{"id":11627,"date":"2013-03-05T20:27:18","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T03:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=11627"},"modified":"2013-03-05T20:27:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T03:27:18","slug":"creative-or-uncreative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=11627","title":{"rendered":"Creative or Uncreative?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am the oldest of three, by two minutes.\u00a0 My twin brother, my sister and I could not be more different.\u00a0 My brother is a Blues musician; he lives in New Orleans and travels the world playing the harmonica with The Little Freddie King Band.\u00a0 My younger sister started her career as a stand-up comic, and then became a writer and producer.\u00a0 I\u2019m in project management.\u00a0 When I share this information with others during social chit-chat, the most common reaction I receive is, \u201cWhat happened to you?\u201d<\/p>\n

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We often stereotype creative and uncreative people.\u00a0 More often than not, we describe creative people as\u201d flamboyant\u201d and \u201cextroverted\u201d.\u00a0 Uncreative people are often described as \u201cdull\u201d, \u201cboring\u201d or \u201canalytical\u201d.\u00a0 The fact is, creative people come from all sorts of background and do not hold stereotypical attributes.\u00a0 It is not possible to identify creative people by their appearance or their actions.\u00a0 However, creative people share a common behavior:\u00a0 then tend to be brave\u2014they are willing to take risks.<\/p>\n

Project teams must find their creative powers to be successful.\u00a0 How do we become more creative?\u00a0 By becoming BIRDS.\u00a0 There are four primary attributes that promote our creative powers:<\/p>\n