Creativity

Creativity may be one of the most intrinsic ‘human’ qualities we possess.

Our dear friend Wiki provides this preamble on creativity:

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created (such as an idea, a joke, a literary work, a painting or musical composition, a solution, an invention etc.). 

That’s right, creativity results in something valuable.

Dan Pallotta’s recent post on creativity and innovation points at what’s driving this.  His theory: innovation is powered and developed by love.  Love is a force like nothing else; feeling loved by virtue of whoever decided screens on the back of aeroplane seats were a good idea, by video chats closing the relational distance around the world, loved as we are empowered to live with our friends and family feeling closer than ever.

Pallotta maintains: ‘You don’t have to give a million dollars to charity to be a philanthropist. You simply have to actively demonstrate your love of humanity.’