Tomorrow is World Creativity and Innovation Day as declared by the UN. This day seeks to raise awareness about the role of creativity and innovation in human development. It encourages everyone to think outside the box. It aims to inspire innovative ideas and new ways of thinking. It is believed that together, creativity and innovation can provide momentum for economic growth and job creation.
Based on this all happening tomorrow, I thought I would look at a couple of examples of how we might be creative in our workplaces.
- When you must make a decision, implement S.C.A.M.P.E.R. which ignites creativity and innovation by questioning concepts differently.
- Substitute: What would happen if we did X instead of Y?
- Combine: What would happen if we brought A and B together and combined them?
- Adapt: What changes would we need to make to adapt this to a different situation or context?
- Modify/Magnify /Minify: What could we modify, magnify, or minify to create more value?
- Put to another use: What other uses or applications are there for this?
- Eliminate: What could be removed to simplify this?
- Reverse/Rearrange: What would happen if we looked at this backwards?
- Red Team/Blue Team
- Divide the team into two. Assign one to defend or promote an idea and the other to attack or defeat it.
- Both teams should be made up of believers and non-believers.
- This exercise liberates people to think differently and creatively about why something will or will not work.
You have an entire day to plan how to celebrate World Creativity and Innovation Day tomorrow, so try implementing one of these two approaches or another creative concept development idea in your day tomorrow.
And please remember to stay HIMPS! (Healthy, Isolate when possible, Masked, Physically distanced, and Safe!).
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