...Creative Spark Talk Analysis July 20th, 2013 For this assignment I chose to review Stefon Harris’ “There are no mistakes on the bandstand” TEDTalk. After review I found the concepts and narrative to be very applicable to the business realm as well as daily life. Stefon presented many different ideas and opinions to the process of creativity that are normally lost in typical creativity examples. From what I gathered, Stefon is a musician, a vibraphonist to be exact. While I am not familiar with what a vibraphonist is, I assume it focuses mainly on instruments such as the xylophone and similar instruments. Stefon is not who I would have expected as a guest on TEDTalks but his perspective is refreshing. I viewed Stefon’s on YouTube which showed the video to have been posted in December of 2011. This talk was very interesting because it used jazz music as the example to creating something organic and fresh. The driving point of the presentation was that perceived mistakes are commonly viewed as problems when in reality they should be not be seen as mistakes but as a shift in the mainstream thought process. Creativity comes in many forms so what one person sees as a mistake can instead be seen as a new way of continuing. Commonly, creativity is stifled due to perceived problems with the thought process and non-conformity is extinguished. We view these non-conformers as hiccups generally which eventually wears on a person’s creativity and ends when that person no longer wants...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL 458 August 26, 2014 Creative Spark Talk Analysis In the 2011 TED talks video, “Taking Imagination Seriously,” artist Janet Echelman speaks to a TED audience in Long Beach, California about taking imagination seriously. She relayed her experience about how she creatively came up with an unusual art material after some of her paints disappeared on Fulbright a trip to India. According to G. Walles, a forerunner in creativity theory (Jens, 2010), there are four stages of creativity: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. In the video, Janet illustrates some of the stages of creativity. After arriving in Mahabalipurma, India and discovering her paintings did not make it, Janet was forced to come up with a solution to her problem. Mahabalipurma is well known for their famous sculptures, and in an attempt to resolve the dilemma, Janet demonstrates illumination when she attempts to try bronze casting. However, after realizing that making large forms would be too heavy and expensive, she sought out a different approach. She came up with the idea of using fish nets as a new method to sculpture. The idea came to her while walking on the beach and seeing village fishermen bundle their nets into mounds of sand (Echelman, 2011). She collaborated with the fishermen to make her first sculpture titled “Wide Hips.” Janet utilizes preparation by studying craft traditions and collaborating with artists in Lithuania. She came up with the...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis: “How Schools Kill Creativity" by Ken Robinson Jeff Talley University of Phoenix PHL/458 May 20, 2015 Faculty Name: Sonya Walker Creative Spark Talk Analysis: “How Schools Kill Creativity" by Ken Robinson At the TED conference in February 2006, Ken Robinson argues that schools are only teaching education and not creativity, which the school system should be concentrating on. He feels the students of today are not taught so much in the arts and music area. There is only a strong focus in educating the students in the math, science and literacy areas. Robinson also goes on to say that the sad part about this is if a young student enjoys either or both of the arts and music area, they are told that those areas will never get them a job in their future. He feels that having creativity (music and the arts) in the educational curriculum is just as important as literacy, math and science and that educators should treat it the same as the core subjects. Students lose their creativity when they are told at a young age that they are wrong because they don’t ever want to make another mistake again. When a child is growing up they don't care that they are wrong. Now, when a child is told that they are doing something wrong they don't ever want to make another mistake ever again. This in turn will cause...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Creative Spark Talk Analysis The video I have chosen is titled “Everything is a remix” by Kirby Ferguson, who is also the speaker. The presentation takes place in the year 2012 at Edinburgh, Scotland. The premise is that all creative thinking is based on the work done by those who came before us. In Kirby Ferguson’s words “Everything is a remix”, meaning there is nothing new under the sun. Ferguson defines the steps involved in making a “remix” of a song as consisting of 1) copy, 2) transform and 3) combine. This consists of copying each part of the song, transforming each part into something “new” and then combining them back into something new but based on the song or songs from before. Ferguson goes on to say that these steps: 1) copy, 2) transform and 3) combine, are the basic elements of all creativity. He goes on to use Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie as examples of great songwriters borrowing from others to make something uniquely their own. According to Ferguson, something like 66% of Dylan’s melodies was borrowed from folk singers that came before him. The lyrics were, in most cases, his, which brings us to the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie and his take on songwriting. Woody believed that it was perfectly acceptable to “borrow” a melody here and there as long as the lyrics were original. Folk singing is mostly about telling stories anyway and Guthrie realized there are only so many chord changes that you can go through...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 October 6,2014 Creative Spark Talk Analysis To find ones creative spark, one must look beyond the possibilities of failure within yourself and your peers and do what makes you happy. There will always be a time that the creativity will not be readily available, and the creative thinker will be able to recognize this and not get frustrated, and just find a way to put that spark away for another time. After watching a few of the TED Talks videos on Creative Spark, the one that caught my interests the most was Elizabeth Gilbert: Your Elusive Creative Genius. The video was shot in February of 2009 in front of a live studio audience. Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the popular bestselling book Eat, Pray Love. Throughout her speech she goes into detail about her creative thinking process, using explanations to why she thinks the way she does, and gives incredible stories about other creative thinkers in which she discovered and developed her creative thinking process through. There are many elements to this video that made me choose it over the others. Elizabeth is both funny and intelligent, she knows the way she thinks and could easily explain this to an audience in such a way that it inspires one to think like her. Key points There are specific points that she hits throughout the video. The first thing she goes into is that She is a highly successful bestselling author that everyone feels sorry for and tells...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis Creativity is defined as an act or product is uncommon and is useful to society, many of us have ideas that are sometimes different and innovative, but many of us don’t realize them and do not materialize them. “There are four stages in the creative process that are the preparation stage, incubation stage, illumination stage and finally the verification stage” (Creativity Portal, 2004). “The first step is the preparation stage where your idea is investigated, then comes the incubation stage that is when you start to think on your idea unconsciously, the third step is the illumination stage that you begin to put your idea together and finally comes the verification stage that is finally the point where your idea is accepted” (Creativity Portal, 2004). From all the videos in the TED channel the one that I found most interesting was the video “Taking Imagination Seriously” by Janet Echelman that was shoot in June 2011, she was inspired when her paints went missing, which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes rising, flowing, building sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. She materialized her ideas by considering and using unorthodox methods and materials in order to make giant sculptures that now stand in many cities around the world. She first had an idea back in the late 90’s to make building size sculptures out fishing net, a material she saw useful in order to materialize her vision. The first sculpture...
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...Creative spark talk Analusis Rodrigo Botello PHL/458 April 23, 2015 DOUGLAS PETRIKAT TED known to many as Technology, Entertainment and design is a website that has videos that encourages new ideas and new ways of thinking to user. This website is nonprofit design to spread ideas by short and encouraging talks (TED, 2015) some of the greatest minds of our time such as leaders, Teachers and the greatest thinkers of our time have videos for viewing on this website. While browsing the website I came across a title names Taking Imagination Seriously that was recorded in June of 2011 by creator and Artist Janet Echelman. Janet Echelman is a true inspiration to all the view this video, she saw art in the form of fishnets and made her creations to life. She Mentions in the video that she herself never thought of herself as being an artist in her life. After she has been reject from 7 different art schools she began to paint ten years later on her own. One day she was offer a Fulbright in India where she had the opportunity to have an exhibition of her paintings. When she arrived in India to show off her art in her exhibition she ran into a slight dilemma, her paintings never arrived with her. While trying to come up with a solution to her problem, she stayed in a fishing village that was famous for sculptures. While observing the local she tried to create a bronze casting but realized that creating a sculpture out of bronze would be too costly and heavy to create. One...
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...Creative Spark Talk Analysis: Schools PHL 458 September 08, 2014 Mrs. LaTrisha McAloon Creative Spark Talk Analysis: Schools Kill Creativity Belief that public education standards are suppressing the creativeness of children, thus society as whole, is gaining wide spread acceptance. The pressure that students are under to achieve in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs leaves little time for commitment to creative programs such as music, theater, dance, film, and visual arts. Society today places more value on science and math, a holdover from the Industrial Revolution and manufacturing in the United States after World War II. Diminishing Creativity In his discussion at the Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) Conference in Monterey, CA February 2006, author and educator Sir Ken Robinson presented the argument that “We have been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers.” (Robinson, 2006). Parents have been “indoctrinated” by the same education system that now strives to quell the creative spark in todyas new generation. The emphasis of STEM in the education process removes emphasis from creative programs. Children are turnover to the education system for seven to nine hours a day. Teachers don’t want a child to be a dancer, musician, or writer and push academic achievement in STEM classes as an extrinsic motivator. For example, Doing well in math and science will put on the path to a scholarship at a great school...
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...William Boyd Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Instructor: Robert Dubose William Boyd Creative Spark Talk Analysis PHL/458 Robert Dubose Creative Spark Creativity is a subject that is very disputable amongst psychologists. Psychologists have argued on a definition for the word creativity for many years now. Regardless of what most psychologists chose to think now, most believe that it is a creative act no matter big or small that is unusual and most likely become very useful to society. The video I watched was by John Bohannon and dancers from the Black Label Movement. The name of the video is tilted “Dance vs. PowerPoint”, a modest proposal and was filmed at TEDxBrussels, which was also posted in November 2011. John explains in this video how one of his friends tried to tell him about a science experiment and just simply couldn’t. His friend finally explains what the experiment was about to John, and then he tells his friend that “Maybe next time if you had dancers to try to better explain it will be much easier. He then tells his friend that numerous scientists have started using dancers to describe many different scientific things simply because it is more sufficient. Dancing PHD is the group of scientists that have started using dancers to explain various things. He starts to explains why it would be more productive to use dancers and instead of PowerPoint presentations. John then gives an explanation on how it is a waste...
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...targets are high school, college and graduate students who need one portable multifunction device (Yang, 2011). In the Galaxy S3 ad I feel like they were targeting the Generation Y group of people. The Galaxy knows that the iphone is a huge competitor so they are taking them head on as its strategy. You want to grab and hold your viewers attention, which I believe the Galaxy S3 has accomplished. You want to keep the people interested, and they did that by showing off a brand new feature on the phone by sharing data instantly by just putting the phones back to back. Customers and particularly the target customers are looking for new technology features. The Galaxy S3 added new features, which will draw in more and more customers (Digital Spark Marketing, 2012). There is no hype in the world of...
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...“My worthiness is all my doubt – His merit – all my fear – Contrasting which my quality does however – appear.” - APJ Abdul Kalam Creativity is necessary for Innovation. Innovativeness is made, not born. Creativity can be inborn or comes in sparks .Creativity is the prerequisite for Innovation. In an essay on Creativity Teresa Amabile and others describe innovation as “the successful implementation of creative ideas within the an organization”Creativity which includes invention is the starting point of innovation , a necessary but not sufficient condition of it. we can never segregate the two terms and it goes hand in hand creativity and innovation are like sparks of the same thunder or lightning-if the fire of creativity is taken up it is innovation,and sometimes the same fire can even destroy the existing creative ideas taking up new ones. According to political scientist and economist Schumpeter(who lived from 1883 to 1950) he says that waves of innovation crash down on established enterprise,washing them away and leaving new ones in their place, seems particularly appropriate. Objectives of the study: 1.Mapping the definitions of innovation and creativity 2.Concept development methods through creativity. 3.Analysis of correlation of creativity and innnovation Business Model This is the sense of innovation in the broader context of companies and markets. Innovation’s meaning here is to alter the landscape.”Ray Meads”: A patentable solution (external verified...
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...dollars, which Walt Disney was known for their animated movies of traditional 2D animation. This acquisition was finalized by Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO, when there deal was to be expired after the 2006 movie Cars. The purpose of the deal was to protect Pixar’s creative culture of animations, while shifting some of Pixar’s amazing work over to Disney to team up and make movies that will boost both companies’ revenues, as Pixar is one of the leading animation companies around. The case also goes on about the success of Pixar and Disney and how forming together created the most dominating animation company ever. With Pixar holding such a high standard of animation work and reputation, there is many tangible, intangible and capabilities that play a factor in leading them to their success. After reading this case, I came up with a couple tangible assets that Pixar has that separates them from the ordinary animation studio companies and also sets them to be at such a high standard. One tangible assets that plays a huge role is the Pixar University. Steve Jobs wanted to continue Pixar’s legacy of strong creative animations and input that with the movies that Disney has come up. To boost more spark in the creative ideas, Jobs created a campus like environment within Pixar’s corporation to get employees to think better and make it “less work oriented”. The campus like company transformed their office cubicles into tiki...
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...to the needs of consumers here and abroad. To restrict this is to dampen the government and businesses abilities to be leading competitors with other countries as well as provide economic stability for its citizens through labor. Of course, Americans today are concerned about unemployment or joblessness and declining industries. Right now, jobs or labor is a resource which is scarce during this current environment of economic restlessness; yet, there is a demand for jobs which cannot be supplied if the doors are not open or expanded for international trade. Businesses are about the bottom line and how can they see the bottom line increase. The government is business and without its role and collaboration with the private sector, the sparks of economic life that lead to creation and maintenance of jobs would be dimmed. I like to interject that I am a non-traditional student and my degree will provide additional opportunities within higher education as an administrator. However, traditional U.S. students are faced with fierce competition in the market place due to current economic conditions. Also, international students are faced with even tougher times in the marketplace, especially if the employer participated in the Troubled Asset Recovery Program - federal bailout money. Businesses who received TARP funds...
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...valuable in that you use your discovery skills often enough to get innovative ideas that frequently improve the efficiency of your organization. Your Assessment Averages 5.2 C ourage To Innovate Detail 5.3 Discovery Skills Detail 5.6 Delivery Skills Detail Discovery Skills E+i Discovery-Delivery Skills Matrix Your Profile Delivery Skills *All scores calculated out of 7.0 *All scores calculated out of 7.0 1 / 12 atkins06@nsuok.edu Your Courage To Innovate 5.0 5.7 5.0 + Challenging The Status Quo Risk Taking + Creative Confidence Your Courage To Innovate 5.2 6.2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Why do innovators question, observe, network, and experiment more than other individuals? Successful innovators consistently show the C ourage to Innovate, which means they: 1) challenge the status quo 2) take smart risks to make change happen 3) feel confident in their creative capacity Each component of Courage t o Innovat e mat t ers. Each plays a key role in building t he mot ivat ional f orce t o make change happen. Your Average Score Successful Innovators *All scores calculated out of 7.0 2 / 12 atkins06@nsuok.edu Your Discovery Skills 4.8 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.0 + Questioning Observing + Networking + Experimenting + Associating Your Discovery Skills Discovery Skills refer to the set of skills that contribute to one’s ability to generate novel The five discovery competencies are comprised of the following:...
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...software industry. SAS believes it is providing an environment that frees its employees from outside distractions and will allow them to be as efficient and creative as possible. The focus is on teamwork where everybody is an equal and nobody is a stand out. Individuals who desire praise, promotion and status need not apply. However, when we take a closer look at the culture being generated, concerns begin to surface. The environment SAS is creating could actually be detrimental and less innovative without additional intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and by changing the egalitarian workplace. Intrinsic motivation is based solely on the interest or enjoyment of the task itself, apart from any external incentives or forces. While the current environment at SAS is designed to eliminate outside forces and allow the employee to focus on his work, this does not meet the true definition of intrinsic motivation. We learn from the article “Motivating Creativity in Organizations,” that intrinsic motivation is maximized when an employee matches skills and experience with something they truly love to do. The article suggests that managers need to hire people that have a spark or passion for their work to take full advantage of the creative process. SAS recruits employees that have the skills and experience, but it can be argued that the spark could be...
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