The Creation Cycle

The Creation Cycle is a generic process by which any form / scope of creation can effectively implement iterations of continuous impact and learning. I believe it's the most effective way to create meaningful things.

Diagram of The Creation Cycle

• Observe - Understand the domain.
• Create - Execute on the domain's most important Problems and Opportunities.
• Reflect - Learn from this Cycle. Improve the next Cycle.
• Share - Share Cycle's outcomes with the world.

Notes:

• You do not have to go through the Creation Cycle in the order listed, though typically this is the order it's used in
• The Creation Cycle is built to be iterative. When one Cycle ends, the next begins.
• The Creation Cycle is useful at every scope and is likely best used in recursive iterations

Example Usage - Multiple Scopes:

• Creation Cycle for top-level business roadmap
  • Creation Cycle for each org's roadmap
    • Creation Cycle for each team's roadmap
      • Creation Cycle for each individual feature

Personally, I use the Creation Cycle to structure most of my life's processes.

• Planning and coding software features
• Ideating and validating businesses
• Ideating and writing blog posts
• Personal reflections and life plans