Creativity (the Good Kind) Blog

CREATIVITY: TRANSFORMING CHALLENGES INTO ADVANTAGES

Anecdotally, I’ve observed that a greater than average number of entrepreneurs are dyslexic. Just as left-handed people tend to be more creative. I have a theory that in both cases, having to deal with the world in a constantly adaptive way, flexes one’s innovation muscles. You are always having to creative-problem-solve to carry out normal […]

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CREATIVITY: DIVERGING & CONVERGING

Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and quotable legend Yogi Berra once said, “When you get to the fork in the road, take it.” The same can be said for creativity. The time-tested Osborn-Parnes Creative Problem Solving process (aka “CPS”) defines two basic dynamics in creative process. It starts with “Divergence” and ends with “Convergence”. […]

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MESS-MAKING AND CREATIVITY

As a creative person, I am ADD, and it mostly serves me. I learned how to harness it. Or “surf” it, when necessary. I am also a bit OCD, so I like things organized. The adage “A place for everything. And everything in its place” resonates with me. I am also a very visual person. […]

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