Discussion: Shared Practice: Creativity: Myths and Misconceptions
Discussion: Shared Practice: Creativity: Myths and Misconceptions
In Ancient Greece and Rome, many people believed that all creative ideas originated from the nine muses, deities who delivered inspiration to artists and were the source of all human creativity. While few people believe in these goddesses of creativity anymore, many still believe that creativity is an intangible force, possessed by only a select few people who choose to be artists, writers, or musicians.
This weekâ€
s media presentation shows that the opposite is true; there are many different ways to be creative, and all people can generate creative ideas, whether they are laborers, artists, or businesspeople.
For this weekâ€s Shared Practice, consider the myths and popular misconceptions about creativity shown in this weekâ€s media presentation. In your past, have you believed in these myths or perhaps applied them to yourself?
With these thoughts in mind:
By Day 3
Post your analysis of how these myths and misconceptions regarding creativity relate to your own past understandings of creativity or those you have encountered in others. Then, share how these myths and misconceptions have been present in current or past practices where you have worked or at a company with which you are familiar. How has this impacted your creativity? Provide examples.
General Guidance: Your initial Shared Practice Discussion post will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length as a general expectation/estimate. Refer to the rubric for the Week 1 Shared Practice Discussion for grading elements and criteria. Your instructor will use the rubric to assess your work.
Required Readings
Document: Week 1 Weekly Briefing (PDF)
The Week 1 Weekly Briefing provides an essential introduction to the content and concepts that you will be studying during the week. After viewing the Weekly Introduction, the Week 1 Weekly Briefing should be your initial reading this week.
Grivas, C., & Puccio, G. J. (2012). The innovative team: Unleashing creative potential for breakthrough results.
- Introduction (pp. 1–10)
- Part 1, “The Story” (pp. 10–186 only)
Note: Read these two sections by Day 4 of Week 2.
Although it seems like a lot of reading up front, you will notice that the text for this course is written like a novel and moves through innovation concepts very quickly but in an appropriate business context. You will later be able to relate the concepts of the course to the framework of the story and, with it, build your knowledge of innovation and creativity.
Schumacher, E.G., Wasieleski, D. M. (2013). Institutionalizing ethical innovation in organizations: An integrated causal model of moral innovation decision processes. Journal of Business Ethics, 113, 15–37.
This article investigates the conflict that sometimes occurs between creativity and ethics in business. The authors propose a model to understand and reconcile this conflict through an analysis of the interdependence of ethics and innovation.
Puccio, G. J., & Cabra, J. F. (2010). Organizational creativity: A systems approach. In J. Kaufmann & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (pp. 145–173). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Whenever an individual person undertakes a creative act or thought process, the number of factors that influence their creative process can be considerably large. Organizations, too, can be creative; how many factors do you think might influence a large and diverse group of people working together to be creative and achieve innovation at the level of the firm? This excerpt from The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity provides an overview of academic study of creativity and innovation at the organizational level.
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity, 1st Ed. by Puccio, G. J., & Cabra, J. F. Copyright 2010 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted by permission of Cambridge University Press-US-Books via the Copyright Clearance Center
Puccio, G. J., Mance, M., Switalski, L. B., & Reali, P. D. (2012). Welcome to the world of change: Life in the 21st century. In Creativity rising: Creative thinking and creative problem solving in the 21st century (pp. 13–20). Buffalo, NY: ICSC Press.
Many of us have probably felt frustrated that the world around us continues to change at an increasingly fast pace. A cell phone or tablet computer that was state of the art when purchased can be sadly out of date just one year later. The authors of this reading discuss the wide variety of changes we are experiencing today and explore how creative responses to the challenges presented by the rapid pace of change are necessary.
Puccio, G. J., Mance, M., Switalski, L. B., & Reali, P. D. (2012). Welcome to the world of change: Life in the 21st century. In Puccio, G.J., Mance, M., Switalski, L.B. et al. (Eds.), Creativity Rising: Creative thinking and creative problem solving in the 21st century (1st Ed.), (pp. 51–70). Buffalo, NY: ICSC Press. Copyright 2012 by ICSC Press. Reprinted by permission of Omniskills, LLC/ICSC Press
Hamel, G. (2009) Moon Shots for management. Harvard Business Review, 87(2), 91–98. Many philosophies of how to be an effective manager date back to the 19th century. While this long history lends richness to the foundations of management theory, Gary Hamel argues that the 21st century presents unique challenges to managers and that new ‘visionary goalsâ€
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