Comments for POV: Creativity http://omniskills.com/creativity points of view on creativity, creative process, and things alike and akin Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:42 -0500 hourly 1 Comment on The Kodak bankruptcy, brought to you by…Kodak by UK Choreographer http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=152&cpage=1#comment-1975 UK Choreographer Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:53:42 +0000 http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=152#comment-1975 People take time to embrace the new direction and participate proactively in the change and as a choreographer, i will keep embracing my field. People take time to embrace the new direction and participate proactively in the change and as a choreographer, i will keep embracing my field.

]]> Comment on Bananagrams: Creativity is More Than an Idea by Joana Johnson http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=91&cpage=1#comment-415 Joana Johnson Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:07:37 +0000 http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=91#comment-415 I so agree with the idea that Creativity is about work. This isn't taught in schools, in fact, even children's books tend to make highly creative people seem odd, eccentric, geniuses, bur rarely do they highlight the work involved. I so agree with the idea that Creativity is about work. This isn’t taught in schools, in fact, even children’s books tend to make highly creative people seem odd, eccentric, geniuses, bur rarely do they highlight the work involved.

]]> Comment on Hybrid Thinking? by Paul Reali http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-32 Paul Reali Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:32:08 +0000 http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=61#comment-32 I think that's exactly right, Bill. I wonder: do resume bots which scan for keywords miss all those kids who are liberal arts majors, and who might make the best hires in some cases? I often hired people without direct experience in the job they would be doing, based in other characteristics, well-roundedness being one of them. In <i>Outliers,</i> Malcolm Gladwell cites the 10,000 hour rule, in which 10,000 hours of devotion to a discipline is often the bar for achieving mastery in the discipline...which does not leave a lot of time for other pursuits. This kind of mastery helps people to be creative within their domain - one must know the domain, generally speaking, to be able to be creative in it - but creative greatness most often comes when boundaries between domains are crossed. I think that’s exactly right, Bill. I wonder: do resume bots which scan for keywords miss all those kids who are liberal arts majors, and who might make the best hires in some cases? I often hired people without direct experience in the job they would be doing, based in other characteristics, well-roundedness being one of them.

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell cites the 10,000 hour rule, in which 10,000 hours of devotion to a discipline is often the bar for achieving mastery in the discipline…which does not leave a lot of time for other pursuits. This kind of mastery helps people to be creative within their domain – one must know the domain, generally speaking, to be able to be creative in it – but creative greatness most often comes when boundaries between domains are crossed.

]]> Comment on Hybrid Thinking? by Bill Swanson http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=61&cpage=1#comment-31 Bill Swanson Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:34:50 +0000 http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=61#comment-31 Maybe this isn't directly on topic, but this seems to give credence to a liberal arts education <cite>...when individuals break out of their silos of expertise and learn and work and study in other areas – what Patnaik calls “multidisciplinary people.”</cite> And this from a guy with a couple of business degrees. Maybe this isn’t directly on topic, but this seems to give credence to a liberal arts education
…when individuals break out of their silos of expertise and learn and work and study in other areas – what Patnaik calls “multidisciplinary people.”
And this from a guy with a couple of business degrees.

]]> Comment on Physician, Heal Thyself? by Bill Swanson http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-30 Bill Swanson Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:32:10 +0000 http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=58#comment-30 I think that it is often the case that creative, or for that matter not especially creative people, have a harder time coming up with solutions when their personal interests are on the line. Take the simple example of putting together a resume. Have you ever breezed through helping someone else construct a resume, easily building on their strong points while down playing perceived weaknesses - and then finding yourself stymied when sitting down to your own resume? Hey, it's not an example backed up with tons of empirical data. Still, it looks like it fits the first scenario. I think that it is often the case that creative, or for that matter not especially creative people, have a harder time coming up with solutions when their personal interests are on the line. Take the simple example of putting together a resume. Have you ever breezed through helping someone else construct a resume, easily building on their strong points while down playing perceived weaknesses – and then finding yourself stymied when sitting down to your own resume?
Hey, it’s not an example backed up with tons of empirical data. Still, it looks like it fits the first scenario.

]]> Comment on The Hard Work of Creativity by Creativity in Schools? http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-2 Creativity in Schools? Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:21:35 +0000 http://omniskills.com/creativity/?p=25#comment-2 [...] POV: Creativity points of view (mine and others) on creativity, creative process, and things alike and akin Skip to content About POV: Creativity « The Hard Work of Creativity [...] [...] POV: Creativity points of view (mine and others) on creativity, creative process, and things alike and akin Skip to content About POV: Creativity « The Hard Work of Creativity [...]

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