Focusing on Strengths. Eva Katerina Herber
Tales of Creativity and Play
Ted Talk by Tim Brown
“At the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play — with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn’t).” (Robinson, 2006)
Robinson, S. K. (2006, June 27). Do schools kill creativity? Www.ted.com. https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity/c
Do Schools Kill creativity?
Ted Talk by Ken Robinson
“Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenged the way we educate our children, championing a radical rethink of how our school systems cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.” (Robinson, 2006)
Robinson, S. K. (2006, June 27). Do schools kill creativity? Www.ted.com. https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity/c
George Land on The Failure of Success
Ted Talk about the decline in creativity.
In 1968, George Land tested the creativity of 1,600 children aged 3-5 using a NASA-designed assessment. He re-tested the same group at ages 10 and 15, yielding remarkable results. Same test was given to 280,000 adults and the result was 2%.
John Cleese on Creativity in Management
Speech from 1997. Still applies to today.
Blurb from the post:
In this lecture-style presentation, John Cleese claims that creativity is not a special talent. People are either in an ‘open’ or ‘closed’ state of mind. The closed mode enables people to apply themselves to tasks with vigour and concentration; the open mode is more relaxed and conducive to creative thinking. Cleese talks about how leaders can induce an open mode in their team members and establish confidence in them to accept that there is a succession of learning steps on the road to total quality.
John Cleese on Creativity In Management. (2017). [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g