Creativity as a Process That We can Learn

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

“Creativity is an operational idea. You can plan for it and make it happen. Systematically!” Says Sir Ken Robinson in his wonderful short talk on Collaboration in the 21st Century. In so doing, innovation becomes a habit, and systematic. Imagination is the key to being creative. But, one has to create something to be creative. Creativity is a step on from imagination; in a way, applied imagination. And, collaboration is a key operating principle in the 21st century.

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Trends Driving Collaboration

Studies suggest that collaboration is a top priority today for senior executives. Collaboration is experiencing a growth in impact and importance in the enterprise. Numerous driving forces are responsible, which include: trends in globalization and outsourcing, workforce demand for flexibility, critical need for rapid innovation, co-creating value with vendors and customers, technology and tools enabling a networked world, and behavior and expectations of Gen-Y.

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Update on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

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Team Brainstorming and Innovation in 2010

Updated on 24 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

In Short Stories From The Front people mentioned that brainstorming within a virtual team was difficult to impossible; for example, “Especially brainstorming in a virtual team is almost impossible.”; and, “The virtual world will never deliver the value of the hallway conversation.” Why is it so difficult? We aren’t living in the stone ages! In the stone ages we could run down the hall to our local “guru’s” office and solve a problem. A few hours later we would emerge feeling happy

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