Creativity & Innovation
• Creativity is recognising potential opportunity.
• Innovation is translating the idea into reality.
The difference between a creative person and one who is not so creative is not in the creativity that they were born with but in the creativity that they have lost.
Why people are shy about creativity
Try something different
Absolute Disaster
Immediate sacking
Marital breakdown
Alcoholism
Prostitution
Drug Addiction
Death
Creative people:
1. Are curious (like a child).
2. Are all enthusiastic optimists/motivated.
3. Are not afraid of risk or failure.
4. Are the agents of change.
5. Are all hippies, nutcases and drive old SAABs.
6. Are all non-team mavericks and therefore
unemployable!
Can Creativity Be Taught?
Creativity may be unblocked by inspirational leaders providing a supportive
environment
Simplicity• In one frame, the
cartoonist is always facing the challenge to simplify, to convey what can be complex concepts.
• For a cartoon to work it has to be simple in concept even if the drawing is more elaborate.
Simplicity is Not Easy
• Any valuable creative idea will appear logical in hindsight.
• Is ‘Love’ logical?
Mind Mapping Laws
• Apparently there are lots of them.
• The only one I remember, is this one…
Free up your mind and let it all flow.
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
Task:
• Brainstorm the scenario
• Choose the best storyline
• Decide on method of presentation
Judged on: Creative content, presentation and team participation.
Creativity is paradoxical.
To create, a person must have knowledge but forget the knowledge, must see unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder, must work hard but spend time doing nothing as information incubates, must create many ideas yet most of them are useless, must look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different, must desire success but embrace failure, must be persistent but not stubborn, and must listen to experts but know how to disregard them. Michael Michalko | Dec 06, 2011