Substance Creativity

“The Substanceof Creative Cultures” : 

“The Substanceof Creative Cultures” © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.“- Heraclitus : 

“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.“- Heraclitus © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

So you want to be a creative and innovative person who lives and operates within a culture of creativity? : 

So you want to be a creative and innovative person who lives and operates within a culture of creativity? © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

Can one have a culture where creativity and innovation bloom in a disciplined and orderly way? : 

Can one have a culture where creativity and innovation bloom in a disciplined and orderly way? © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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Yes! © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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Our challenge is to overcome the messaging most of us received during our formative years that passion, creativity, and freedom of expression are incompatible with structure and order. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

Definitions : 

Definitions

Creativity: While there is a significant amount of debate as to the precise meaning of creativity one might sum the discourse as “the ability to illustrate what is outside the box from within the box” and the ability to produce something new through imaginative skill. : 

Creativity: While there is a significant amount of debate as to the precise meaning of creativity one might sum the discourse as “the ability to illustrate what is outside the box from within the box” and the ability to produce something new through imaginative skill. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

Culture is nothing more than the set of unwritten rules that shape, influence and guide our behavior and decisions. : 

Culture is nothing more than the set of unwritten rules that shape, influence and guide our behavior and decisions. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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A creative culture is an environment whose members assume that they are expected to come up with creative, innovative solutions and where they purposefully act upon those assumptions. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

First Things FirstReturn to the play centered environments of your childhood. : 

First Things FirstReturn to the play centered environments of your childhood. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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Three Characteristics of a Cultural Ecosystem System Interconnected People © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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System Dynamic Living Self Replicating/Sustaining Interconnected Interdependent Mutually advantageous existence Adds value to others People Stewardship/Sharing Mastering creating & growing relationships Willingness/consent © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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Purposefully building your creative behavioral set is hard work. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

Key Principles… : 

Key Principles… Ground yourself – Remain open to the unconventional. Stay focused on that which is good, pure and of good report. Minimize time in negative and draining environments. Create space for others to contribute. Draw inspiration from diverse and seemingly unconnected or related sources. (The Medici Effect) Take time to experience a discipline markedly different from your own. Seek intersections with “different” arts & science. Operate outside of “silos.” Assure that behaviors are consistent with cultural expectations. Envision (internal genesis) Improvise (external genesis) Experimentation is your friend. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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Remember Creative cultures are the natural consequence of doing the right things, in the right way, at the right time, with the right people and for all the right reasons. © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.

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CREATE AND INNOVATE! © 2011 Aperçu Group Inc.