Creativity Is Just Connecting Things
Posted by Bobby Solomon • June 6, 2010 • Design

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  1. Indeed, though a bit disappointed such came from Steve Jobs. I guess he also overheard and connected the dots into making a statement.

    What I think is interesting is a look on ‘creativity’ as character trait and as ‘industry’. The term ‘creative’ is used in quite some different ways. As it happens I agree on the view of creativity as in being able to create relationships/ make connections. But this applies to almost every industry. And in that respect it also relates to intelligence. The brilliance in scientific breakthroughs was mostly caused by the creativity of genius scientists.

    Yes? No?

    Comment by Tiemen — June 6, 2010 #

  2. i agree with that more than you know.. wise words.

    Comment by Chris — June 7, 2010 #

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  4. [...] Chuka and Dubem also had us work through some visualisation exercises. Which leads me to my second point: being aware of and registering your surroundings and the impact this has on creativity. “When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.” – Steve Jobs [...]

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  6. I thought this was the definition of creativity as established by structuralism many, many years ago?

    Comment by Daiver — July 14, 2010 #

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