CREATIVITYAT WORK

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Perception is Everything

“All behaviour consists of opposites……to see things backward, inside out, and upside down”.

Lao Tzu

A Challenge

• Join all nine dots using four straight lines without lifting your pen from the page

The SolutionThink outside the dots!!!

Creativity & Innovation

• Creativity is recognising potential opportunity.

• Innovation is translating the idea into reality.

“Each child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up” Pablo Picasso

As children we are dominated by Stories, Pictures and Imagination.

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.

Barriers to Creative Development…Surveillance

Judgement

Competition

Over Control

Pressure

Time

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

Beg, steal or borrow. Do it smarter.

Connect.

Cats Eyes…

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?

Idea Generation…

“There is no right or wrong – it’s only wrong if it doesn't work.”

“Capturing the Moment”

What hooks do you hang by?

Leonardo da Vinci once said,

“In this world, everything is connected to everything else.”

Connect

Connections

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

Never stop with your first good idea.