Submitted By: Joel Suarez
As you ponder your goal and determine the best course to achieve it, you will need some creative ways of thinking and facing challenges that will arise. The most creative-thinkers out there will encourage you to think outside your box and to consider even the wildest of ideas.
One way to do this is to “Wild Mind Brainstorm.” Wild-Mind is done by having a piece of paper and writing down EVERY idea that occurs to you about the situation you’re facing. Do NOT evaluate your ideas—just write them down. Do NOT consider something “ too silly” or “too dumb” to write down—just write it down!
Evaluate your ideas in a few days, but not when you’re writing them down. Consider these ideas much like a newborn baby. You must cradle that baby and hold it lovingly and help it grow to a responsible adult. The same goes for your new ideas. You might find that one idea you would consider to be the “silliest” turns out to be your key for unlocking the door you’re facing.
Remember the guy who came up with the idea for Post-It Notes? The adhesive was discovered long before they found a use for it—and the person who said, “Let’s make some note pads that are small and can be easily removed,” was laughed at. But now—do you even see ONE office without Post-Its around? I have at least 6 pads of Post-Its in my desk drawer alone. There’s one in the kitchen, and one in the car.
Another way to increase your creativity is to be around others who are creative. Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron sharpens iron, so people can improve each other.” If you hobnob with those who are known for creativity, it will wear off on you. And you will find new ways of looking at things and thinking about situations, as well.
You can find audio-books and speeches that will stir up your creative juices as well. Professional speakers and those who have “been there, done that” often hit the speaking-circuit and can pump fresh ideas and life in your goal and the ways you attain those goals.
I prefer removing myself from the goal-achieving mode and moving to a truly creative outlet—the arts. You may not consider yourself artsy or think you have any ability in this realm, but it’s worth taking a lump of clay (or Play-Doh) and working with it.
You may find, as I do, that when I’m working on a hobby that I truly love, I free up a portion of my brain that was engaged in my problem-solving. When that happens, I typically find a potential solution to my dilemma. Artistic creativity often sparks other forms of creative-thinking, as it engages a different area of the brain than what we’re used to using. Pick up a paintbrush, a pencil, arrange some flowers, or begin a needlework project. You may find in colour and artistry you have a new lease on what you’re doing!
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Discover Your Creativity
Submitted By: Robert Leggett
You have a choice. Do you want to be constructive and positive in a unique way? Or do you want to be destructive and negative in a unique way? History has proven the futility of the latter goal. So let’s focus on your unique capacity to better yourself and those around you.
In western music there are 12 notes per each octave on the keyboard. Only 12 notes. From these simple 12 notes come the various musical works of Mozart, Brahms, Rossini, Beethoven, Donizetti, Bach, Strauss, Wagner, Puccini, Verde, Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, Rogers & Hammerstein. The Beetles, Merle Haggard, Marti Robbins, Louis Armstrong, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Pointer Sisters and countless other unique performers, composers, and musical forms. What a variety from 12 basic notes!
As a growing copywriter and Cyberspace Marketeer, I often seek new ideas and ways of doing stuff.. But before this process can happen, I have to “pay my dues.” I do this through research over the Internet. I get out and socialize, during work time and play time. Only afterwards am I able to discover and lay out creative, unique solutions.
When I am given a set of parameters, I must intensely focus upon these, and then forget about them. Within a week a unique idea “pops” into my consciousness. Several weeks ago, I was consulting with a new client. He had “Hummingbirds” as part of his logo. He needed a slogan. He is in the restaurant trade. How can I tie the concept of “hummingbirds” in with food service? Over time we discovered “Every Bite - Hummingbird Light” Now he has a powerful slogan. We created a good headline featuring his current offering. We listed bulleted benefits (yes, a tiny hummingbird was used as each bullet). And a great slogan. His publicity pulls very well. He is unique in a positive way.
Logo. This is usually a unique graphic. Sometimes it can be a simple choice of font face, relative sizes, and placement. But a “killer” graphic logo is best. The logo reflects your whole, unique business philosophy and image. It has to be so crystal clear the public recognizes it instantly. The Colonel’s bucket. The golden Arches. CocaCola Bottle. No words are needed. Never Copy. You may Modify. Create New is best. Focus on this task. Then let it go. You might “dream” the solution. Perfect your own unique logo.
Headline. Vital to keeping interest of your target market. Going further with the above “Hummingbirds” copy we told basically what it was, “Sunday Evening Roast.” Then, right below that line, we “painted a picture”“Imagine yourself dining with your special someone on a secluded terrace. Your cozy wooden table and chair - your temporary sanctuary from a hard plastic world. Your candle gently flickers with each passing breeze. You are enjoying the intimate lightness of Hummingbirds’ unparalleled Sunday Roast.”Needs a little fine tuning - but it works.
Bulleted Benefits. Continuing downSumptuous Starter-dishesMouth-Watering Main Course-dishesSeductive Desert-Your choiceFree Glass of Red, Rosé, White(Enjoy wines a step beyond - We taste and recommend)
Slogan (modified) follows. “Your Traditional British Roast - Every Bite - Hummingbird Light”
After that comes phone number, location, directions etc.
However, at the last minute we decided to add in this area.“Twiggy” 2-Course (price)“Henry VIII” 3-Course (price)
Our target market was the British couple or foursome looking for a great Sunday Evening Roast.
Over the years I have collected aids and studied various areas of marketing. Long ago I got copy of active verbs. Recently I got list of “Hypnotic Words” and successful headlines used over the years. Also a list how different colors effect emotions. These are all great references when I am stumped or want to make my copy even better. Some of the “greats” which come to mind are Claude Hopkins, Jay Abraham, Ted Nicholas. Actually, some of the best ideas can be found on current Internet sales letters. Occasionally I find the rare good headline in SPAM sent me. Yes, I even study some SPAM.
I have discovered my target market. They need my copywriting skills...the undercapitalized, open-minded, serious entrepreneur. Nobody in my immediate vicinity practices principles of good copywriting. I am unique. I am creative. My clients are unique. They seek creative solutions. They are fun to work with. Our creative ideas keep amplifying each other’s.
No matter what profession(s) you are into at this time, develop your uniqueness, discover your creativity, dream your solutions. The more you practice, the easier it becomes. By the way, I had no idea what I would write about this month. I kept thinking and thinking. Then “pop” - here it is. Now to polish it up 24 hours from now. 828 words now and finally edited down to 794.
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You have a choice. Do you want to be constructive and positive in a unique way? Or do you want to be destructive and negative in a unique way? History has proven the futility of the latter goal. So let’s focus on your unique capacity to better yourself and those around you.
In western music there are 12 notes per each octave on the keyboard. Only 12 notes. From these simple 12 notes come the various musical works of Mozart, Brahms, Rossini, Beethoven, Donizetti, Bach, Strauss, Wagner, Puccini, Verde, Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, Rogers & Hammerstein. The Beetles, Merle Haggard, Marti Robbins, Louis Armstrong, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, Pointer Sisters and countless other unique performers, composers, and musical forms. What a variety from 12 basic notes!
As a growing copywriter and Cyberspace Marketeer, I often seek new ideas and ways of doing stuff.. But before this process can happen, I have to “pay my dues.” I do this through research over the Internet. I get out and socialize, during work time and play time. Only afterwards am I able to discover and lay out creative, unique solutions.
When I am given a set of parameters, I must intensely focus upon these, and then forget about them. Within a week a unique idea “pops” into my consciousness. Several weeks ago, I was consulting with a new client. He had “Hummingbirds” as part of his logo. He needed a slogan. He is in the restaurant trade. How can I tie the concept of “hummingbirds” in with food service? Over time we discovered “Every Bite - Hummingbird Light” Now he has a powerful slogan. We created a good headline featuring his current offering. We listed bulleted benefits (yes, a tiny hummingbird was used as each bullet). And a great slogan. His publicity pulls very well. He is unique in a positive way.
Logo. This is usually a unique graphic. Sometimes it can be a simple choice of font face, relative sizes, and placement. But a “killer” graphic logo is best. The logo reflects your whole, unique business philosophy and image. It has to be so crystal clear the public recognizes it instantly. The Colonel’s bucket. The golden Arches. CocaCola Bottle. No words are needed. Never Copy. You may Modify. Create New is best. Focus on this task. Then let it go. You might “dream” the solution. Perfect your own unique logo.
Headline. Vital to keeping interest of your target market. Going further with the above “Hummingbirds” copy we told basically what it was, “Sunday Evening Roast.” Then, right below that line, we “painted a picture”“Imagine yourself dining with your special someone on a secluded terrace. Your cozy wooden table and chair - your temporary sanctuary from a hard plastic world. Your candle gently flickers with each passing breeze. You are enjoying the intimate lightness of Hummingbirds’ unparalleled Sunday Roast.”Needs a little fine tuning - but it works.
Bulleted Benefits. Continuing downSumptuous Starter-dishesMouth-Watering Main Course-dishesSeductive Desert-Your choiceFree Glass of Red, Rosé, White(Enjoy wines a step beyond - We taste and recommend)
Slogan (modified) follows. “Your Traditional British Roast - Every Bite - Hummingbird Light”
After that comes phone number, location, directions etc.
However, at the last minute we decided to add in this area.“Twiggy” 2-Course (price)“Henry VIII” 3-Course (price)
Our target market was the British couple or foursome looking for a great Sunday Evening Roast.
Over the years I have collected aids and studied various areas of marketing. Long ago I got copy of active verbs. Recently I got list of “Hypnotic Words” and successful headlines used over the years. Also a list how different colors effect emotions. These are all great references when I am stumped or want to make my copy even better. Some of the “greats” which come to mind are Claude Hopkins, Jay Abraham, Ted Nicholas. Actually, some of the best ideas can be found on current Internet sales letters. Occasionally I find the rare good headline in SPAM sent me. Yes, I even study some SPAM.
I have discovered my target market. They need my copywriting skills...the undercapitalized, open-minded, serious entrepreneur. Nobody in my immediate vicinity practices principles of good copywriting. I am unique. I am creative. My clients are unique. They seek creative solutions. They are fun to work with. Our creative ideas keep amplifying each other’s.
No matter what profession(s) you are into at this time, develop your uniqueness, discover your creativity, dream your solutions. The more you practice, the easier it becomes. By the way, I had no idea what I would write about this month. I kept thinking and thinking. Then “pop” - here it is. Now to polish it up 24 hours from now. 828 words now and finally edited down to 794.
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What Is Creativity
Submitted By: Lucretia Torva
Thomas Edison, “Creativity is 99% perspiration and one percent inspiration.” You notice there is a reference to actual work in there. A lot of people have a mistaken idea of what creativity is. People assume an artist is creative because they are an artist and because of the subject area that they are interested in, and that’s not true! People view artists as creative because they are in the habit of being creative, but it’s not their subject area that makes them creative. The shift that people need to make is that it’s not what you think, it’s how you think.
Creativity does not happen in vacuum. It is usually fostered by something that’s already there and already swimming around in your head or is already in use in the marketplace somewhere. That is where the best creative ideas come from. Improving on something that is already there is creativity at its best. What an awesome definition! Brian Tracy, a leading authority on personal and business success, defines creativity as simply an improvement. He also believes an improvement only needs to be 10% new or different to launch you to fame and riches. Think about that. Take something that already exists, change it 10%, and you have a great business idea. That’s basically what he’s telling you. Many great fortunes were started with an idea for an improvement. For instance, the light bulb was not actually invented by Thomas Edison. He did not create the idea out of thin air. He improved an idea that was actually about 50 years old. Imagine that! People had been working on that idea for decades, and he came along and made that final improvement that catapulted him to fame and fortune and changed the way that we live.
It has been suggested that people think of 3 to 4 good ideas while they are commuting and sitting in traffic, ideas that could turn into a great business. Isn’t that something?! They just don’t happen to take action on it because they don’t believe that the idea is good enough. Creativity does not happen in a vacuum, and creativity is made visible by taking action.
The other big misconception is that creativity is some flash of inspiration. That is a very common belief, a light bulb that turns on. It‘s really the culmination of a lot of information gathering, and letting it sit around in your brain. You spend time tossing the information around. The information goes through a process of flowing through your thoughts. That flash of inspiration looks like it’s some kind of momentary thing but it’s really the culmination of minutes, hours, even years of incubation.
Here’s an interesting little anecdote, this is from Keith Sawyer, who is an Associate Professor of Education and Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1990, NASA scientists were trying to fix distorted lenses in the Hubble telescope. The telescope was already in orbit. They decided that they wanted to put small mirrors inside the telescope to correct the image, but how were they going to get all of those little mirrors in that small space. Well, one of the engineers was taking a shower in his hotel in Germany and noticed a shower head that was on an adjustable rod. Eureka! He realized they could use a folding arm to place those mirrors in the telescope. So there was the flash of inspiration and yet he had all the information. They’d been working on the problem, and that flash happened as a result of being open to everything in his environment. That’s a good explanation of creativity!
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Thomas Edison, “Creativity is 99% perspiration and one percent inspiration.” You notice there is a reference to actual work in there. A lot of people have a mistaken idea of what creativity is. People assume an artist is creative because they are an artist and because of the subject area that they are interested in, and that’s not true! People view artists as creative because they are in the habit of being creative, but it’s not their subject area that makes them creative. The shift that people need to make is that it’s not what you think, it’s how you think.
Creativity does not happen in vacuum. It is usually fostered by something that’s already there and already swimming around in your head or is already in use in the marketplace somewhere. That is where the best creative ideas come from. Improving on something that is already there is creativity at its best. What an awesome definition! Brian Tracy, a leading authority on personal and business success, defines creativity as simply an improvement. He also believes an improvement only needs to be 10% new or different to launch you to fame and riches. Think about that. Take something that already exists, change it 10%, and you have a great business idea. That’s basically what he’s telling you. Many great fortunes were started with an idea for an improvement. For instance, the light bulb was not actually invented by Thomas Edison. He did not create the idea out of thin air. He improved an idea that was actually about 50 years old. Imagine that! People had been working on that idea for decades, and he came along and made that final improvement that catapulted him to fame and fortune and changed the way that we live.
It has been suggested that people think of 3 to 4 good ideas while they are commuting and sitting in traffic, ideas that could turn into a great business. Isn’t that something?! They just don’t happen to take action on it because they don’t believe that the idea is good enough. Creativity does not happen in a vacuum, and creativity is made visible by taking action.
The other big misconception is that creativity is some flash of inspiration. That is a very common belief, a light bulb that turns on. It‘s really the culmination of a lot of information gathering, and letting it sit around in your brain. You spend time tossing the information around. The information goes through a process of flowing through your thoughts. That flash of inspiration looks like it’s some kind of momentary thing but it’s really the culmination of minutes, hours, even years of incubation.
Here’s an interesting little anecdote, this is from Keith Sawyer, who is an Associate Professor of Education and Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. In 1990, NASA scientists were trying to fix distorted lenses in the Hubble telescope. The telescope was already in orbit. They decided that they wanted to put small mirrors inside the telescope to correct the image, but how were they going to get all of those little mirrors in that small space. Well, one of the engineers was taking a shower in his hotel in Germany and noticed a shower head that was on an adjustable rod. Eureka! He realized they could use a folding arm to place those mirrors in the telescope. So there was the flash of inspiration and yet he had all the information. They’d been working on the problem, and that flash happened as a result of being open to everything in his environment. That’s a good explanation of creativity!
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Creativity - The Value Of Being Prolific
Submitted By: Kal Bishop
When asked his secret to success, the author Graham Green said that it was down to his always writing 500 words a day. There are real reasons why this philosophy rings true:
a) The single best creative product tends to appear at that point in the career when the creator is being most prolific – quality of output is closely related to quantity.
b) In the early stages, relative lack of experience, knowledge and refined methodology limits performance to sub-optimal levels. With time these factors improve and productivity increases exponentially. The experience curve implies that creativity should get easier and faster the more it is engaged in.
c) The major part of learning takes place subliminally and unconsciously. When we are strongly motivated by an endeavour, we will become good at it by working on it at various cognitive levels.
d) Many skilled actions are initially learnt with much conscious effort then, with practice, they come easily and smoothly (subliminal perception and learning). After complete automisation, paying complete attention can actually be detrimental.
e) Incremental targets produce more output than a “do your best” approach. If a leader asks participants in an idea generating session to address a problem and think of at least 5 ideas every half an hour, then 80 ideas are produced by one individual and 1600 are produced by 20 individuals at the end of an average working day. This level of output is conscious and would not be produced normally.
This topic is covered in depth in the MBA dissertation on Managing Creativity & Innovation, which can be purchased (along with a Creativity and Innovation DIY Audit, Good Idea Generator Software and Power Point Presentation) from http://www.managing-creativity.com. You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email address at this site.
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When asked his secret to success, the author Graham Green said that it was down to his always writing 500 words a day. There are real reasons why this philosophy rings true:
a) The single best creative product tends to appear at that point in the career when the creator is being most prolific – quality of output is closely related to quantity.
b) In the early stages, relative lack of experience, knowledge and refined methodology limits performance to sub-optimal levels. With time these factors improve and productivity increases exponentially. The experience curve implies that creativity should get easier and faster the more it is engaged in.
c) The major part of learning takes place subliminally and unconsciously. When we are strongly motivated by an endeavour, we will become good at it by working on it at various cognitive levels.
d) Many skilled actions are initially learnt with much conscious effort then, with practice, they come easily and smoothly (subliminal perception and learning). After complete automisation, paying complete attention can actually be detrimental.
e) Incremental targets produce more output than a “do your best” approach. If a leader asks participants in an idea generating session to address a problem and think of at least 5 ideas every half an hour, then 80 ideas are produced by one individual and 1600 are produced by 20 individuals at the end of an average working day. This level of output is conscious and would not be produced normally.
This topic is covered in depth in the MBA dissertation on Managing Creativity & Innovation, which can be purchased (along with a Creativity and Innovation DIY Audit, Good Idea Generator Software and Power Point Presentation) from http://www.managing-creativity.com. You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email address at this site.
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It Just Takes A Little Creativity
Submitted By: Julee Mitchelsin
If you are a parent, particularly of an elementary or junior high aged girl, then you know all about sleepovers. The chances are that your daughter has both attended and hosted many of these blessed events. The problem with sleepovers is that they are mostly the same. Girls gather at a home, pizza and other snacks are served, silly games are played, a movie is watched and then the girls stay up way too late into the night. My daughters and I have been thinking of ways to host a unique sleepover, and we've learned that all it takes is a little creativity.
I began to brainstorm new ideas for sleepovers after my daughters kept coming home saying that every party had been boring and pretty much the same. We sat down around our kitchen table one morning and determined to let our creativity have the best of us.
Our creativity quickly led us to one of the best ideas we have for our next big sleepover: a themed party. We thought it might be fun for us and for all thirteen girls that are coming to our home to center the sleepover around a theme. Because summer is quickly approaching and yet seems so far away we decided to do a beach theme for the sleepover. Use your creativity though, because any theme will do depending on the time of year and on the age and interests of the children attending.
Once we had determined our theme we went to what logically seemed like the next important thing to determine: the menu. Our creativity quickly led us to a long list of meal and snack ideas that would reinforce our beach theme and make the sleepover fun and unique for both my girls and their friends. We are going to have frozen fruit drinks, exotic fruit cabobs, and other snacks that might be found on a peach. Instead of ordering pepperoni pizza we are going to take time to let each girl make an individual pizza with any toppings she chooses.
After we nailed down our sleepover menu we focused our creativity on coming up with fun games and activities to keep the girls entertained without using movies or television. We decided on a hula-hoop contest and on making beach bags out of scrap pieces of fabric. We wanted to let the girls spend use their own creativity during the sleepover as well.
The sky is the limit when you use your creativity to plan the next sleepover or party happening at your house. Involve your kids in the process and enjoy it. For once you might have a little fun with so many kids running around.
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If you are a parent, particularly of an elementary or junior high aged girl, then you know all about sleepovers. The chances are that your daughter has both attended and hosted many of these blessed events. The problem with sleepovers is that they are mostly the same. Girls gather at a home, pizza and other snacks are served, silly games are played, a movie is watched and then the girls stay up way too late into the night. My daughters and I have been thinking of ways to host a unique sleepover, and we've learned that all it takes is a little creativity.
I began to brainstorm new ideas for sleepovers after my daughters kept coming home saying that every party had been boring and pretty much the same. We sat down around our kitchen table one morning and determined to let our creativity have the best of us.
Our creativity quickly led us to one of the best ideas we have for our next big sleepover: a themed party. We thought it might be fun for us and for all thirteen girls that are coming to our home to center the sleepover around a theme. Because summer is quickly approaching and yet seems so far away we decided to do a beach theme for the sleepover. Use your creativity though, because any theme will do depending on the time of year and on the age and interests of the children attending.
Once we had determined our theme we went to what logically seemed like the next important thing to determine: the menu. Our creativity quickly led us to a long list of meal and snack ideas that would reinforce our beach theme and make the sleepover fun and unique for both my girls and their friends. We are going to have frozen fruit drinks, exotic fruit cabobs, and other snacks that might be found on a peach. Instead of ordering pepperoni pizza we are going to take time to let each girl make an individual pizza with any toppings she chooses.
After we nailed down our sleepover menu we focused our creativity on coming up with fun games and activities to keep the girls entertained without using movies or television. We decided on a hula-hoop contest and on making beach bags out of scrap pieces of fabric. We wanted to let the girls spend use their own creativity during the sleepover as well.
The sky is the limit when you use your creativity to plan the next sleepover or party happening at your house. Involve your kids in the process and enjoy it. For once you might have a little fun with so many kids running around.
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What is Creativity Anyway and How Come the Human Mind is So Good at It?
By Lance Winslow
Can we define creativity, and if we do, does that mean we are one step further in duplicating it? Is it possible to train a computer to be creative? Why not say artificial intelligence computer scientists, but psychologists, religious scholars and philosophers say not so fast because if you train a computer to be creative, then you are setting rules of knowledge use, therefore it would not be creative, rather following rules.
Still, the skeptics of mankind's absolute domain on creativity say that if an artificial intelligent machine creates, it is creative, no matter how it got there. Some say sure, but it would not be artificial intelligence, it would computer rules; so, then can computers become creative? And if they can that would mean mankind's creativity is not special at all.
Worse, the debate rages on as to whether a creative computer is actually creative or that it would only prove that the human programmers was so creative he created a computer to be creative. Interesting lines of thought on the psychology of the Creative Mind and if this interests you as well, perhaps I might recommend a very good book to you:
"The Creative Mind; Myths and Mechanisms" by Margaret A. Boden; 1990.
The author, Margaret Boden also wrote the book; "Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man" and this later work we find that Margaret challenges all the past period psychologists and philosophers on the issue of creativity. Can we define creativity, Margaret Boden believes so and poses such a definition, and gives the history of the psychology of creativity, and probable futures. If you are a creative expert and do not own this book.
Well, I hate to say it like this, but there is a good chance you are a fraud. You see there are a whole lot of so-called psychology experts which specialize in creativity, and yet they have a really tough time with defining it, reproducing it or explaining how it happens.
"Lance Winslow" - Lance Winslow's Bio. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/.
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Can we define creativity, and if we do, does that mean we are one step further in duplicating it? Is it possible to train a computer to be creative? Why not say artificial intelligence computer scientists, but psychologists, religious scholars and philosophers say not so fast because if you train a computer to be creative, then you are setting rules of knowledge use, therefore it would not be creative, rather following rules.
Still, the skeptics of mankind's absolute domain on creativity say that if an artificial intelligent machine creates, it is creative, no matter how it got there. Some say sure, but it would not be artificial intelligence, it would computer rules; so, then can computers become creative? And if they can that would mean mankind's creativity is not special at all.
Worse, the debate rages on as to whether a creative computer is actually creative or that it would only prove that the human programmers was so creative he created a computer to be creative. Interesting lines of thought on the psychology of the Creative Mind and if this interests you as well, perhaps I might recommend a very good book to you:
"The Creative Mind; Myths and Mechanisms" by Margaret A. Boden; 1990.
The author, Margaret Boden also wrote the book; "Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man" and this later work we find that Margaret challenges all the past period psychologists and philosophers on the issue of creativity. Can we define creativity, Margaret Boden believes so and poses such a definition, and gives the history of the psychology of creativity, and probable futures. If you are a creative expert and do not own this book.
Well, I hate to say it like this, but there is a good chance you are a fraud. You see there are a whole lot of so-called psychology experts which specialize in creativity, and yet they have a really tough time with defining it, reproducing it or explaining how it happens.
"Lance Winslow" - Lance Winslow's Bio. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/.
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Can Creativity Be Managed?
By Ken Long
Most stories of business creativity feature businesses who are creative as their core competency. They are held up as examples fro all businesses to emulate. But, I think these examples is simply cherry-picking. This method doesn't represent the vast majority of businesses that need to know how to think about, encourage and manage creativity as part of their operation.
These examples show how creative companies manage creativity but they don't discuss the vast majority of businesses where creativity is secondary to their value proposition. It's much more challenging and interesting to figure out how creativity management applies to a power generation utility or a grocery store or a manufacturing plant. This discussion would be much more interesting and useful to a much larger class of managers struggling with ways of creating new streams of value in engaging the insights of their workers. Examining the Toyota method of production is an excellent example of a mature industry that has found out how to make a difference using the innate creativity of their people.
The good news is that science suggests we all have the capacity for creativity, if we can just get past the social barriers that serve to squelch too much creativity. We get socialized in school to value conformity and not rocking the boat. But the potential remains there, wired into our brains through millions of years of evolution, just waiting to be tapped.
R. Keith Sawyer spends considerable effort to demolish the personal traits theory of creativity in his excellent book entitled "Explaining Creativity". He places much more importance on effective group process than the characteristics of individual insight. His work does a great job of debunking our stereotypes of creativity, and shows how you can establish a climate in your business to encourage and exploit creativity through good group process.
As a final note, there are many "creativity surveys" on the market that propose to classify how creative you are. I didn't like the ones with questions that made me declare whether I liked people because of qualities they possess, such as I like this person because they are rational.
I dislike questionnaires that do not offer an opportunity to say "yes, but" because I see the need to be aware of routine simplifications in order to get the daily work done!
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Most stories of business creativity feature businesses who are creative as their core competency. They are held up as examples fro all businesses to emulate. But, I think these examples is simply cherry-picking. This method doesn't represent the vast majority of businesses that need to know how to think about, encourage and manage creativity as part of their operation.
These examples show how creative companies manage creativity but they don't discuss the vast majority of businesses where creativity is secondary to their value proposition. It's much more challenging and interesting to figure out how creativity management applies to a power generation utility or a grocery store or a manufacturing plant. This discussion would be much more interesting and useful to a much larger class of managers struggling with ways of creating new streams of value in engaging the insights of their workers. Examining the Toyota method of production is an excellent example of a mature industry that has found out how to make a difference using the innate creativity of their people.
The good news is that science suggests we all have the capacity for creativity, if we can just get past the social barriers that serve to squelch too much creativity. We get socialized in school to value conformity and not rocking the boat. But the potential remains there, wired into our brains through millions of years of evolution, just waiting to be tapped.
R. Keith Sawyer spends considerable effort to demolish the personal traits theory of creativity in his excellent book entitled "Explaining Creativity". He places much more importance on effective group process than the characteristics of individual insight. His work does a great job of debunking our stereotypes of creativity, and shows how you can establish a climate in your business to encourage and exploit creativity through good group process.
As a final note, there are many "creativity surveys" on the market that propose to classify how creative you are. I didn't like the ones with questions that made me declare whether I liked people because of qualities they possess, such as I like this person because they are rational.
I dislike questionnaires that do not offer an opportunity to say "yes, but" because I see the need to be aware of routine simplifications in order to get the daily work done!
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Creativity and Culture
By Mary Hicks
Creativity is not just about having good ideas. Creativity is part of our culture and the most important factor in all human advances to date.
There are many factors that make up a culture ranging from brand names and fashion to movies and technology. Each of these factors is directly influenced by creativity.
Brand names are a great example of our culture that is effected by creativity. Without a lot of creativity, it would be hard to distinguish between the many brands. Brand names strive to be more creative than their competitors so that they get more recognition and ultimately sales. There is a lot of creativity that goes into making a brand what it is. A brands logo is a focal point for brand recognition is based on a creative way to express the brands image. Even the brands image required a creative spark for it to be created.
The fashion world is heavily influenced by creativity. All the followers of the cult that is fashion want to show that they are up with the latest trend. As a new style is created, the cult followers eagerly part with their money in order to be one of the first to embrace a trend.
Movies have a high aspect of creativeness to them. The story lines, dialogue, clothes and props have all been spawned from someone's creative streak. The creativeness in these movies have a large impact on our culture through our dreams, inspiration and from people comparing situations in movies to their own situations.
Creativity is the corner stone of all human societies and makes us human. It has allows us to take great steps forward and affects every aspect of our culture.
Written by Mary Nicole Hicks. Read her latest article "6 tricks to inspire creativity" at http://www.pickbrains.com/articles/inspire-creativity. You can reprint this article as long as you link to http://www.pickbrains.com/
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Creativity is not just about having good ideas. Creativity is part of our culture and the most important factor in all human advances to date.
There are many factors that make up a culture ranging from brand names and fashion to movies and technology. Each of these factors is directly influenced by creativity.
Brand names are a great example of our culture that is effected by creativity. Without a lot of creativity, it would be hard to distinguish between the many brands. Brand names strive to be more creative than their competitors so that they get more recognition and ultimately sales. There is a lot of creativity that goes into making a brand what it is. A brands logo is a focal point for brand recognition is based on a creative way to express the brands image. Even the brands image required a creative spark for it to be created.
The fashion world is heavily influenced by creativity. All the followers of the cult that is fashion want to show that they are up with the latest trend. As a new style is created, the cult followers eagerly part with their money in order to be one of the first to embrace a trend.
Movies have a high aspect of creativeness to them. The story lines, dialogue, clothes and props have all been spawned from someone's creative streak. The creativeness in these movies have a large impact on our culture through our dreams, inspiration and from people comparing situations in movies to their own situations.
Creativity is the corner stone of all human societies and makes us human. It has allows us to take great steps forward and affects every aspect of our culture.
Written by Mary Nicole Hicks. Read her latest article "6 tricks to inspire creativity" at http://www.pickbrains.com/articles/inspire-creativity. You can reprint this article as long as you link to http://www.pickbrains.com/
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How To Make Creativity Affirmations Work For You?
By Joel Chue
Creativity affirmations when done correctly prime the subconscious mind to develop the intuition to give you more ‘creative juices’ to work with. Creativity affirmations can be done more successfully with these simple rules. Remember, a creativity affirmation is a positive self affirmation about creativity made to send a message to the subconscious mind. With that in mind, here are some simple rules to adhere to make your message be heard by the subconscious mind.
Rule #1The present tense should be used, never the future tense. You need to let your mind think that what you want has happened already. Don’t say your affirmations starting with words like, “I will or I would…” You have to structure your affirmations in the present tense to create and send the message to your subconscious mind that what you want has already happened and it would manifest.
Rule #2Be repetitive. Creativity affirmations are not magic bullets that will give you a surge in creativity immediately. That’s not how the subconscious mind works. Repetition is necessary to imprint the message to the subconscious mind.
Rule #3Set a time. I highly suggest that you repeat your creativity affirmations at the start of the day before you begin on your work or other projects. Doing so gives you laser-liked focus to handle your work and draw any possible creativity powers!
Follow these simple rules and you will be on your way to making creativity affirmations work for you.
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Creativity affirmations when done correctly prime the subconscious mind to develop the intuition to give you more ‘creative juices’ to work with. Creativity affirmations can be done more successfully with these simple rules. Remember, a creativity affirmation is a positive self affirmation about creativity made to send a message to the subconscious mind. With that in mind, here are some simple rules to adhere to make your message be heard by the subconscious mind.
Rule #1The present tense should be used, never the future tense. You need to let your mind think that what you want has happened already. Don’t say your affirmations starting with words like, “I will or I would…” You have to structure your affirmations in the present tense to create and send the message to your subconscious mind that what you want has already happened and it would manifest.
Rule #2Be repetitive. Creativity affirmations are not magic bullets that will give you a surge in creativity immediately. That’s not how the subconscious mind works. Repetition is necessary to imprint the message to the subconscious mind.
Rule #3Set a time. I highly suggest that you repeat your creativity affirmations at the start of the day before you begin on your work or other projects. Doing so gives you laser-liked focus to handle your work and draw any possible creativity powers!
Follow these simple rules and you will be on your way to making creativity affirmations work for you.
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Creativity Management: The Creative Process
By Kal Bishop
What do creativity managers do?
Replace the word management with the word optimisation.
That's what creativity managers do: they optimise the quality of the idea pool (creativity) and the implementation process (innovation).
There are many methods of optimisation and the creativity leader must be aware of all of them, in other words, he or she must synthesise them for optimal effect.
Areas [within creativity] that need managing include motivation, organisational culture, organisational structure, incremental versus radical effects and processes, knowledge mix, group structures, goals, process and valuation.
Areas [within innovation] that need managing include idea selection, development / prototyping and the art of commercialisation.
It is worth noting that 4000 good ideas result in 4 development programs, which in turn results in 1 winner.
Creative Process
Ask 1000 creators what process they have used and a significant percentage may argue that there was none.
But do your qualitative research, listen to the recorded interviews and common patterns of behaviour emerge.
The process includes:
a) Identifying the problem.
b) Intensely investigating the problem.
c) Forcing out ideas using a variety of techniques.
d) Seeking stimuli.
e) Allowing the unconscious mind to take over through rest and unrelated activity.
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What do creativity managers do?
Replace the word management with the word optimisation.
That's what creativity managers do: they optimise the quality of the idea pool (creativity) and the implementation process (innovation).
There are many methods of optimisation and the creativity leader must be aware of all of them, in other words, he or she must synthesise them for optimal effect.
Areas [within creativity] that need managing include motivation, organisational culture, organisational structure, incremental versus radical effects and processes, knowledge mix, group structures, goals, process and valuation.
Areas [within innovation] that need managing include idea selection, development / prototyping and the art of commercialisation.
It is worth noting that 4000 good ideas result in 4 development programs, which in turn results in 1 winner.
Creative Process
Ask 1000 creators what process they have used and a significant percentage may argue that there was none.
But do your qualitative research, listen to the recorded interviews and common patterns of behaviour emerge.
The process includes:
a) Identifying the problem.
b) Intensely investigating the problem.
c) Forcing out ideas using a variety of techniques.
d) Seeking stimuli.
e) Allowing the unconscious mind to take over through rest and unrelated activity.
Learn more…
Download the MBA research, learn about this topic at http://www.creativity-management.com/
You can also receive a regular, free newsletter by entering your email address at this site.
Kal Bishop, MBA
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