This paper was very informative on my topic and it gave me something very important for my paper. That being a way to define creativity. Another great thing about this article was the way in which Warner breaks the paper up into three sections. It also helps having a great example at the end of the paper. One thing that I really agree with is that to manage creative people they must be given a lot of leeway and freedom to make mistakes and learn from them. I wish that I held more of the characteristics of a creative person. I must admit that the two biggest things that I do not posses are the high tolerance of ambiguity and the unusual ability to concentrate. Especially with this view:
They are numbers 17 and 20 on the list of characteristics truly creative people have.
The best way to sum up the second point of the article is to say that creative people need space. For creatives to work well they need to be able to go where they need to go and do what they need to do. Something thing that was not touched on until the 3M example was the need for communication. By this I mean that for me to attempt being creative I work the best when I have 1-2 other people like myself to bounce ideas and get insight from. The closest I saw to this was that employees of 3M are able to call anyone in the company to get expertise on any specific topic. I found this paper to be very useful and I look forward to reading his other papers.
That is a nice view; I went to the link and read Warner’s items. I must say I found some of his point interesting. I did not fully agree with the part about I.Q. and creativeness work with people. I think there is other research that would disagree with that point. But overall interesting items.
ReplyDeleteI must say that I have art interns working at my company doing murals and it is always very interesting how I just ask them for a happy color mural and they come back with designs that I would think could not be done. A number of the staff cannot believe all I ask for was a happy mural and I got the outstanding finished project. A highly creative person can be a interesting person to manage.