Creativity

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