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Creativity is the ability to use imagination and original ideas to produce something new or valuable, whether it be a work of art, a solution to a problem, or an innovation.
Creativity is the ability to form novel and valuable ideas or works using one's imagination. Products of creativity may be intangible (e.g. an idea, scientific theory, literary work, musical composition, or joke), or a physical object (e.g. an invention, dish or meal, piece of jewelry, costume, a painting).
Creativity may also describe the ability to find new solutions to problems, or new methods to accomplish a goal. Therefore, creativity enables people to solve problems in new ways.
Most ancient cultures (including Ancient Greece, Ancient China, and Ancient India) lacked the concept of creativity, seeing art as a form of discovery rather than a form of creation. In the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition, creativity was seen as the sole province of God, and human creativity was considered an expression of God's work; the modern conception of creativity came about during the Renaissance, influenced by humanist ideas.
Scholarly interest in creativity is found in a number of disciplines, primarily psychology, business studies, and cognitive science. It is also present in education and the humanities (including philosophy and the arts).
Credit: Wikipedia - creativityConversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don’t just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, and engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn’t just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards. | Theodore Zeldin Continue reading When Minds Meet Theodore Zeldin
Gurteen Knowledge Blog January 28, 2021, 15:29. I rather like this thought about ideas from Pablo Picasso. You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea. Credit: Pablo Picasso In other words, we don’t necessarily need a clear, crisp, sharp idea or vision. A hazy one, … Continue reading Are Vague Ideas Sometimes Better Than Firm Ones? Maybe vague ideas are at the heart of being creative
There seems to be a sort of fatality in my mind leading me to put at first my statement or proposition in a wrong or awkward form. Formerly I used to think about my sentences before writing them down; but for several years I have found that it saves time to scribble in a vile hand whole pages as quickly as I possibly can, contracting half the … | Charles Darwin Continue reading Scribbled Sentences Are Often Better Ones Than Those Written Deliberately Charles Darwin
If I can be profoundly interested in what you think and what you will think next and where you will go with your thinking, you will generate ideas and insights and ways forward that you wouldn’t do without this attention. | Nancy Kline Continue reading Being Profoundly Interested in What You Think Nancy Kline
Innovation often seems sudden, but real change unfolds gradually. Many breakthroughs emerge by exploring what’s possible from where we already stand. The theory of the adjacent possible shows how new ideas grow by moving into spaces just beyond the current edge. Continue reading Exploring the Adjacent Possible How change really happens
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In the early 2000s, Google introduced its 20% time policy that let workers spend one day a week on their own projects. This helped employees create new ideas while still doing their main jobs. Though it was hard to manage as the company grew, this approach led to successful products like Gmail and AdSense. Google showed how giving workers some freedom can spark creativity in a company. Continue reading The Google 20% Free Time Policy Innovation Story: A catalyst for innovation
Tell the Truth Listen Empathically ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Listen to ignite thinking: We tend to think of listening as a passive act. This is a mistake. Listening is not passive. It’s a powerful … Continue reading Listen to Ignite Thinking Listening is not a passive act – it’s a powerful act of creation
Hawthorne Effect Myth Change ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Whenever I wish to write something creative or reflect on an issue or problem, I have always found that a Café is one of the best … Continue reading Is Noise Always Bad? ** Exploring the Effects of Ambient Noise on Creative Cognition
The Science and Benefits of Walking ** Introduction: the Neuroscience of Conversation Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Recent research in neuroscience shows that doodling can help people stay focused, grasp new concepts, and retain information. Doodling, … Continue reading The Surprising Benefits of Doodling Doodling can help you stay focused, grasp new concepts and retain information
