Your favorite novels and movies can inspire plot and characters for case studies and simulations. The fun twists in some advertising can inspire educational videos. It’s amazing how the mind works with just a little bit of creative input, and there are many things that can serve as creative databases if you look out at the world through an open mind. These creative break-outs depend on inputs – on noticing the world around you.Ī corollary to this creative sensing is the old adage: “garbage in, garbage out” – reminding us that if we only see work that is rote and bland, we may find it hard to get the inspiration to kick up our own work. Studies show that creativity is often prompted by inputs that seem to be unrelated – morphing ideas from one arena to another, or playing out metaphors, or making connections that are not obvious. Julie Cameron, in The Artists Way and other books supporting creative processes, recommends a weekly “artist date” (a solo trip to pursue an interest) to fill the creative well.
You can develop your own approach by building on what has been done before.Ĭreative people are constantly sensing for inspiration. Most roles in learning and development contain creative work, tasked with crafting deliverables that are unique or customized and that are intended to be engaging and impactful. The more good ideas you collect, the more you can choose from to be influenced by.” All creative work builds on what came before.” Therefore, “your job is to collect good ideas. “What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. Austin Kleon celebrated this kind of stealing in his best-selling book, Steal Like an Artist. Pablo Picasso is thought to have said, “good artists copy great artists steal.” In this context, to “steal” means to take another’s work and make it your own – it’s a process of transformation, not appropriation.
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