I have never been a follower of fashioner, as the old Donovan song said, but I just watched a 2008 special on Valentino, The Last Emperor and for anyone in the fashion world a true icon. I thought I knew what creativity was, but I have been wrong for a lot of years - this was genius.
I have a stack of books on creativity on my bookshelfs. All have taken a different, dare I say creative, approach to explaining creativity. From where I am sitting I can see ... Tony Buzan's "Power of Creative Intelligence" Edward de Bono's "Serious Creativity"
"Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby something new is created which has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways." Wikipedia
Reading books on Innovation and creativity can get you only so far. The best way to develop your skills in thinking is to attend short courses, seminars, workshops, conferences or watch online videos such as those in the BuzzAcademy http://www.mindwerx.com/academy
Here is an upcoming workshop from one of our colleagues, which will give you an insight into what type of things are covered in a workshop that will accelerate your Innovation and Creativity skills
In 1998, Creativity researcher/guru, Terese Amabile,wrote her famous HBR article "How to kill creativity: Keep doing what you're doing. Or, if you want to spark innovation, rethink how you motivate, reward, and assign work to people. Harvard Business Review (September-October1998): 77- 87.
Research on learning has shown that we need to clear some space to
allow for new learning to occur. "Much of what we learn in a day, we
don’t really need to remember," Chiara Cirelli, of the Centre for Sleep and Consciousness says.
I have never been a follower of fashioner, as the old Donovan song said, but I just watched a 2008 special on Valentino, The Last Emperor and for anyone in the fashion world a true icon. I thought I knew what creativity was, but I have been wrong for a lot of years - this was genius.
