Are You Creative Enough!?

by: Rachelle Tengco

Concepts & Learnings:

As I have learned in class and researched about the Creativity in solving problems, there are four main types in which creativity revolves around namely: Incubation, Imagination, Improvement, and Investment.

Incubation (internal orientation with flexibility emphasis) – is a very intentional approach that gives importance on the vision of sustainability. It is a multifaceted type of creativity because it concerns teamwork, empowerment, and collective action.

Imagination (external orientation with flexibility emphasis) – is described by latest ideas and breakthroughs. Most of the time, this type of creativity binds to the drive or genius of an individual.

Improvement (internal orientation with high control) – is the type of creativity wherein it involves making existing ideas better.

Investment (external orientation with high control) – is the type of creativity that is associated with speed, meaning being first and being fast. This type of creativity also incorporates individuals or the organization to be highly competitive in every endeavours that they will encounter.

Reflection:

Creativity is part of who we are. Each and everyone of us has creativity entrust upon ourselves. It may be in different ways and styles, but it is in us. In an organization, there is and should have creativity in their environment for it will help them in solving anything and everything that they will encounter in the kind of work that they are in.

Having the four types or four approaches of creativity, it will be a smooth process for an individual or for a group to accomplish anything they will encounter or everything that may come their way. There may be some conflicting ideas along the way but with the right start of having the creativity in solving a problem as guide to meet the goal, then it should be a success for the situation at hand.

Learning this topic in class and incorporating it with the different situations in life, particularly in an organization, this lesson and everything that was discussed and going to be discuss in class will be a great help for us in understanding everything that an organization encounters in a certain environment that it belongs to. Hearing and learning these lessons is a very interesting and a very applicable experience most especially when we are already part of the corporate world and really experiencing everything we’ve learned and applying what we know and learning from it as we go along.

References:

N.A. (N.D.).4.3. Creativity and Passion Learning Objectives. Internet. Retrieved July 19, 2010 from, http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/NC/B0/B58/025MB58.html#top