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Creativity and Innovation

Published on Apr 30, 2016

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Creativity & Innovation

Tathagat Varma
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Laziest organ?

Hates working!

Our Brain!

2% body wt, but 25% O2 and 20% Calories!
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It loves patterns!

and kinda stops "thinking"!
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Smart = Dumb?

Are smart devices making us dumb?

Workout!

Let's take brain to work...

30 Circles

Fill them up in 3 minutes!

Creativity

OK, let's talk about
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Creativity?

So, what is

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Surgical antiseptic?
Cure for Gonorrhea?
Common cold?

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Voila!

Angina?
Hypertension?
Cardiac Diseases?

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Of course...

Eastgate Center

Harare, Zimbabwe

How to be Creative?

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I am not Creative!

I don't have "

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Change the mindset

Beginner, Curious, Learner, Growth...

Cognitive diversity

Read, travel, meet, experiences..."dots"
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Create intersections

Join the dots without judgment!

Failure? Nah!

Change success criteria

Have fun :)

Enjoy without being critical

Bisociation

Let's do some crazy stuff!

Innovation?

And, what is

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A new method, idea, product,...

Successful introduction of

Fostering Innovation

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Empathy

Seek to understand first
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Ideate

Involve everyone, Suspend judgment
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Experiment

Think small, incremental
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Validate

Fail Fast, Fail Cheap, Fall Forward

Iterate

Embrace feedback, keep improving
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Recap

  • Brain needs to be challenged to be creative
  • Intersections lead to creative ideas
  • Creativity needs a shoshin mindset
  • Creativity applied to real-world leads to innovation
  • Innovation thrives in the culture of experimentation, feedback and improvisation
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