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by Mandar Karanjkar |
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Creativity and Innovation- Are they same?
Certainly not. To put it in a simpler way, all innovators are creative or they are aware of creativity but not all creative persons become innovators. A common misconception is that creative people think a lot. That is not the fact. Creativity is an outburst which takes place in the state of thoughtlessness. Nothing creative can happen when we are thinking. Creativity comes from a void. Many times, in order to find solution to a particular problem, we go on thinking madly. After some time, we get fed up and all the thoughts drop away and in these moments of thoughtlessness, we get the solution we wanted. Same happened with Einstein, Fermi and many more scientists. This also holds true for spiritual and social issues. Almost all the religions point towards a state of thoughtlessness. The only difference is, they have different names for it; Zen monks will call it no mind and Buddhists will call it Nirvana. What makes innovation different from creativity? Innovation is thoughtful application of a creative outburst to satisfy some demand. The demand can be anything. It can be a new product or it can be a new religion. Who is an Innovator?
On all this background, it is a valid question- who is an innovator? How to be innovative? Unlike a creative person, an innovator has to think a lot. He constantly has to be submerged in thoughts. An innovator either has to be creative or he has to be aware of creative activities of other people. As Peter Drucker says, a contemporary scientist had invented a better bulb than Edison but he could not identify the right market for and partners for his creative outburst. Edison, on other hand was well aware of power of the invention and hence was well prepared with partners, financial supporters etc. Edison was also aware of this scientist’s invention. It is said that Edison bought the patent rights for this better bulb and successfully sold it.
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29-Aug-2013 | ||
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