每個殺手級的成功產品都源於一個生態系統.
是環境成就了成功的產品, 不是個人. 蘋果,三星都是一個Eco system的產物. 不是一個人或一個老闆,一個xx搞的出來的.
肯定的是,從以前到現在,台灣絕對不是一個創新的經濟體, 我自己給台灣的產業取了一個名子叫"苦勞經濟體", "苦勞經濟生態系統".
這樣的工作型態承伴隨的是工時長,薪資不高或停滯不前,壓力大, 過勞,無薪假. 對照現在台灣經濟處境,像不像?
但是,什麼是創新,創意的生活?
到底要怎麼創新? 怎麼做? 怎麼都沒有講清楚?
其實,創新的生活,簡言之,就是一個正常的生活,
不需什麼理由解釋說明; 生活不正常,常常工作到深夜, 要怎麼創新,創作?
創造力能讓人比較快樂,比較有彈性, 比較少焦慮,比較能平和的去面對困難解決問題.
工作的壓力會把人消耗怠盡.
熱情是一種心理能量, 心境上的保護膜, 可以讓工作更持久, 不會讓人厭惡工作.
想像力和創造力是一種"目的感".
如果缺少這種創意的感覺, 就不太可能有同理心了.
沒有這樣的同理心, 其後果就是炫燿個人財富,崇拜他人財富,交一堆損友,盲目追求物慾和空想. 其後果將在人生中浪費生命.
言淺意深, 心靈空虛請問要怎麼創新和創作?
真的要摸摸良心問問自己,是否樂在工作?
是否願意少賺點錢卻能得到更多真正的快樂?
當失業時, 是否還能追隨你心中的熱情或理想?
還是你已工作成癮, 只知道一直努力工作, 一直努力工作, 其他
乏善可陳?
創新的路徑沒有規則,也沒有捷徑;
但是可以有一些忠告讓我知道如何有一個有創意的生活方式.
這些建議是我目前在台灣的各種產業政策報導中所沒見過卻很有理的.
1. 閉嘴,停止批評,責備. 觀照內心
這點真是一針見血直指台灣目前最大問題, 不管是證所稅, 油電雙漲,產業問題, 產學脫鉤...幾乎皆適用.
傾聽內心的聲音真的很重要, 創新需要一種內在的精神紀律.
2. 相信自己及自己的願景, 要對自己的理想和企圖心做個自我宣告. 宣示追求自己的夢想.
3. 持續學習,終身學習. 永遠保持一種好奇心.
這點比較無疑問, 大老闆應該都講過.
但學習的對象就不限課堂內外了. 尋良師亦友, 這道理古代就有了. 重點是, 依據主題尋良師; 而不是坐在教室裡打鐘上課的那種老師.
4. 重新定義失敗,及失敗的循環.
一句俗語, '勝敗乃兵家常事' . 像個循環週期.
要從失敗中學習到教訓與經驗; 從成功裡學不到東西.
5. 要會玩!!
玩中可以的到很多創新 想像 和想法. 散步,運動,接觸大自然,學畫畫,聽音樂,攝影,當志工...都是.
學習接納聆聽不同的意見和文化.
多去旅行,長見識. 接觸不同文化,平衡自己的傾向和觀點.
6. 專注於自我反省. 定期自檢.
7. 一步一腳印. 腳踏實地
的確,以上是台灣產業及企業中普遍缺少的DNA.
如何營造一個創新的環境, 創新導向的社會,創新的文化及企業精神? 反覆看這字裡行間 應有所感.
有了這樣的生態系統, 才有脫離苦勞經濟的一天.
May 26, 2012 -- Updated 1843 GMT (0243 HKT)
Take solace in the fact that "the creative process is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Link between creativity and better mental and physical health is well established
- Passion protects us physiologically, allowing us to work longer with less stress
- Take time off and find ways to recharge your creative and physical energy, expert says
Editor's note: Columnist Amanda Enayati ponders the theme of seeking serenity, the quest for well-being and life balance in stressful times.
(CNN) -- There are many conversations taking place right now about creativity -- how our future depends on it, how our kids are losing it, how most schools are killing it, and how parents ought to be nurturing and encouraging it.
I recently attended a lecture on the topic by Tony Wagner, Innovation Education Fellow at Harvard's Technology & Entrepreneurship Center and author of "Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World." The lecture took place in an auditorium that was packed with parents, well-motivated on behalf of their kids.
As the mother of two small children, I, too, am very interested in what enables young innovators to flourish and perhaps even go on to change the world.
But I am equally interested in what reignites "old" innovators. That is, how can people well past what our culture defines as their prime awaken to mobilize dormant creativity?
"I loved your book for young innovators," I told Wagner a few days after his lecture. "But what about the rest of us? Where's our path to innovating, to changing the world?"
"The path is still there," Wagner said with a chuckle, "but it can become more difficult to find later in life."-
Why is that?
"We must work very hard to listen to ourselves, because the distractions continue to multiply."
Creating helps make people happier, less anxious and more resilient, Amanda Enayati says.
Living a life of innovation needs no justification, but there are plenty of good reasons -- both pragmatic and otherwise -- to do so.
The link between creativity and better mental and physical health is well established by research. Creating helps make people happier, less anxious, more resilient and better equipped to problem-solve in the face of hardship.
Studies say that the stress of work is consuming many of us. And that stress can lead to weight gain, elevated glucose levels, upper-respiratory infections and cardiovascular disease.
Confucius once said that if you choose a job you love, you will never work a day in your life. Confucius must have known then what science now confirms: Passion protects us physiologically, allowing us to work longer and harder than we would be able to toiling away at a job we hate.
Imagining and creating give us a sense of purpose, Wagner says. If you lack those things, a pervasive sense of emptiness becomes the default. The great seduction later in life is that many of us fill the vacuum with false friends, material things and medication, both legal and otherwise.
The first question Wagner asks is: "Are you willing to settle for less money?" Obligations to family, children and mortgages lock many people into career paths that provide a certain income but far less satisfaction.
"I recently met someone trained as an M.D. who is teaching high school science," Wagner says. "She settled for less money but is much happier."
More questions to ask yourself: Are you giving back? Are you making a difference? Are you following your passion when you're not working, or has working become an addiction?
The creative path can be an unconventional one, and choosing it may sometimes be a difficult pursuit. Wagner offers some sound advice that can help guide the way:
Shut out the noise. At some point it's time to stop blaming family, friends and life circumstances. "Look inward," Wagner says. Ultimately the path to innovation requires a certain kind of inner strength, a spiritual discipline. It's important to cultivate the discipline of listening to yourself. Even if you have no support, the support that ultimately matters most must come from within you.
Believe in yourself and your vision. Begin by making a declaration of yourself and your intentions. Put a stake in the ground by making a statement out loud in front of a mirror. Write about your passions in a journal entry, even on a piece of paper. We all have ideas and perceptions, but you can't follow your dream and vision unless you can give it a voice.
Continue to learn. We are wired to be lifelong learners. "It's in our DNA," Wagner says. Is the spirit of curiosity still alive as you get older? Do you listen to your own questions, ideas and interests? Do you make time for them?
Wagner recommends continuing to study things that you care about and developing an area of expertise, inside or outside a formal classroom setting. Seek out teachers who are passionate about their subject. Make a sustained effort over time to master your own interests.
Redefine failure and embrace iteration. By now, you have failed -- and probably more than once. And if you haven't, you are probably playing it too safe.
Accept failure, Wagner writes, because though it "hurts like hell -- especially failing in public ... you will learn some of your most valuable lessons from failure -- far more than from your successes."
"You will learn some of your most valuable lessons from failure."
Tony Wagner, innovation expert
Tony Wagner, innovation expert
We need to redefine "failure" as a society. "It has become a pejorative in our vocabulary," Wagner says. No one wants to fail, and yet you can't pursue passion and purpose without a great deal of trial and error and multiple failures.
Wagner prefers the term "iteration," a design concept which involves the continuous prototyping, testing, analyzing and refining of an idea or product.
Have fun. Creativity, imagination and innovation usually find us during moments of play. Take time off and find ways to recharge your creative and physical energy, Wagner suggests. Take walks, get regular exercise, spend time in nature, listen to music, study paintings and photographs, volunteer.
Practice listening to many different kinds of people and ideas.More people are choosing their source of news by only listening to those who reinforce their biases and points of view. This does you a disservice.
Experience another culture, Wagner suggests. Read a thoughtful opinion piece that is diametrically opposed to your own, read history and good novels, explore other religions as a way of understanding the world.
Wagner believes that travel is important as a way of expanding our view and upsetting our inclination toward equilibrium. But the type of travel matters. Are you engaging in just another form of consumption or undertaking a potentially life-changing learning experience? Do you immerse yourself in authentic experiences or wall off in a cocoon of the familiar?
Travel with the purpose of really understanding a culture, a way of life and being that is radically different from your own.
Work hard at mastery. By now, you are probably no stranger to discipline and hard work. In his book "The Outliers," Malcolm Gladwell writes about the importance of putting in 10,000 hours to master something.
There are no shortcuts to mastery for anyone -- young or old. Though this can mean double the workload for many of us who also hold a day job, you may take solace in the fact that the creative process is "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" (so is genius, as inventor Thomas Edison famously said).
"You will likely need to develop a regular schedule and a routine for your work," Wagner writes.
Engage in self-reflection. Wagner emphasizes the importance of establishing a regular mindfulness practice, through meditation, writing in a journal, walking, yoga or other pursuits.
If the passion for and benefits of creativity are ageless, then imagination, creativity and innovation cannot just be a young person's game.
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