Book: The Creative Confidence "Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All", by Tom & Dave Kelley, Chapter 4

1. From
Planning
to action
"LEAP"
Action and Iteration are
imperative to innovation and
creativity, both for individuals and
organizations
Trying and Failing at a hundred
other solutions before arriving at
the best one
Innovation is all about quickly
turning ideas into action.
We have to learn by doing as
soon as we can....
People with creative confidence
is not passive
They have a greater impact on
the world
People with creative
confidence have a "do
something" mindset. They
believe their actions can
make a positive difference,
so they act. Knowing they
will not always be right but
optimistic about their ability
to experiment and conduct
midcourse corrections
further down the road
Showing by telling
The first step toward being creative is
often simply to go beyond being a
passive observer
And to translate thoughts
into deeds
Making a bug list to see
more opportunities
Noticing more
opportunities to do
things better
The
"Do something"
mindset
"Knowing-do gap" Is the
space between what we
know we should do and
what we actually do.
With a more proactive
mindset you will start to
see more opportunities
for action around you
Action
Do or do not
there is no try
Sometimes our
efforts fail because of
the level of
commitment to
change
You have to focus on
getting it done now
Stop planning
and start acting
A subtle excuse
In trying
Use constraint
to fuel
creative action
EXPERIMENT TO
LEARN
Constraints can
spur creativity
and incite action
as long as you
have the
confidence to
embrace them
Relentlessly seek
out clever new
ways to create
low-cost
experiments. The
best kinds of
failures are quick,
cheap an early.
Build prototypes
Less is more
Source: Creative Confidence, Unleashing the creative potential within us
all, chapter 4, tom and dave kelley
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