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Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing. Linda Naiman Creativity is the process of bringing something new creativity requires passion and commitment. A product is creative when it is novel and appropriate. A novel product is original not predictable.
Think outside the box Avoid the norm Be brave May be illogical
CREATIVITY IS AN ABILITY
Ability to imagine. Ability to invent something new. Ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas. Creativity is not the ability to create something out of nothing
CREATIVITY IS AN ATTITUDE
attitude: the ability to accept change and newness a willingness to play with ideas and possibilities the habit of enjoying the good and find ways to improve it
Continue to improve ideas and solutions Make gradual alterations and refinements There is always room for improvement
Innovation means making meaningful change to improve an organizations products, services, programs, processes, operations, and business model to create new value for the organizations
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What will people think? There is strong social pressure to conform and to be ordinary and not creative.
Here are some overheard examples:
Creative Person: "I like to put water in my orange juice so it's less sweet."
Ordinary Person: "You're weird, you know?"
Creative Person: "Why don't we add a little `Tongkat Ali powder ?"
Ordinary Person: "Because the recipe doesn't call for `Tongkat Ali."
Ordinary Person: "Why are you going this way? It's longer."
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The Wright brothers John P. Holland Honda Thomas Edison Bill Gates
bicycle mechanics turned aviators an Irish schoolmaster designed the submarine motor mechanic founded Honda Corporation non-educated who became the most successful inventor of modern times non-graduate became the most successful software engineer and entrepreneur hence 1st trillionnaire
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Thomas Edison, in his search for the perfect filament for the incandescent lamp, tried anything he could think of, including whiskers from a friend's beard. In all, he tried about 1800 things. After about 1000 attempts, someone asked him if he was frustrated at his lack of success. He said something like, "I've gained a lot of knowledge--I now know a thousand things that won't work.
Failures along the way should be expected and accepted Failure is a sign of action, struggle and attempt Mistakes arent fun, but they sure are educational
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