Childlike
I am sure
you will be able to share funny stories of where you really came up with
interesting and very creative ways to solve a problem. As a child, a friend’s
brilliant idea of drilling holes in a dry wall in their home (– to peek through
when someone enters the door – obviously!)
was not met with much appreciation from his dad.
Problem-solving
in my view is the basis of being creative. There are lots of research out there
that proves adults become worse at this, not better – which is actually ironic.
As adults we are constantly faced with challenging situations – the perfect
opportunity to become more and more creative – excel at problem-solving. And
then (ironically) we hardly come up with new
or creative ways to fix or better a situation. It is usually a ‘same old,
same old’ approach.
This reminds
me of one of Einstein’s (Mr. Super Creative) infamous quotes: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
results."
So the next time I want to
respond to some of my kids plans with: “You’re crazy!”, I will remember to
rather say: “Please come up with a different solution.”
I heard an interesting story
today (involving vuvuzelas) of a management team that found a very creative way
to motivate staff in a production environment. This business had a massive
backlog to catch up in a very short period of time, and the team were able to
create a phenomenally successful motivation strategy to fix the problem.
Sometimes someone just have to
be brave enough to share the outrageous idea. I heard another story of a unique
publishing business that was established due to doors closing and markets
changing. A group of impacted scientists (non-publishers) came together and out
of pure passion created a thriving extraordinary publishing business – and at
the same time saving their favorite publication.
I love
stories like these, it restores my faith in humanity. Ordinary people coming up
with extra-ordinary solutions, co-creating. What is not to celebrate?
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