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Creativity, Innovation, and Change

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The Pennsylvania State University

Creativity, Innovation, and Change

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Let’s keep making history together - over and over! In 2013 and 2014, over 200,000 people from more than 190 countries came together in this MOOC to explore creativity, innovation, and change. What did we DO? We discovered creative uniqueness through Creative Diversity. We used Intelligent Fast Failure to build innovative skills. We applied CENTER principles to drive personal change. And we implemented value creation skills to initiate lasting change. That was CIC 1.0 and CIC 2.0, and it was a BLAST! Now we’re back - and even better than before - with some new faces and fresh ideas to help you develop your creative potential, so you can enhance and transform your business, your community, and your personal life. This is CIC On-demand … we’re ready to ROCK … AND we are always open! Recommended Readings Innovate or Die - Jack Matson: http://amzn.to/14Wed0V CENTER - Darrell Velegol: http://amzn.to/17rLzXJ

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CIC Mindset & Innovation Toolbox

Creativity, innovation, and change require a unique mindset and collection of mental tools. In this module, we will introduce you to the CIC mindset and to Intelligent Fast Failure (IFF) as a powerful tool for innovating. First, you will learn how to alter the way your brain works to produce ideas in the process called Mind Warping. Next, you will act to change your life and the world around you by fully using your own uniqueness. Finally, you will do what is considered impossible starting with little or no knowledge and few resources. Easy, right? Try it and see!

Introduction to IFF2:53

Idea Journal4:18

Mind Warping1:44

Life as Continuing Experiment3:36

Bold Acts of Defiance Exercise0:35

Shoe Tower Assignment0:44

Meet the Instructors

Dr. Kathryn W. Jablokow
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Design
Dr. Darrell Velegol
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Jack V. Matson
Professor Emeritus
Department of Enviromental Engineering
Elizabeth Kisenwether
Assistant Professor
Engineering Design
John Bellanti
Dr.
Dr. Armend Tahirsylaj

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Welcome.

We're back at New Leaf, and I'm here

with Galen, and we're going to talk about change.

What happens to an individual is they start to become an innovator

psychologically, how does that, how did an innovator deal with that?

Galen, what's your take on change?

>> I think the key for me is being willing to start stupid.

There's a great story of the Google Glass prototype.

The early stages that took in 90 minutes they just

put a backpack, a laptop, and some ski goggles and

that led even those 8 pounds at the start led

to what you can now wear that's lighter than sunglasses.

>> So they were prototyping and in that prototyping, it, it, it's never near

perfect, it can be ugly, it can be stupid, it can, you can look like a fool right?

>> Absolutely.

I mean the next stage was 45 minutes of prototyping.

And that was all chopsticks, fishing line, and a piece of

plexiglass, when they were simulating what the user interaction might look like.

So total fools, and then, the final project, eventually.

>> So, it all starts out by looking foolish, but

you're intentionally doing something quickly to get better ideas, right?

>> Right, and, I think there's also a way

to do that unintentionally just to cultivate that attitude.

And I know you have some great experience with that.

>> Well yes.

There's on many occasions you will unintentionally screw up.

>> [LAUGH] >> And look like a fool.

And that can have an effect on your self-esteem.

That is you may have internal resistance to, to trying things out.

>> Right.

>> Or your friends and family may say hey, cool it.

But an innovator has to overcome that resistance, overcome

those obstacles to just experiment, try, see what happens.

>> Yeah, so we've talked about that internal

resistance of being willing to be a fool.

You just mentioned friends and family.

How do you navigate that external resistance when

you're trying to create change in your life?

>> Well they have to understand that you, you're becoming an innovator and

that this process of intelligent fast failure as we, as we defined it earlier,

is that you are going to fail a lot, and you are going

to look foolish, but that is part

of the learning experience in knowledge acquisition.

>> Yeah, it was certainly something I had to navigate of, of working with my

own willingness to be a fool, and trusting that other people can take that too.

>> Yeah, so that is one of the hardest lessons to learn.

I appreciate your comment, and change for the for all you

out there is really an important aspect of becoming an innovator and entrepreneur.

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