Translator friend @raffel just recently captured and shared in a blog post notes surrounding a discussion that was held at lab hours a few weeks back. The topic: the definition of creativity. The discussion was spawned from the talk myself and @rohdesign did for @mke_ux about sketching. In the talk, we discussed the notion that sketching is not drawing, and that people discount their ability to be creative because of their inability to draw well. My stance? Creativity is the act of thinking outside the the expected.
Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
August 17th, 2010
Written by Mark Fairbanks
@markfairbanks
An 8 iron for creativity: what you can learn from one club golf
First of all, a definition of one club golf. No, it is not golf played by members of advertising’s famous One Club. Rather, it is a round played with a single club. That is correct—one, single solitary club and all the skill, creativity and talent you can bring to that particular round of golf. And yes, you must putt with this club as well.
So what does all this have to do with digital, strategy or creativity which is what I usually write about here? A lot.
Let me ask you this: How many of us are hindered by thinking we can only play with a “full bag of clubs?” Instead, I’d suggest seeing limitations for what they are: things you don’t need to worry about.
Tagged with: @ajbombers, Communication Arts, creative, creativity, Digital, golf, ideas, Jack Nicklaus, Joe Sorge, Missing Links, strategy, The One Show
May 10th, 2010
Written by Cynthia Thomas
@deziner
Overcoming Creativity
Over the last several months I’ve been participating in a discussion group (IRL… can you believe that?) centered on the topic of removing roadblocks of our individual creativity. It’s been a fascinating journey to say the least. Not only is the subject of creativity wide open for interpretation, but openly facing how you might be sabotaging yourself in the manner can be a bit eye-opening. Nonetheless, I delved into the cerebral examination of what creativity actually is, and is not, and have landed on a few key descriptors…
Tagged with: creativity, emotions, human behavior, motivation, Philosophy, Simon Sinek, TED, unGeeked
April 6th, 2010
Written by Cynthia Thomas
@deziner
Collaborating without others
Sounds contradictory, right? Collaboration by it’s core definition means “two or more working together in an intersection of common goals.” (Thank you wikipedia.) How can one collaborate without others?
