Creativity
Creativity.
Most common misunderstandings.
ABSTRACT
This essay is devoted to an issue of creativity understanding. Nowadays creativity is a characteristic that every employer is looking for in a potential employee. In the world of competition it is becoming a very precious commodity.
Nevertheless, some significant contradiction occurs when question arises - what actually creativity is and when do we really need it. Unbelievable quantity of myths exists around this seemingly simple notion. In fact, the word itself is misused now more than ever.
The main goal of this paper is to highlight all the delusions that people are most likely to under when they think about creativity.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4
What is creativity?
When do we need creativity?
GENERAL MISUNDERSTANDING……………………………………………………………………………………….
Experience and knowledge
Creative methods
SIMPLICITY…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
IMPLEMENTING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Talking about creativity is not enough
When do you know you have a good idea?
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
"Being creative is seeing the same thing as everybody else but thinking of something different"
-unknown person
INTRODUCTION
Some people may say that creativity is nothing but an ability to come up with new ideas, to invent things or in general to be innovative. Some people are sure that being creative means to be expressive like an artist. They mainly connect creativity and art and percept an ability to create as an ability to do art, which is partly correct.
What is creativity? It seems to be an obvious thing but why do so many different opinions exist then? Why for instance, cannot it be both - an ability to come up with ideas and self-expression? When and why do people need creativity?
To answer all these questions we should start with the simplest
Most common misunderstandings.
ABSTRACT
This essay is devoted to an issue of creativity understanding. Nowadays creativity is a characteristic that every employer is looking for in a potential employee. In the world of competition it is becoming a very precious commodity.
Nevertheless, some significant contradiction occurs when question arises - what actually creativity is and when do we really need it. Unbelievable quantity of myths exists around this seemingly simple notion. In fact, the word itself is misused now more than ever.
The main goal of this paper is to highlight all the delusions that people are most likely to under when they think about creativity.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4
What is creativity?
When do we need creativity?
GENERAL MISUNDERSTANDING……………………………………………………………………………………….
Experience and knowledge
Creative methods
SIMPLICITY…………………………………………………………………………………………………….
IMPLEMENTING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Talking about creativity is not enough
When do you know you have a good idea?
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
"Being creative is seeing the same thing as everybody else but thinking of something different"
-unknown person
INTRODUCTION
Some people may say that creativity is nothing but an ability to come up with new ideas, to invent things or in general to be innovative. Some people are sure that being creative means to be expressive like an artist. They mainly connect creativity and art and percept an ability to create as an ability to do art, which is partly correct.
What is creativity? It seems to be an obvious thing but why do so many different opinions exist then? Why for instance, cannot it be both - an ability to come up with ideas and self-expression? When and why do people need creativity?
To answer all these questions we should start with the simplest