CREATIVE IMPERATIVE

People the World over are creative, as characterized by being original, expressive, imaginative. It is the obligation, the responsibility of society to empower and enable this creativity to flourish.

In our time there is the absolute need - we can almost say compulsion - to be creative…We must show that we can then translate [ideas] into reality. Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

Follow an idea (perhaps one of your own) from the point of inception to implementation. Take note of: What happened along the way? How the idea changed? Who participated in the process? Was synergy involved? Did the idea fail along the way and why?

In looking at the issue (of opportunity) at hand, what are the creative elements? What creative skills are in our midst? Are we doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results? Have we sought out the views of outliers? (Outliers are those who have the energy to maintain a view different from the consensus.)

Provisions -Guiding Principles-