Creativity: The ability to bring together disparate ideas in new and useful combinations. You like? I read it in a review of Christopher Bergland’s The Athlete’s Way: Sweat and the Biology of Bliss in Psychology Today. He makes good points about the benefit of ‘sweat equity’ (ouch the pun!) in the creative process. Albert […]
Month: January 2013
New Word: VUCA, what it is, what it does and how to handle it
So proper, isn’t it. A new word to describe what we’re all feeling, the situations we face, and what others around us are dealing with too, and on so many levels, all at once. VUCA = Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. What a whirlwind, no? (Check out VUCA’s description in Wikipedia and its platform for […]
Is there a Drone in your future? Hints on innovating
Drones are the future says Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and author of Makers, The Long Tail and Free: The Future of Radical a Price. The video clip below shows him talking about how easy it is to make them, so wouldn’t you think they’d proliferate over time? I’m not sure, I keep seeing […]
Brainstorming – work or no? What’s it really all about?
Conversations about the efficacy of brainstorming can be tiresome when its meaning is understood, assumed and experienced uniquely from person to person; that is, when it’s definition is muddy the arguments keep the water murky.
When are people most likely to express their creativity?
A source of inspiration every Sunday morning is the blog BrainPickings by Maria Popova. Today’s find is the article, The Science of Our Optimism Bias and the Life Cycle of Happiness, on the subject of Tali Sharot’s research presented at TED. “Optimism starts with what may be the most extraordinary of human talents: mental time […]
Collaboration Riff
Collaboration means we speak the same language. To elaborate on collaborate… Collaboration is not an aberration, it avoids misinterpretation Supports action unification and sparks good conversation Its manifestation enables creation, innovation, and desirable future cooperation. © Marci Segal, MS. All rights reserved. January 19, 2013. Marci Segal, MS. Creativity and Change Leadership; Freeing […]
Creativityland inc’s 2012 year in blogging
Greetings all – thanks for your support; just got this report of 2012 and want to share my gratitude with you. This blog had 37,000 views in 2012. There were 88 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 301 posts. The busiest day of […]
Creativity Mindset Formula
Thinking through yesterday’s post, I was reminded of the formula Dr. Ruth Noller integrated into her teachings when I was one of her undergrads. C=ƒa {K I E} Creativity equals the function of an attitude multiplied by knowledge, imagination and evaluation. Makes sense, no? Here are two thought journeys for you. What outcomes might you […]
Stanford Crash Course on Creativity – Mastering a Creative Mindset – Week 8 – and Review
This last class ended the 8-week online program with helpful creativity reminders, each a two-second soundbite. Pithy statements about innovation If anything can go wrong, fix it! Abandon paths so success can follow (leave behind what is no longer working, stick with your strengths) Every failure reveals a truth about the world Unexpected results are […]
