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Creativity Comments by Winston J. Brill, Ph.D. 02/03 Creativity Comment What's
in Common to Great Ideas?
In the last Comment (01/03), I told you about a janitor’s
idea that was crucial to a new pharmaceutical, a secretary’s
idea that solved an automobile design problem, and a statistician
who thought of a great advertising theme in a food company. This, of course, shows us that it is not always the expert
who has the great idea. In
fact, when I was managing R&D teams, frequently a technician,
rather than the well-educated Ph.D., forwarded ideas that were key
to solving important problems. Is there anything in common to people, whether experts or
not, who think of and propose great ideas? Yes, from my study of 350 great ideas (see Comment 03/01), I
find that the “Eureka!” person was, in each case, very
enthusiastic about work. These
are people who don’t spend most of their energy on office
politics or figuring out how to get more from themselves while
doing as little as possible. These are people who don’t dart out of the building when
the minute hand strikes 12 at the end of the official workday. Just think of the great ideas to be proposed, and pursued, if
you and your staff become more enthusiastic about work
responsibilities. Creativity
is all about appropriately directed enthusiasm. |
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