Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959)

Re:Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959) by johnsmith21006 on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:41PM (#13320887)

Love the article but disagree on a couple points. First, the ideal is two where both are creative as they work off each other. You can NOT do the creative part with non creative it is too hard. Tons of miss understandings. If they talk about the session they will explain wrong and cause a lot of angst in the group, division, company, etc. Or explain but not provide the reasons as they might not understand the bigger picture.

A huge issue is if the creative person is not the boss or have very strong Influence it is very difficult to get a non creative on board.

With that said I really enjoyed the article. Plus would not be surprised if others disagree with me based on their own experiences. Think parts could be very individual and dependent on external factors.

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Re:Isaac Asimov Asks, “How Do People Get New Ideas?” (1959) by nappy on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @01:57PM (#13321031)

I think there is some responsibility on the part of the "non-creative" here. It's very important to communicate when you are challenging someone directly and believe something to be true vs. throwing around ideas for comments and to generate new ideas. When a key business decision is being made, points of disagreement are exactly that, something to be debated and decision to be made. For someone who is less creative, it's easy to see everything this way. For a creative trying to come up with ideas and have a discussion, communicating clearly and upfront the purpose of your thoughts can go a long way. "I think we should..." frames a conversation very differently than "Hey, this is is a little crazy, but what would happen if..."

Also, I don't think the world is cleanly split into "non-creative" and "creative", but completely accept this simplification for brevity here :)

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