Creativity & Innovation 2012 - Latest Comments

Re: Space-ivity

Titus Seah — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:39:55 -0000

all the love for Frank Lloyd Wright! (:

Re: A View With A Room

Christine Peng — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:14:24 -0000

That's pretty incredible. A reason for companies to invest in good workspaces!

Re: Competition Kills Creativity?

samri_tessema — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:32:14 -0000

I actually think Brooks' article has a point. To some degree, competition is good and healthy. It helps cultivate important characteristics in an individual; characteristics that are necessary to thrive in our world. On the other hand, when I think of competition, I imagine hamsters running in a wheel of perpetual motion. Running for the sake of the race, failing to go anywhere. I often feel like this has been a metaphor for my own education. What is it all for? The million dollar education, the elite networks, the grades, the internships, the fabulous consulting or finance job? The fact that we think about these questions means that we are entitled to something more, doesn't it?

To the extent that we continue in this rat race of blind ambition (which I imagine I will for some time), competition will slowly, but surely stifle creativity. We will become accustomed to a nice, predictable, comfortable life. We will mistake material success with happiness. We will forget that the purpose of our lives is not to create innovative iPhone apps (note the oxymoron), but to find creative ways to bring people together, to foster unity.

I do concede that the article is decidedly a bit fatalistic, but I think rightly so. It's meant to be a wake-up call, not the final nail in the coffin. It's something to really think about and it's a great starting point for us to have important discussions about what competition actually means...and to what end it is actually useful.

Re: Competition Kills Creativity?

jlcarval — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:30:25 -0000

Thanks Taylor! Nice article and great video

Re: Brainstorming: Why don’t I ever have enough clean clothes?

Kallie Friedman — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:31:32 -0000

These ideas are great! It's clear you re-framed the problem several times, which yields more interesting results. Some of your ideas are incredibly feasible, like sharing laundry duty with a friend. Have you thought about trying some of them?

Re: Gift #2: Brainstorming Apartment Decoration Ideas

Kallie Friedman — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:26:08 -0000

Was there any correlation between the ideas your friends generated and the ones they chose as their favorites in the end? I also encountered this challenge in having people evaluate their own ideas. I wish I could have asked another group to evaluate them because they would have been more objective!

Re: An Animated Brainstorm

J Hsieh — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:04:20 -0000

This was really awesome way of brainstorming!

Re: An Animated Brainstorm

Chan Mei Qi Valerie — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:40:30 -0000

Hey! thanks for your comment. you can use flash, or an even easier way is to use powerpoint. You can animate all the graphics and everything automatically, you can even record voice, though I do my voiceovers on iMovie or Finalcut Pro. The powerpoint method only works on PC, it does not export properly to movie on a Mac. :)

Re: An Animated Brainstorm

Miguel Reyes — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:42:50 -0000

You always make the most entertaining videos in our classes! Great job! Maybe you can invent trees that don't shed leaves ;)

Re: An Animated Brainstorm

Fiona Gispen — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:16:12 -0000

FABULOUS. I'll try role-playing in my next brainstorm; it seems like a great way to get the brainstorm rolling and could be used as a perfect warm-up exercise!

Re: An Animated Brainstorm

leenb — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:30:08 -0000

Creative way of showing creativity! What software did you use?

Re: An Animated Brainstorm

Kathy Sun — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:39:54 -0000

I really liked your video! It was a great way to concisely convey your process.

Re: Sunny, With a Chance of Brainstorms

Chan Mei Qi Valerie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:17:00 -0000

What a witty title to the post! certainly eyecatching.

Re: Better put on your thinking cap, it’s going to brainSTORM!

Titus Seah — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:58:22 -0000

Thanks Valerie and Fiona!
Fiona - I used either Instagram or Snapseed (:

Re: Better put on your thinking cap, it’s going to brainSTORM!

Fiona Gispen — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:47:53 -0000

Agreed- great structure! What image editor did you use to edit the photos??

Re: Brainstorming on a bus

Christine Peng — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:28:33 -0000

Add my vote for "breakfast in bed (or did you actually mean "bread", in which case, kudos for ultra out of the box thinking!) with Oprah! Also, I imagine typing on the phone slows down note-taking quite a bit. How were you able to get people to talk slowly enough that you could manage recording it all?

Re: Better put on your thinking cap, it’s going to brainSTORM!

Chan Mei Qi Valerie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:49:11 -0000

Oh and I also like the "competitive" aspect because it makes things faster & more fun... although I wonder if it would make people start taking ownership of ideas - "MY ideas" which does not encourage others to build on them...

Re: Better put on your thinking cap, it’s going to brainSTORM!

Chan Mei Qi Valerie — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:45:54 -0000

I really like the way you structured the blog post.. Very easy to read and follow, with eye-catching pictures and captions. Good job Titus! :)

Re: Brainstorming on a bus

Titus Seah — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:40:28 -0000

great ideas! i vote sushi from a sushi chef!

Re: Brainstorming

jlcarval — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:29:24 -0000

Interesting analysis, particularly when you say that some of your group did not contribute because they were less experienced. During the quarter, you will realize it's pretty important to have at least one person in your group who manages the energy and the interactions inside your group. I mean, next time you notice some persons are not contributing, I encourage you to gently push and motivate them to participate more.

Re: Brainstorm Session

jlcarval — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:18:00 -0000

Loved the last reflection! A good brainstorming is made of details: food, space, etc and - of course - the day and time you run the session. Next time you could try to do a brainstorming session, let's say, friday right before lunch or even having lunch...

Re: Brainstorm Session

Tina Seelig — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:56:48 -0000

Fabulous analysis of what worked and what didn't work so well. It might
be interesting to run another brainstorming session with the same people
again to see how quickly the process improves. Great!

Re: Contest: What Does Creativity Mean For You?

JenMorrow — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:31:05 -0000

I create for a garage door company (www.all-ritedoors.com), sound exciting? Day after day I see doors opening and closing and imagine all the possibilities, all the places they will end up! Creativity is seeing beyond the immediate, and obvious.

Re: Class Notes Apr 10th

jlcarval — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:03:46 -0000

Great summary of the brainstorming session!

Re: Contest: What Does Creativity Mean For You?

La nani — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:35:26 -0000

to me.. creativity is to see every day the same thing, like my child smile, and every day find a new way to see it..