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To create, a person must…

The Paradoxes of Creativity posted on Google+ by creativity expert Roger Von Oech which state that to create, a person must:

Have knowledge but forget the knowledge.
See unexpected connections in things but not have a mental disorder.
Work hard but spend time doing nothing.
Create many ideas yet most of them are useless.
Look at the same thing as everyone else, yet see something different.
Desire success but learn how to fail.
Be persistent but not stubborn.
Listen to experts but know how to disregard them.
Understand that rules are important, and yet break them constantly.
Understand that good ideas must be relevant, yet constantly be thinking about irrelevancies.
In order to live a life of abundance, be free from desire for abundance.
Truth has many faces. Yesterday’s Truth can be today’s Untruth. And this is true.
Develop a sophisticated eye, but learn to see like a child.
For good ideas to come, you must be in control and yet not in control. You must try hard yet hardly try.
To create a person must reject conventions yet work within them.

Innovation posts of the week: How to think like an innovator

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Innovate on Purpose: Why innovation can’t be benchmarked by @ovoinnovation

Think Like an Innovator – HBR

Tackling Complexity and Wicked Problems with Design Thinking by @ralph_ohr & @tdebaillon

The Case for Competitive Collaboration – Core77

Six Bite-Sized Innovation Lessons From Ebay’s New Design Think Tank – FastCo Design

Innovation’s Nine Critical Success Factors – HBR

The simple half step principle for innovation

Jorge in Creativity, Innovation

There’s a very interesting article on the history of camouflage in the Atlantic. It profiles one of it’s leading innovators, Guy Cramer, and a new concealment innovation called Quantum Camouflage.

Though the history of camouflage up to today is very cool, there is a paragraph I want to highlight regarding Guy Cramer’s thinking about innovation.…

Laughter sets your mind free

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pie in the face

A few days ago I was part of a brainstorming session for a client who recently opened a new restaurant in Mexico. The goal of the brainstorming session was to come up with ideas on how to create an experience that would make customers talk about it to their friends.

With that in mind, I proposed an idea:

What if we create a drink called Pulpo Enamorado that when delivered by the waiter, the customer gets a pie in the face?

Result: Everyone started laughing!

It caught everyone by surprise. Totally unexpected. …

Innovation posts of the week: From robust to resilitent innovation

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Innovate With Empathy by @maddockdouglas

Immersive Virtual Worlds as Innovation Platforms by @ovoinnovation

Robust to Resilient for Innovation Thinking by @paul4innovating

How to Unlock Creativity by @digitaltonto

The Innovation Filter Bubble by @timkastelle

Five Common Mistakes Business Leaders Make About Innovation – WSJ

Do you love creating?

Jorge in Creativity, Innovation

Last week I asked if it’s possible to innovate without loving what you do. There were plenty of comments and the reactions were mixed. Most think it’s not possible because people have to be passionate about the work they do. I’m not going to argue with that.

What I will argue is that you can become passionate about just about anything if you have the right intent in mind. The context, topic, initiative is just the vehicle towards your purpose.

With that said, I think the next obvious question to ask is: Do you love creating?

I love to play.

For me it’s not so much about creating, what matters to me is making a meaningful impact. Period. If no meaningful impact is delivered, it’s a failure.…