Creativity

Nowadays everyone pursues wisdom. Wisdom brings individuals success, achievement and reputation. There are many different ways to define wisdom. In the essay “Project Classroom Makeover”, Cathy Davison talks about how students’ wisdom is defined by impressive test scores in the current education system. She thinks the true smartness inside students relies on creative thinking so that schools have to focus on helping their future-oriented students cultivate this special characteristic. Similarly,…

Creativity and innovation are more often focused on as an individual trait. However, creativity and innovation are considered as the backbone of organizations. In current competitive environments, it becomes more than necessary for the organizations to focus on ways to improve creativity and innovation. Improving the organizational culture in order to improve creativity and innovation becomes imperative in this context (Amabile et al, 1996). The essay argues that current organizations have to…

Innovation is any given idea, whether it’s a new one or an old one that has been piggybacked on. Creativity in the other hand is the ability to exceed in excellence by using methods to get to ones marking point. Google is a new idea in which their methods and steps on becoming successful have been accomplished. Google was established in 1998 by Sergey…

Creativity expresses itself in various artistic, innovative, or even technical ways, and for me it’s a little of all three. I come from a family of three, living with my parents and no siblings. Like all marriages, my parents would argue and at times the stress from that affected me. When this occurs, it sparks the moment I feel my creativity peaking and experience a substantial urge to create, whether it is a melody on my keyboard or a piece of artwork. I’ve learned to paint nature scenes on…

considered to have a positive outcome rather than a negative. In fact solitude can have such a great impact on human beings that if exposed to the right environment settings and having the right characteristics an individual can experience freedom, creativity and less pressure. Freedom is one of the major benefits of solitude, this is because if alone a person can let their imagination be active. As Leon Neyfakh mentions in the power of loneliness, “Certain tasks and thought processes are best…

regardless of their face value. The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in 2008 (The American Council of the Blind v. Paulson). The case struck me when I first heard it, and I am still fascinated by it. It sparked an epiphany in terms of my own creativity; it’s dangerous to follow repetitive routine blindly. I discovered my passion for creative design after graduating from secondary school in Hong Kong, when I took a year off and worked as a visual merchandising trainee at a multi-brand…

Just as Ellen Lupton wrote, “Creativity is more than an inborn talent; it is a hard earned skill, and like any other skill, it improves with practice” (Lupton, Ellen. Graphic Design Thinking: Beyond Brainstorming. New York: Princeton Architectural ;, 2011. Print). As designers, we grow through our practices. It’s important to never fully dive in without learning the possible outcomes of one’s design. In relation, it would be as if you were diving into a pool without knowing if it were too…

Regarding storytelling, another article I found discussed the importance of storytelling within leaders because it allows them to “establish credibility and authenticity through telling the stories that they are living…their stories resonate, generating creativity, interaction and transformation”. I hadn’t considered how impactful storytelling could be, however it makes sense and is a creative way to get people excited about change, or to get people thinking more deeply about a situation. In my…

globe. Nations are trying to increase the amount of goods and services produced per head of the population over a period of time. There are two major key components in order for economic growth to take place. These key components are innovation and creativity. Nations as well as organizations must always look for ways to stay ahead since there is always a competitive market. One is aware that resources are scarce. With this in mind, companies must be creative in order to be successful and stay a…

correctly and any company will grow bigger. In an effort to increase production efficiency businesses implement the Six Sigma Program. This program doesn’t come without criticism, it is thought that it creates an imbalance by stifling innovation and creativity. To talk about this program and innovation, companies should first understand them and their effects. The Six Sigma is a quality program that is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology to eliminate defects in processes like…