Creativity
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Creativity
Creativity is the ability to develop something new.
3 examples: Develop a new website. Develop a new service. Develop a new way of doing things.
Adapted fromhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/creativity
Question # 1Are you working on problems
you are passionate about?
The real driver of creativity is an appetite for discovery and a
passion for the work itself.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/17/to-encourage-creativity-mr-gove-understand
Ken Robinson
# 2: Expertise # 3: Knowledge of creative
thinking methods
# 1: Motivation
Creativity
http://hbr.org/1998/09/how-to-kill-creativity/ar/6https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199607/the-creative-personality
Question # 2
Are you developing many ideas?
5 phases of the creative process
Phase # 1: Find problems you are passionate about
Phase # 2: Develop many ideas
Phase # 3: Do something else to help your intuition suggest solutions
Phase # 4: Find the best ideas
Phase # 5: Try out the best ideas
Adapted fromhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/creativityhttp://lifehacker.com/is-solitude-a-key-element-of-creativity-1765530829http://www.amazon.de/Creativity-Demand-Ignite-Sustain-Genius-ebook/dp/B00MJCAK0W/ page 127.
People who work well creatively, produce many ideas, most of which are bad.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/twelve-things-you-taught-school-creative-thinking-michael-michalko
Thomas Edison believed that to discover a good idea you had to
develop many ideas.
Edison created thousands of ideas for lighting systems.
http://thinkjarcollective.com/tools/thomas-edisons-creative-thinking-habits/
Creativity is a renewable resource. It's not something you run out of.
There is an infinite amount of ways to
approach any challenge.
http://www.inc.com/abigail-tracy/biz-stone-on-creativity.html
Question # 3
Are you learning from what you are doing?
Whenever you try to do something and do not succeed, you do not fail.
You produce something that you learn from.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/twelve-things-you-taught-school-creative-thinking-michael-michalko
I don’t think there’s any such thing as a mistake in the creative process.
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Question # 4Do you stay open-minded?
Openness is the strongest personality trait
that predicts creative achievement.
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/ten_habits_of_highly_creative_people
Openness is highly related to creativity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKcu_ztYCtk
Question # 5
Are you working inplaces where you do good creative work?
3 examples of great thinkers who changed work environments:1. Einstein moved from Germany to Switzerland, Italy, and then the USA.2. Gandhi was in South Africa.3. Picasso moved from Spain to France.
http://lifehacker.com/is-solitude-a-key-element-of-creativity-1765530829
Living abroad and being immersed in a culture different from one’s own promotes creative problem solving.
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-085.pdf
The more creative, imaginative networks of the brain work
better when we’re alone. That’s when we are able to engage in what neuroscientists call “constructive internal reflection,” a mental state crucial to idea generation and creativity.
When the outside world is tuned out, our brains are better at making certain connections, crystallizing memories, and processing information.
https://www.fastcompany.com/3063626/work-smart/7-surprising-facts-about-creativity-according-to-science
Question # 6
Are you seeking people among whom you dogood creative work?
When kids or young animals play, they trusteach other to try out new things out without being criticized.
https://hbr.org/ideacast/2016/07/teaching-creativity-to-leaders
Question # 7
Are you developing ideas when your mind is in
creativity mode?
https://twitter.com/FastCoDesign/status/487784884040400896
At what time of the day do great creators do creative work?Answer: Often in the morning.
To be creative, we need to be in the right emotional state where thoughts and emotions work together.
https://hbr.org/2015/12/how-to-free-your-innate-creativity
Question # 8Do you believe
you are creative?
http://thisisindexed.com/2011/04/your-imagination-is-real/https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/twelve-things-you-taught-school-creative-thinking-michael-michalko
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