...And I asked him,”Are you going with us to Washington?” “Sweetie I can’t go, I have work, so I am going to stay here.” He said, with tears in his eyes. It’s as if he would’ve just taken my heart out of my chest and had shredded it into pieces. My dad was everything to me, I was literally daddy’s little princess. That night I went to bed, with tears in my eyes. Knowing that when I woke up, I would be going to Washington without my dad. That morning my mom woke me up early in the morning and told me that we were going to hit the road already. I went outside and realized that all our things were already in my uncle’s car, because he was the one who was going to drive us there. All that was left to do was say goodbye to my dad “Bye Daddy, te quiero...
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...How Do You Boost an Organization's Creative Potential? The editors of Harvard Business Review asked some of today's most innovative leaders. It's one of the toughest challenges an executive faces: How do you get your people to think creatively--to challenge the status quo--while still keeping your everyday operations running smoothly? Innovation is not like most other business functions and activities. There are no reliable templates, rules, processes, or even measures of success. In a sense, each act of innovation is a unique feat, a leap of the individual--or the collective--imagination that can be neither predicted nor replicated. Innovation, in short, is anything but business as usual And yet certain organizations are somehow able to come up with great ideas over and over again. Some of the ideas are for new products, some for new ways of working; others are for new strategies, still others for entirely new lines of business. Is there a secret to these companies' successes? Can other organizations learn from their examples? To find out, we turned to the people most qualified to answer--not necessarily inventors (although you'll find a few of them in the group) but those who've been able to inspire others to creative genius. We asked them a single question: "What's the one thing you've done that most inspired innovation in your organization?" Here's what they had to say. Make It the Norm. Craig Wynett is the general manager of future growth initiatives at Procter &...
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...“Post production is a real creative process”. In your own experience, how did post production enable you to explore media practices in your coursework? The brief for the task in the preliminary task was to create a short extract in which there are two lines of dialogue, an opening of a door at some point, all the while keeping to the 180’ rule and ensuring continuity is constructed. In the final piece the brief was slightly different as it was to construct an opening to a horror production, establishing both character and genre. We did this through camerawork, editing, mise-en-scene, and sound. We decided to make our piece within the supernatural sub-genre, in which two teenage boys search an abandoned house to test the tales of hauntings that have taken place over the years. Normal conventions have been reversed as we have male victims (protagonists) with a female antagonist. Post production was an important aspect of this as editing enabled us to construct continuity and add certain effects in order to make our piece look as professional as possible. To create a professional feel we added a camera overlay with reduced opacity to the handicam shots in order to create a more realistic look as if someone were using a hand held camera. We did this both in our preliminary task along with our final piece as we like the effect it created. A specific example of when it was used is within our final piece in the handicam shot of Alex and Fin walking through the dark hallway...
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...Hello Professor and class, Below please find my submission for this unit’s case study. Provide an example of creative destruction you have witnessed during your lifetime and describe what the benefits and costs to the economy have been. Who was enriched and whose fortunes declined? When asked about an example of creative destruction, all I could come up with is my experience watching the declining diversity, and availability of the mom and pop store being replaced with the super stores, such as Walmart, Target, Costco, etc. The benefit: This in the short term has been a great benefit for consumers who are looking for cheaper items of equal value to what the mom and pop stores used to provide. Since the new super stores are able to utilize the concept of economies of scale, which the mom and pop stores could not, to offer items that are made at cheaper places in the world, and therefore cheaper to buy. The costs: While this movement of stores is in the short term good for any place, in the long term this weeding out of the local stores has been so successful that it has hurt not only the local economy, by the superstores providing substandard wages with no benefits, but the national economy as well. This reliance of economies of scale, and having superstores wield power in their buying decisions has forced manufactures to ship jobs overseas in the effort to maximize profit, while maintaining quality. In cases such as Walmart, who gross profit in 2012 was $32.64 billion...
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...express my earnest gratitude and extreme joy at being bestowed with an opportunity to get an interesting project. I am extremely thankful to PROF- R.V.NHAWKAR for giving me an opportunity to work on such an interesting project on Creativity. Last but not the least I would like to thank all the people who directly or indirectly, knowingly or unknowingly supported us for this project. Also I owe my success and achievement to my parents and friends. TOPIC: Creativity INTRODUCTION Creativity is a mental process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the existing ideas or concepts, fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight. From a scientific point of view, the products of creative thought (sometimes referred to as divergent thought) are usually considered to have both originality and appropriateness. Although intuitively a simple phenomenon, it is in fact quite complex. It has been studied from the perspectives of behavioural psychology, social psychology, psychometrics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy, aesthetics, history, economics, design research, business, and management, among others. The studies have covered everyday creativity, exceptional creativity and even artificial creativity. Unlike...
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...letter is to provide feedback on assignment 01. We are very concerned with the large number of students who started too late with the assignment, who underestimated the assignment, and who thought it is too easy to be true. “The lecturers are just trying to scare us”. Those of you, who did not do well in Assignment 01 need to please send us your e-mail with questions, ask for clarification and explanation, and also actively participate on myUnisa. We have also created a forum on myUnisa we ask what help you need in order to be successful with the portfolio. Although nobody can force anyone to utilise any of these additional options, we believe it is to your benefit. Please read all your tutorial letters, use the discussion class notes provided up-front and read the postings on myUnisa. 2 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT: ASSIGNMENT 01 Academics commented on your submitted assignments individually in the documents returned to you. Use the feedback in your assignment as well as in this tutorial letter and in the discussion class notes and make improvements where necessary. This corrected part of the assignment then forms the foundation of your portfolio. Remember, as stated in Tutorial Letter 101: You have to add the headings from data-collection to conclusions) to those of Assignment 01, conduct the research, and report on it....
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...Module: Creative thinking Task: Final assignment Campus: ESE Rome Tutor: John Wyse, MBA, MA Student: Nadezhda Novikova Deadline: 12-12-2012 Amount of words: 4 470 Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..3 1. The important role of creativity and innovation in the entrepreneurial process………...4 2. Creativity and marketing strategy……………………………………………………….6 3. Development of creative skills…………………………………………………………..8 4. Creative thinking and solving problem…………………………………………………11 5. Companies which foster creative processes……………………………………………..12 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….13 References…………………………………………………………………………………….....14 Introduction Creative thinking is the significant part of humans’ characters. Creative people are more balanced and tolerant of others, because they know that everyone sees the world differently. Using of creative skills means not only to develop new and interesting ideas (for a better life or some of its aspects), but also for the improvement and development of the whole person. Any creative activity helps us to find personal meaning and to comprehend the own values. And this is the most important spiritual need of man, which distinguishes it from other living creatures. By studying the biographies and stories of successful people, David Galenson (economist, researcher) concluded that the peak of creative abilities can be achieved at any age. Galenson identified two types of creative individuals...
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...* NAME OF ACTIVITY: Muffin tin and toy balls * DEVELOPMENTAL FOCUS: Physical * APPROPRIATE AGE(S): Toddler * CREATIVE AREA: Creative movement * SOURCE: http://www.artfulparent.com/2013/02/10-creative-activities-for-kids.html * DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Get muffin tins or cups and but balls in them. Can be plastic, rubber or whatever balls will fit. Kids will have fun dumping them out and let them roll on the ground and putting them back in. * * NAME OF ACTIVITY: Pompoms * DEVELOPMENTAL FOCUS: Physical * APPROPRIATE AGE(S): 5 and up * CREATIVE AREA: Creative health & safety * SOURCE: http://www.artfulparent.com/2013/02/10-creative-activities-for-kids.html * DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: This activity gives kids awareness of their breathing. You blow the pompoms around on the floor. The kids can do races, count how many breaths it takes to get across the room and you can spread them around on the floor and blow them back into a big pile. * * NAME OF ACTIVITY: Jewelry * DEVELOPMENTAL FOCUS: Fine motor skills development * APPROPRIATE AGE(S): 5 and up * CREATIVE AREA: Arts and crafts * SOURCE: http://www.artfulparent.com/2013/02/10-creative-activities-for-kids.html * DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Get straws or noodles and yarn. Cut up the straws and cut the yarn long enough for a necklace or bracelet. Kids can put the straws or noodles on the yarn and make beautiful jewelry. * * NAME OF ACTIVITY:...
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...I have learned through this chapter that creative problem solving occurs less frequently then analytical problem solving. I have never really considered myself a real creative person, although I have creative my own unique and creative tendencies. As I learned many people think of creativity as being “one-dimensional” (me included) and also many of us have built up conceptual blocks which limits and blocks our problem solving effectiveness. After reading this chapter, I have a greater perspective on creativity and how to achieve it through the four types of creativity – incubation, imagination, improvement, and investment, all in which I can use in a variety of ways to bring out my creative side. On this assessment I had completed in chapter three, I picked out five statements that would indicate creative tendencies and five statements that I would consider not to indicate creative tendencies. Creative tendencies would include: Daydreaming has provided the impetus for many of my more important projects (B). I believe that daydreaming gives you the opportunity to think creatively, it gives you a chance to really dive into your own creative thinking and think outside the box. I like hobbies that involve collecting things (C). I disagreed on this; I’m more of a physical type of person and an active type of person who enjoys watching and playing sports, but I think I need to think of a more creative hobby that I may enjoy. Inspiration has nothing to do with the successful...
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...Your Elusive Creative Genius Ernest Tyler PHL\458 October 20, 2014 Mr. Charles Crenshaw Your Elusive Creative Genius In February 2009 Elizabeth Gilbert presented a speech to a TED Talk audience in Long Beach California (Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius, 2009). Elizabeth Gilbert is an American author from Waterbury, Connecticut. She has wrote several articles for magazines such as Spin, GQ and The New York Times Magazine. She has also wrote several books and she is best known for writing “Eat, Pray, Love” in 2006 (River Net Computers, 2013). The speech was titled “Your Elusive Creative Genius” (Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius, 2009). Elizabeth talked about how artist and entertainers (creative people) are prone to suicide and the stereotype that is associated with them (Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius, 2009). In ancient Greece and ancient Rome creative people were not actually considered to be creative, but instead had divine attendant spirits (Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius, 2009). Eventually, society stopped looking at creativity as a divine spirit and instead started looking at the individual as the creative entity (Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius, 2009). Elizabeth states how she believes this to be the worst thing to ever happen to creative people, because now their egos and expectations will be over inflated (Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius, 2009)....
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...Management is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Academy of Management Journal. http://www.jstor.org c Academy of Management Journal 2003, Vol. 46, No. 3, 283-301. ASSESSING CREATIVITYIN HOLLYWOODPITCH MEETINGS: EVIDENCEFOR A DUAL-PROCESS MODEL OF CREATIVITYJUDGMENTS KIMBERLY D. ELSBACH University of California, Davis RODERICK M. KRAMER Stanford University This study addresses an important but neglected topic by investigating the social judgment processes that experts (studio executives and producers in Hollywood) use to assess the creative potential of unknown others (relatively unknown screenwriters) during "pitch" meetings in which screenwriters attempt to sell their ideas. The findings suggest a dual-process social judgment model. In one process, person categorization, the experts used behavioral and physical cues to match "pitchers" with seven creative and uncreative prototypes. In another process, relationship...
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...P A R T I I Be Creative W hat is the greatest difficulty people have in thinking about problems and issues? The standard answer is “the difficulty of evaluating the various solutions and choosing the best one.” In some cases, this may be true. But two other difficulties are equally troublesome: identifying problems and issues before they become crises, and getting beyond common, unoriginal solutions to creative ones. The first chapter in this part introduces the creative process. The other chapters expand this introduction, showing you how to search for challenges, express and investigate problems and issues, and produce many and varied solutions. By the end of Part II, you will have developed a proactive approach to problems and issues and learned how to stimulate your imagination. ISBN 1-256-46689-1 The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought, Tenth Edition, by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero. Published by Pearson. Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN 1-256-46689-1 The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought, Tenth Edition, by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero. Published by Pearson. Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc. C H A P T E R 5 The Creative Process Have you heard any of these sayings: “Creativity can’t be learned,” “The way to be creative is to ignore traditional ways of doing things,” “It takes a high IQ to be creative,” “Taking drugs enhances a person’s creativity,” or “Creativity is related to mental illness”? They’ve all been...
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...Some people say that it is wonderful to have a genius mind because you can learn any things rapid by yourself, you are able to solve problems quickly and nothing is hard or difficult for you. Since you have a genius mind and there are no obstacles in front of you, you might have thought that it is easier for you to succeed or reach some significant achievements. However is that absolutely right? From the book Outliers, The story of success written by Malcolm Gladwell and my experiences, having a creative mind is better than having a genius mind. First of all, people who have a creative mind can always have new ideas. Some people might ask, what are the benefits with it? With those new ideas they can invent new things which makes their life and other people's life easier. One of my friends who does not like to study and definitely does not have a genius mind once...
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...A CCL Research White Paper The Role of Power in Effective Leadership By: Vidula Bal Michael Campbell Judith Steed Kyle Meddings C E N T E R F O R C R E AT I V E L E A D E R S H I P The Role of Power in Effective Leadership CONTENTS Executive Summary Background Power and Leadership Sources of Power The Power of Relationships The Power of Information Understanding the Organization’s Role How Leaders Leverage Power Effectively Reflection Questions Resources References About the Authors 4 5 6 8 12 14 15 17 19 19 19 20 Center for Creative Leadership, CCL®, and its logo are registered trademarks owned by the Center for Creative Leadership. © 2008 Center for Creative Leadership. All rights reserved. The Role of Power in Effective Leadership EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Ideas2Action (I2A) project is a Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) initiative aimed at achieving its goal of “ideas into action.” The purpose of the project is to provide our participants and clients with research that is timely and relevant to current challenges. The research questions are also designed to aid in continuously updating CCL program content and providing knowledge that is compelling to our participant groups. The purpose of this research is to understand how leaders use power, to learn about the situations in which power is exerted and to describe how individuals and organizations can improve their leadership through the effective use of power. The major findings of this research included: 1. Most leaders...
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...HOW DO YOU THINK MARION HODLE LACKAWANNA COLLEGE ABSTRACT Are you a creative thinker? Can you be inspired to write or draw from a walk through a museum? Can you come up with a few good ideas from just lying in the grass at the park? If this is the way your mind works and how you go about solving problems then you’re a creative thinker. If you get inspirations or some of your best answers by looking up facts, reading up on subjects and linking information you already know to be true, you’re a critical thinker. Critical Thinking Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally. It’s a persons ability to engage in independent thinking. They can understand logical concepts between ideas, like linking thoughts. They can identify and construct arguments and detect common mistakes in reasoning over things. Creative thinking involves solving problems systematically. It also includes the identification and importance of ideas. Critical thinking can reflect on a person’s beliefs and values. Critical thinking is not based on how much a person knows. Even if you have a good memory and know a lot of facts it still does not mean you are a good critical thinker. A good critical thinker knows how to use his knowledge to solve problems and seek relevant sources of information. Critical thinking does not mean a person is critical or argumentative. It can also play a role in cooperation and reasoning. We use critical thinking to enhance our social situations. Some people think...
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