Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

Belief in your creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.

creativity “is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.

The first step toward being creative is often simply to go beyond being a passive observer and to translate thoughts into deeds.

There’s no one-size-fits-all methodology for bringing new ideas to life, but many successful programs include a variation on four steps: inspiration, synthesis, ideation/experimentation, and implementation.

Nurture the kind of “prepared mind” that seizes the moment when an epiphany occurs.

Start with a growth mindset, the deep-seated belief that your true potential is still unknown. That you are not limited to only what you have been able to do before.

the real value of creativity doesn’t emerge until you are brave enough to act on those ideas.

They live in the active voice. They write the scripts of their own lives, and in doing so, they have greater impact on the world around them.

One recent IBM survey of more than 1,500 CEOs reports that creativity is the single most important leadership competency for enterprises facing the complexity of global commerce today.