http://lifetravelling.com/2009/06/creative-geniuses/ Looking at the world from a different vantage point Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:23:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://lifetravelling.com/2009/06/creative-geniuses/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Creative Intelligence — LifeTravelling Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:21:14 +0000 http://lifetravelling.com/?p=100#comment-893 [...] Start acting like a child again (at least some of the time). Children are already using all those skills of asking questions, talking to anyone, observing intently and trying out new things to figure out their world. By beginning to ask why and why not you can boost the other skills. Try spending 15 minutes a day writing down ten new questions that challenge the everyday assumptions in your organisation or industry. [...] [...] Start acting like a child again (at least some of the time). Children are already using all those skills of asking questions, talking to anyone, observing intently and trying out new things to figure out their world. By beginning to ask why and why not you can boost the other skills. Try spending 15 minutes a day writing down ten new questions that challenge the everyday assumptions in your organisation or industry. [...]

]]> http://lifetravelling.com/2009/06/creative-geniuses/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Teresa Garfield Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:05:58 +0000 http://lifetravelling.com/?p=100#comment-18 I love this idea about children and creativity. There is a great exercise I sometimes use on learning programmes called Talent Agents, it's about only looking for the positive in people's behaviour for a short period of time. There is a comment i like to share with the group at the end of the exercise. It is this. Shinichi Suzuki, the eminent creator of the Suzuki method of music education, amazed the world by showing that 3 yr olds can play Mozart – largely by commenting only on the things these children do right. Suzuki believes that people naturally seek perfection and that leaders play a vital role in encouraging this drive to mastery. Ok, not quite the same point as creativity and innovation I know, but positive encouragement I think is part of that bigger picture. I love this idea about children and creativity. There is a great exercise I sometimes use on learning programmes called Talent Agents, it’s about only looking for the positive in people’s behaviour for a short period of time. There is a comment i like to share with the group at the end of the exercise. It is this.
Shinichi Suzuki, the eminent creator of the Suzuki method of music education, amazed the world by showing that 3 yr olds can play Mozart – largely by commenting only on the things these children do right. Suzuki believes that people naturally seek perfection and that leaders play a vital role in encouraging this drive to mastery. Ok, not quite the same point as creativity and innovation I know, but positive encouragement I think is part of that bigger picture.

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