like: How do leaders drive innovation? How do they inspire their teams to dream bigger and dare more greatly? How do they build a culture of experimentation and innovation? How do they harness the latest tools like generative AI to turbocharge their people's potential? Jeremy has inspired nearly 1,000,000 aspiring innovators worldwide through his 14+ years teaching at Stanford University, and he expects this present passion to amplify the insights and impact he's already made.

In the tradition of perennial sellers like Creativity, Inc., and Flow, Jeremy Utley of Stanford restores creativity to its position of central importance in business, offering managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs a robust and flexible set of disciplines for generating more and better ideas—and dramatically boosting the creative output of their organizations.