I’ve been enjoying the creativity and innovation discussion on the Creative Skills Training Council list, so I was very intrigued to see a short piece in today’s Sydney Morning Herald, stating that ?What If!“ who bill themselves as the world’s largest independent innovation company – is closing down its Australian operation because “Australian businesses aren’t very innovative and that translates into a lack of preparedness to pay consultants to help them innovate” according to MD Tim Pethick.
My ten cents worth is that everyone is creative can create to a greater or lesser degree. Like the theory of multiple intelligences, there are multiple forms of creativity in the workplace – from new product ideas, to new process ideas, to new ideas for working together. There’s even creative accounting – though that’s a bit on the nose these days!