Comments on: Happy ideas

By: Dave (Telstra)

Dave (Telstra) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:28:11 +0000

Mine just come to me when I’m in the relaxing gaming zone environment.

I guess I like to do things a little different. Sure I scribble stuff down and draw arrows and jot down some meaning to work it all out, much the same as the next person and a well oiled team can certainly make a difference.

But when the gap is so huge, I realise that a lot of people don’t want to attempt it in fear of falling because they can’t see. So in order to bring them around I like to take them on a journey through discussion & experience and push mountains into valleys and flatten out the way so they can see more clearly.

It’s a little unorthodox, but I’m finding the adoption rate much higher than the normal way of ploughing out all the points and attempting to sell it all in one go.

I just like use what works, whatever gets the wheels moving. And, if I can inspire a few people act along the way, then mission accomplished.

Cheers
Dave

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:23:09 +0000

That’s a really good point Sami and I hadn’t made my point clear about how technology enables my creative Eureka moments!
I use a Wacom graphics tablet for storyboarding and doodling creative ideas and I guess not exactly telco or technology exactly I still think it adds to the mix.
I agree with you about innovation and teamwork although in my Degree it is all distance learning so the only teamwork I get is from Blackboard (and my puppies) so I still rely on my own creative thoughts and process to be innovative.

By: Sami Makelainen

Sami Makelainen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:34:29 +0000

Being stuck with technology for most of the working days, my creative process starts by getting as far away from all technology as possible. Going surfing is a good primer for such activity as they have yet to come up with e.g. mobile devices that could withstand a day in the water (or the inevitable “washing machine” as I’m not very good at the sport .

When you do come up with an idea – a Eureka moment, if you will – it’s far, far more convenient to use pen and paper to draw it up than to fire up a computer and attempt to document it clumsily within the constraints of whatever software you’re trying to do it in.

This may change in the future – perhaps even with the iPad if it’s good enough (doubt that though) – but for now, technology is of no help in the crucial steps of the eureka-style creative process.

However – and this is another topic entirely – creativeness or innovation is NOT about “Eureka” moments or lone geniuses thinking $hit up. That is a common misconception. Innovation comes from properly framed teamwork with the right mix of people.

But like I said, that’s another story..