According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of creativity is the ability to "create"--well, that isn't very helpful. But, the definition of create is:
Goal: Demonstrate knowledge and application of creativity as it pertains to problem solving and innovation
Learning Objectives--By the end of this lesson, you will:
Learning Timeline: The resources on this page are provided to guide you through the second quarter of this year.
Quarterly Material:
- to bring into existence
- to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior
- to produce through imaginative skill
Goal: Demonstrate knowledge and application of creativity as it pertains to problem solving and innovation
Learning Objectives--By the end of this lesson, you will:
- Recognize the importance of play in the creative process
- Adopt more components of creativity and creative thought into your own personal life
- Apply key principles of creativity and innovation to your professional life as a manager, co-worker, or employee
Learning Timeline: The resources on this page are provided to guide you through the second quarter of this year.
Quarterly Material:
- Three books are provided. You may choose (1) in which to read through the three months.
- The videos, articles, podcasts, etc. can be read/viewed at your leisure. I would recommend reading/viewing at least a quarter of the material before engaging in the 2-week challenge. There are four videos provided, but you may choose only two to watch. (They are all fabulous, and you would receive something unique out of each one.)
- While the resources are outlined in a recommended sequence, you are more than welcome to go through them as you like.
Play explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve and more. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.
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Out of Our Minds offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding creativity in education and in business. It is a passionate and powerful call for radically different approaches to leadership, teaching, and professional development to help us all to meet the extraordinary challenges of living and working in the 21st century.
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Unthink pushes us beyond our traditional thought patterns. It will inspire everyone to realize that we are capable of so much more than we have pre-conditioned for. Creativity is not in one special place--and it is not in one special person. Creativity is everywhere and in everyone who has the courage to unleash their creative genius.
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Articles and website.
Videos.
Sir Ken Robinson works with governments, education systems, international agencies, global corporations and some of the world’s leading cultural organizations to unlock the creative energy of people and organizations. He has been named as one of Time/Fortune/CNN’s ‘Principal Voices’. He was acclaimed by Fast Company magazine as one of “the world’s elite thinkers on creativity and innovation” and was ranked in the Thinkers50 list of the world’s top business thinkers.
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Dr. Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Management Science and Engineering (MS&E) at Stanford University. She is also a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's School of Engineering. She teaches courses on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in MS&E and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) at Stanford. |
Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, “Messy”, and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”. Tim is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”, the iTunes-topping series “Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy”, and the new podcast “Cautionary Tales”. |
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Tim Brown is chair of IDEO. He frequently speaks about the value of design thinking, creative leadership, and innovation to business leaders and designers around the world. An industrial designer by training, Tim has earned numerous design awards and has exhibited work at the Axis Gallery in Tokyo, the Design Museum in London, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. |
Podcasts.
Additional resources.
Creativity
- A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative by Roger von Oech
- Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
- The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley
- Creativity Rules: Getting Ideas Out of Your Head and Into the World by Tina Seelig
- Imagination First: Unlocking the Power of Possibility by Eric Liu and Scott Noppe-Brandon
- Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer