“Creativity is the power that generates innovation.” At the beginning of The Creative Mindset , authors Jeff and Staney DeGraff define the interplay between these two processes. Creativity is coming up with a great idea; innovation is making it happen. Both are necessary to impact our world. In this book, the emphasis is on developing a mindset and the skills for creative thinking that will result in innovative ideas that one wishes to pursue. Since I have taught seminary classes involving creativity and innovation for several years, I am pleased to find this “toolbox” of tools and techniques to enhance the creative process. The authors’ process is clear and easy to grasp: Clarify--getting the challenge right; Replicate--mimicking and reapplying ideas; Elaborate--multiplying ideas by adding new ones; Associate--connecting ideas with analogies; Translate--creating stories from ideas; Evaluate--selecting the best ideas...
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