Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

One recent IBM survey of more than 1,500 CEOs reports that creativity is the single most important leadership competency for enterprises facing the complexity of global commerce today.

The truth is, we all have far more creative potential waiting to be tapped.

creativity “is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.

the real value of creativity doesn’t emerge until you are brave enough to act on those ideas.

Belief in your creative capacity lies at the heart of innovation.

KEEP A BUG LIST TO FIND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES

Noticing that something is broken is an essential prerequisite for coming up with a creative solution to fix it. Making “bug lists,” which Tom described in The Art of Innovation, can help you to see more opportunities to apply creativity.

They live in the active voice. They write the scripts of their own lives, and in doing so, they have greater impact on the world around them.

Start with a growth mindset, the deep-seated belief that your true potential is still unknown. That you are not limited to only what you have been able to do before.