Using Toys to Foster Creativity and Innovation at Work by Grace McGartland Author of Thunderbolt Thinking and designer of the Thunderbolt Tool Kit, Grace McGartand uses fresh idea-sparking techniques to coach organizations by rejuvenating thinking and improving performance. Each of us has the capacity to scale our business challenges creatively.
Creativity is a skill that can be taught and learned .
Think of creativity as a habit. On a daily basis, you look for ways to realign things or ideas into relationships that didn't previously exist. Which means that creativity can be leveraged everywhere from using duct tape and paper clips for purposes other than their intended uses, to finding new ways to approach the product design and customer service processes in your organization. While creativity is the process of realigning existing resources into new relationships, innovation is the process of zeroing in on effective ideas and finding ways to put those new relationships into action. In other words, your organization might come up with 15 unexpected and fresh ideas for designing a new product, but true innovation will occur only when you develop a creative environment that embraces change, allowing you to transform those fresh ideas into usable outcomes.