The Weird Rules of Creativity

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  Caroline Schroder, Sulgrave Resources & Research LLC12/04/07 Report as spam
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  Unexpected Consequences: Ballard

  Ballard may not be the best example of success. It just sold its automotive fuel cell assets to Daimler and Ford, including all of the IP, test equipment and inventory with transfer of the employees and leaving development to Daimler and Ford at, unusually, Ballard facilities. Ballard will focus on fuel cell back up power and residential cogen.

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  barrymaher@...12/04/07 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  Management fads can have disastrous consequences. While there's an element of truth in each one of these bromides, accepting them whole cloth without a giant dose of qualification could be a prescription for corporate failure. Sorry, but the real world just isn't this simplistic or amenable to such easy, pat answers.
  
  Barry Maher
  www.barrymaher.com

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  wirc@...12/05/07 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  In my most humble opinion, if more business were freed up to allow in such creative thinking, the whole world would be a much happier place. Uniform thinking creates uniform work, free thinkers are where most business comes from until the uniform people arrive, then it is back to being boring dull & just not interesting.
  Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson

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  colleen.cunningham@...12/05/07 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  I work in education and there is such a high price placed on conformity--even more so now that there is No Child Left Behind. Everyone generally thinks alike at the top and loose boards get nailed down. Maverick teachers, administrators and PARENTS are not prized for what they bring. Innovation has essentially stopped in this arena. How do I get this to every administrator and regulator in the country?

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  jimnewbold12/07/07 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  I am a creative person. This article really misses the boat from a creative person's perspective. Of all the books and articles I have read, I find that Eric Maisel demonstrates the best understanding of the creative person's mind and way of life. For me, his "Coaching the Artist Within" is extremely helpful. Dr. Maisel is creative, educated, and productive. He fully understands why creative people are unproductive and provides the best ways to bring their work to light.
  
  To think of the creative person as weird, unlikable, and argumentative is an overgeneralization and lacks sensibility. As a segment of the general population, there are many personalities present within the creative ranks.
  
  If some seem disagreeable (possibly "untamable") it would be wise to consider why they are the way they are. Being creative in a structured world is very difficult. Creative personalities who are extrovert and forceful are difficult to be around. But, there are as many personality types within the creative subset of the population as there are within the general population.
  
  Before anyone decides to hire or manage creative people, it would be wise to read Dr. Maisel's books, http://www.ericmaisel.com/em_books_lg.html, or perhaps attend one of his workshops. Listen to the way he understands and communicates with creative persons. It would go a long way toward a fruitful relationship.
  
  Who knows? You may even bring out your own creativity!

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  myoriginals12/10/07 Report as spam
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  Who's wacko?

  I'm tired of people calling the creatives 'wacko'. I like the fact that this article notes that it's the creatives that can generate the great ideas. Creatives don't think tangentially, and thus they arrive at unique places with one-of-a-kind ideas. However, did one ever think that us creatives think the 'bottom line money-cenrics' are the wackos, lacking any original, unique thought beyond how to create a formula in a spreadsheet?? Touche.

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  ballina onq12/10/07 Report as spam
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  Tangental?

  Either you consider creative types to be the norm or you dont own a dictionary; The term tangental MEANS to think on a tangent, abaxially, not like the centre ie... creatively. Before you 'align' yourself under a banner, it is best to understand what is written above your head.

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  kajira201/10/08 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  Recycling this article, from 2002, about a book from 2001, is rather pathetic -- and the content somewhat perplexing coming from the author of The No ******* Rule. Hire unlikable types who are disruptive? Encourage people to defy superiors and peers? Isn't there a more mature way of being creative? Sure there is, and you don't have to be a weirdo to get your point across.
  
  I find especially dubious the line about the HP engineer who went to potential customers being placed directly above the line exhorting managers to keep engineers away from customers. Cobbled together with care and a heaping bucket of hyperbole -- should have followed your own advice and hired a creative type for the task rather than delegate it to a bored intern.

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  yourpalgary@...01/11/08 Report as spam
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  Reality Check

  The author was smoking crack at the time of the writing of this article as part of being creatively "weird". I also think it would be weird to give out candy to everyone in the business that is laced with acid/LSD, then everyone can trip out and get creative, then they write about thier experiences as a kind of innovative product the company makes, then...phfffffffft!...hak....cough....then..oh man I forgot what I was talking about....something about being creamated?

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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  The Golden Rule in corporations :"He with the gold makes the rules."
  
  What lacks from this true and excellent article is any mention that these weird creative suggestions must be managed by skilled professionals, and the challenge is the folks with the Gold look at the numbers mainly, well only. There must be some understanding on the part of the "gold owners" that this might create short term chaos and may slow profits for a period, while innovation takes "hold". In many companies, fear for job retention creates scapegoats and such if "change-fear" is not well managed. I would assert that many owners are wary of these "new concepts" and would rather 'just hire' the "innovators" because the gold owners RARELY understand real creative power and energy - they often find it odd, immature, and mostly a money-waster. I do not give industry much credit for having an ear to the innovator's song.

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  Jacob Medad01/11/08 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

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  romemele04/25/08 Report as spam
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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  Interesting article....
  
  But, I doubt the success of firms who uses these kind of strategies. The examples provided are inspiring, but these are very few.
  And the relevance of such examples is just like an advert statements : '9 out of 10 doctors prescribes 'xyz' for fever' .
  (possibility is, those 9 doctors could be an affiliate of xyz producing company, which they intentionally might have omitted').

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  RE: The sell to the world

  There must be some understanding on the part of the "gold owners" that this might create short term chaos and may slow profits for a period, while innovation takes "hold".As he explains, the practices companies need to sustain performance are in constant tension with those that give rise to new ideas.

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  RE: The Weird Rules of Creativity

  that this might create short term chaos and may slow profits for a period, while innovation takes "hold",but not too thin), give them freedom within company goals (that is, tell them which mountain to climb--but not how to climb it), give them plenty of time to play with ideas, and let them know,companies must ignore longstanding management wisdom and adopt downright weird ways