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Hi I am Bill Lockhart and welcome to Inspiring Creativity.
Today our focus is on individual creativity and the fact that each and everyone has a creative element in their life. I am passionate about creativity and I will be sharing with you each day, experiences and stories related to creativity.
We see creativity all around us. We see creativity in the arts... in music, in writing, in speaking and in every walk of life. We see creativity at every age, the young child who finds creative ways of personalizing the world to their unique needs, the elderly who find creative ways to adapt to their senior challenges and everyone in between.
When you research successful businesses you will quickly find that the most successful organizations are looking for examples of creativity in their employees. The entrance to the door of opportunity is the preparedness (college, university, work experience) but most successful organizations place equal or more importance on characteristics related to problem-solvers and future-thinking individuals.
This is also true in higher education institutions (Harvard, MIT, McGill). The universities I attended were looking for innovation in how graduate students approached situations calling upon the knowledge and experience of those who came before but presenting their approach in a creative manner. Cooking shows such as the popular "Chopped" and "Iron Chef" reward creativity in how contestants cook, display and provide the final product. The sports TV shows focus on the plays of the day and the creative moves by athletes. The winter Olympics which are on at the moment in Sochi Russia have adopted new sports that show creative athletes in new sport such as "SlopeStyle" and applaud new moves and tricks performed by skiers and snowboarders.
In all these examples creativity and innovation are being inspired. Young people are adopting new heroes and exploring their own creative skills. People of all ages are looking for solutions to everyday problems.
Here is a task for you as they say "if you choose to accept the challenge". Go through today's challenges identified in your local newspaper. Pick 10 problems, obstacles or challenges faced by companies, organizations and individuals reported in your news source of choice. You will find one hundred or more but pick the 10 that you have had experience with or know the background on. Now for each of the 10 selected, write a one sentence solution. Once you have completed this section of the task, pick 3-5 to expand upon. Now write a letter or send an email to the company, organization or individual experiencing the challenge and provide them with your feedback. Provide your contact details and request a meeting or at least a response to your ideas. A face to face meeting will inspire even further opportunities for creativity. Let me know your results and I will publish them in a future article and where appropriate include them in my podcast.
Today our focus is on individual creativity and the fact that each and everyone has a creative element in their life. I am passionate about creativity and I will be sharing with you each day, experiences and stories related to creativity.
We see creativity all around us. We see creativity in the arts... in music, in writing, in speaking and in every walk of life. We see creativity at every age, the young child who finds creative ways of personalizing the world to their unique needs, the elderly who find creative ways to adapt to their senior challenges and everyone in between.
When you research successful businesses you will quickly find that the most successful organizations are looking for examples of creativity in their employees. The entrance to the door of opportunity is the preparedness (college, university, work experience) but most successful organizations place equal or more importance on characteristics related to problem-solvers and future-thinking individuals.
This is also true in higher education institutions (Harvard, MIT, McGill). The universities I attended were looking for innovation in how graduate students approached situations calling upon the knowledge and experience of those who came before but presenting their approach in a creative manner. Cooking shows such as the popular "Chopped" and "Iron Chef" reward creativity in how contestants cook, display and provide the final product. The sports TV shows focus on the plays of the day and the creative moves by athletes. The winter Olympics which are on at the moment in Sochi Russia have adopted new sports that show creative athletes in new sport such as "SlopeStyle" and applaud new moves and tricks performed by skiers and snowboarders.
In all these examples creativity and innovation are being inspired. Young people are adopting new heroes and exploring their own creative skills. People of all ages are looking for solutions to everyday problems.
Here is a task for you as they say "if you choose to accept the challenge". Go through today's challenges identified in your local newspaper. Pick 10 problems, obstacles or challenges faced by companies, organizations and individuals reported in your news source of choice. You will find one hundred or more but pick the 10 that you have had experience with or know the background on. Now for each of the 10 selected, write a one sentence solution. Once you have completed this section of the task, pick 3-5 to expand upon. Now write a letter or send an email to the company, organization or individual experiencing the challenge and provide them with your feedback. Provide your contact details and request a meeting or at least a response to your ideas. A face to face meeting will inspire even further opportunities for creativity. Let me know your results and I will publish them in a future article and where appropriate include them in my podcast.
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