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 from https://www.britannica.com/topic/creativity

Question # 1 Are 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.

Ken Robinson http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/17/to-encourage-creativity-mr-gove-understand

# 2: Expertise Creativity

# 1: Motivation http://hbr.org/1998/09/how-to-kill-creativity/ar/6 https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199607/the-creative-personality

# 3: Knowledge of creative thinking methods

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 from https://www.britannica.com/topic/creativity http://lifehacker.com/is-solitude-a-key-element-of-creativity-1765530829 http://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

http://hbr.org/2014/03/john-cleese/ar/1 https://youtu.be/DMpdPrm6Ul4

I don’t think there’s any such thing as a mistake in the creative process.

John Cleese

Question # 4 Do 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 in places 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 do good creative work?

trust

When kids or young animals play, they each 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?

At what time of the day do great creators do creative work?

Answer: Often in the morning.

https://twitter.com/FastCoDesign/status/487784884040400896

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 # 8 Do 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