They have been working in this field for years and wanted this other way “To help individuals and organizations unleash their full potential – and build their own creative confidence.”
Many people think you are born creative or not. They and
others believe this is a myth. Everyone is the creative type. It’s a natural
part of human behavior and can be unblocked with new skills and mindsets.
The Kelley brothers give examples of businessmen, soldiers,
technicians, developers and others who have used their strategies and developed
creative strategies that made money, saved lives or just improved lives.
Their innovation programs stress three overlapping factors:
* technical
factors, including feasibility* business factors, such as economic viability,
* human
factors
They believe you can apply creativity to any challenge. Some examples given were of Doug Dietz, and Steve Jobs.
Dietz, a developer of high-tech medical imaging systems, saw
that young children were afraid of the large machine and often had to be
sedated. He worked to develop a child-friendly Magnetic Resonance Machine (MRI),
a prototype of what would become a prototype of the “Adventure Series” scanner.
Most hospitals (who use them) are pleased with the new machines and now few
children need to be sedated for the procedure.
The authors state that “intentionality” was one of Steve
Jobs defining characteristics. “Steve had a deep sense of creative confidence.
He believed – he knew – that you can achieve audacious goals if you have the
courage and perseverance to pursue them.”To gain creative confidence, they recommend starting with a growth mindset, “the deep-seated belief that your true potential is still unknown.” You aren’t limited to what you did before. You can expand your capabilities through effort and experience.
I am still reading this book and want to delve more deeply
into what they consider creative confidence. So I am limiting the discussion at
this point and will probably blog about it again in the future.
In June of this year, I wrote a blog about the book A CURIOUS MIND, The SECRET to a BIGGER LIFE
by Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman. Grazer
“Good storytelling requires creativity and originality; it requires a real
spark of inspiration.” He believed it acted as a spark for creativity and
inspiration.
Julia Cameron described herself as a writer-director, who taught
creativity workshops. People doubted that you could teach creativity. Her books
include The Artist’s Way, A Course in Discovering and Recovering your
Creative Self and It’s Never Too Late
to Begin Again. So don’t think you are not creative. Check out these and
other similar books.