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Thursday, August 07, 2003
Creativity - A Definition -- Embedded in a piece on the frustrations of dealing with the aftermath of nature's fury, Steve Pilgrim offers the following...
"By nature and personality profiling I'm a rather creative type. Don't confuse creative with 'artsy.' I have no artistic skills to speak of. For me, creativity entails pursuing things others say 'can't be done that way.' Often, my response is, 'but what if they could?' In other words, what competitive advantage would you or your business achieve if you actually could find a way to do something that appears unlikely."
This is related to the use of the layers of resistance that says that a vision of value should first be painted before worrying about the obstacles associated with making that vision reality. Only then will one be able to judge the costs of overcoming the obstacles (and the necessity for creativity) relative to the outcome.
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