This document discusses innovation and creativity. It defines innovation as applying creativity for a purpose and creativity as coming up with fresh ideas. It discusses brainstorming techniques for generating ideas. The document then provides tips for cultivating creativity such as tapping into your creative force, generating more ideas, identifying barriers to creativity like lack of time, and taking advantage of enablers like exercise. It suggests constructing a creative workspace and introducing daily creative practices like balancing tight and loose activities. Other tips include seeking broad experiences, spending time with diverse people, and learning from innovation mentors.
This document discusses innovation and creativity. It defines innovation as applying creativity for a purpose and creativity as coming up with fresh ideas. It discusses brainstorming techniques for generating ideas. The document then provides tips for cultivating creativity such as tapping into your creative force, generating more ideas, identifying barriers to creativity like lack of time, and taking advantage of enablers like exercise. It suggests constructing a creative workspace and introducing daily creative practices like balancing tight and loose activities. Other tips include seeking broad experiences, spending time with diverse people, and learning from innovation mentors.
This document discusses innovation and creativity. It defines innovation as applying creativity for a purpose and creativity as coming up with fresh ideas. It discusses brainstorming techniques for generating ideas. The document then provides tips for cultivating creativity such as tapping into your creative force, generating more ideas, identifying barriers to creativity like lack of time, and taking advantage of enablers like exercise. It suggests constructing a creative workspace and introducing daily creative practices like balancing tight and loose activities. Other tips include seeking broad experiences, spending time with diverse people, and learning from innovation mentors.
This document discusses innovation and creativity. It defines innovation as applying creativity for a purpose and creativity as coming up with fresh ideas. It discusses brainstorming techniques for generating ideas. The document then provides tips for cultivating creativity such as tapping into your creative force, generating more ideas, identifying barriers to creativity like lack of time, and taking advantage of enablers like exercise. It suggests constructing a creative workspace and introducing daily creative practices like balancing tight and loose activities. Other tips include seeking broad experiences, spending time with diverse people, and learning from innovation mentors.
INNOVATION →This taps into the creative and intuitive side of your mind, the so-called right-brain activities that are essential to artists and invention. →Applied creativity or creativity for a purpose CREATIVITY →Coming up with fresh ideas, designs, or solutions
BRAINSTORMING →Refers to the broad range of structured techniques for idea generation. →Notable name: ALEX OSBORN, coined the term back in 1940’s “idea generation technique”.
1. TAPPING INTO YOUR OWN CREATIVE FORCE
Creative force is the power to create that flows through all of us. You can see the power of creativity each time a successful innovation changes lives and the world. 2. GENERATING MORE IDEAS Habit of thinking about possibilities. Start with your own needs. a.) Imagining innovation to meet your daily needs b.) Recognizing great ideas Take note of Creativity around you. Recognize that you need the stimulation of other people’s creative thinking. c.) Holding out for more option Creativity expands your options, but only if you realize that more options are better. 3. IDENTIFYING YOUR BIGGEST BARRIER TO ACTIVITY a.) Knowing your creative enemy ●Lack of time and opportunity ●Lack of direct experience and input ●Criticism by others ●Pessimism and negative thinking ●Exhaustion or lack of regular sleep ●Strict, stern, or critical supervision
b.) Being alert to your stylistic strength and weaknesses
c.) Bringing your creativity to practical, routine tasks 4. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOUR BIGGEST ENABLERS OF CREATIVITY A CREATIVITY ENABLER is anything that stimulates your creativity. Common enablers include: a.) A good night’s rest b.) A change of scene c.) A good example of imaginative thinking d.) Exercise 5. CONSTRUCTING YOUR CREATIVE PLACE A creative space needs to do the following: a.) Makes it easy to focus on an important challenge or task without interruption b.) Offer control of the physical environment c.) Offer varied and interesting input d.) Make people feel comfortable, focused, and able to come up with good ideas 6. INTRODUCING CREATIVE PRACTICES TO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE Daily practice makes it easy to come up with ideas you need, both big and small, when you need them most.
●BALANCING TIGHT AND LOOSE ACTIVITIES
→A TIGHT ACTIVITY is one that has strict parameters or rules and little room for variation creativity. But tight activities put the right brain to sleep and reduce creative thinking. →A LOOSE ACTIVITY has little or no structure and no obvious right answer. It invites, requires you to make things up as you go. ● FREEING YOURSELF OF DAYDREAM ● PURSUING INTERESTED QUEASTIONS INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM PASS ● CROSS TRAINING THE BODY TO STRENGTHEN THE MIND → Mind and body are inextricably linked. You need to tend your physical needs and adopt healthy practices to achieve your full creative potential. 7. SEEKING BROAD EXPERIENCE It is important to get out of your world and explore other people’s worlds so that you can draw on a breadth of knowledge and experiences too.
● FINDING WAYS TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF
→Being open to new challenges that interest you is a really great way to build your creative power. ● TAKING PERSONAL RISKS →Self-determination’s psychological meaning is the feeling that you can individually decide your own fate. People who are self-determined. → Practice self-determined, creative behavior until you begin to feel comfortable with the risks of being wrong and having your ideas shot down. ● SPENDING MOR ETIME WITH PEOPLE WHO AREN’T LIKE YOU → Diversity is the fertilization of innovation. Diverse experiences and acquaintances give you a diverse range of inputs and ideas to work with. → Comfortable social situations are actually barriers to innovation. ● SEEKING THE COMPANY OF INNOVATORS → If you do not spend time with creative people, you will have a hard time being creative yourself. ● GETTING OUT OF YOUR PERSONAL AND CAREEER SILOS → SILO are workplaces where people are isolated into groups based on their functions. ● SUPPORTING INQUISITIVE BEHAVIOR → Inquisitive behavior describes the general approach of asking questions and stimulating creative thought. ● LEARNING FROM INNOVATION MENTORS → Look for a person whom you find to be personally inspiring and who thinks you can have a lot of untapped potential. ● BECOMING A LEADING INNOVATOR →Tapping into your personal creativity allows you to become a successful innovator, because creativity is the fuel of innovation. ● MAKING YOUR CREATIVITY AND DRIVE VISIBLE TO HIGHER-UPS ● STEPPING UP TO DEVELOPMENT TEAMS AND ROLES → A great way to gain innovation expertise and show that you have lots of creative energy and initiative is to volunteer to help implement appositive new change.
