Albert Einstein is quoted with this saying, and it is pretty apt to the Stanford Creative Works. The interesting thing is, can creativity really be passed on? Or is it inherent, lying dormant in some and fully ignited and flowing in others? Adobe and StrategyOne recently performed a study, the State of Create, to see how people feel about creativity. What the results showed was that 1 in every 4 believe that they are not living up to their full creativity.It was conducted as an online survey among a total of 5, 000 people above the age of 18. 1 000 participants from each in the US, UK, Germany, France and Japan.There seems to be a definite potential that most people feel, a creative potential that even though all are not able to perceive it, it is present. Whether or not this is what a scientific community calls fact, there is value in offering people a safe space to explore and indulge in their creative juices.
At the Stanford Kids Creative Workshop, the focus is not fixed on the outcome, but rather on the experience of being creative. There are numerous studies showing the ripple effects in ourselves when we are creative however no scientist has, as yet, pinned creativity down to any one boxed idea- that would, in essence, be rather un-creative.....so, let's remember the creative spirit, whether you nurture it for yourself through innovative business thinking, ideas, painting or gardening, just feel it and let the ripple effects emanate...
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