Care for Creativity

<< Objectives >>The overall objective is to reduce stress, exhaustion and burnout among creative professionals, prevent them from experiencing being undervalued and prevent them from dropping out, by:-Framing the process-related stress levels-Experimenting with stress reducing methods in creative processes-Create tools and workshops to reduce stress in the individual creative process-Create tools and teacher training to improve group work in challenge processes-Raise awareness about this urgent subject<< Implementation >>Collect requirements at creatives, experts, teachers and facilitatorsTwo Co-creation Labs, both active in the Netherlands and in SpainDevelopment of tools, guidelines and methods in two Co-creation LabsDevelopment of a workshops and pilot with 30 creatives and 8 teachersDevelopment of Train the trainer for real life innovation challenges, and pilot with 30 creatives and 8 teachersOpen-access to learning resources, 2 multiplier events and a video report to create awareness on a wider scale.<< Results >>As a result, we expect to have increased awareness of this urgent and underexposed topic. We expect that:- the solutions and resources produced are the start of a new path to gain more knowledge about this topic and further developments in the coming years- creatives know better how to limit stress and exhaustion- a growing number of international education partners and innovative organisations that apply challenge-based innovation have more tools to better design these group processes