Read a selection of your colleagues' postings. Respond to two of your colleagues in one or more of the following ways: Share ways you or your organization has worked to challenge myths of creativity. Share an insight you gained from reading your colleagues' postings regarding how you might challenge the myths regarding creativity at your workplace. Offer an alternative perspective on your colleague's analysis by using a specific example from your own experience. Post1. Myths and misconceptions of creativity      Myths and misconceptions can be somewhat of a forbidden fruit when the use of creativity is restricted to only people who have developed this new and ground-breaking product or service earning them a well-known name throughout the world. However, myths can create barriers in our minds resulting in broken dreams and an unfulfilled life. Our media presentation presented several myths and misconceptions I could relate to my past beliefs, for example, the myth of “children are more creative than adults.” In the early part of my life growing up, I have always viewed adults as the people who were the most creative and had all the answers to life’s problems and children didn’t know as much and neither were they given the platform to show their creative side. As an adult, I have learned that everyone has some form of creativity to use for survival, share with others, and to grow from in this world since birth. Capps (2012) discussed and analyzed Pruyser’s account of “An Essay on Creativity” giving the early childhood qualities of creativity as “playfulness”, “curiosity”, and “pleasure seeking” and that “adaptation is itself a form of creativity.” These qualities alone show how far back creativity originates and continues to carries on throughout life. Playfulness was noted as a creativity which requires a “playful attitude and a skill at playing,” and knowing how to curb times of play to address more serious moments. He also demonstrated the adaptation skills adults develop in the aging process, leading to the use of creativity necessary for life and sustainability after losing some of the abilities that were once susceptible during their days of youth (p.630-31).      Another myth in our media presentation was, “Creativity and originality are the same thing,” which isn’t necessarily true, although some creativity can be original and some ideas of creativity could have been originated by someone else. For instance, on my job we are encouraged to design our own fun calendar to increase associate engagement, this idea was originated by someone else; however, the calendar each individual HR associate creates for their store will have some originality as oppose to other store’s fun calendars.      From childhood until now, myths and misconceptions have been in existence. Creativity is not prone to only children versus the adults and neither is creativity and originality is the same. Children have the ability to be creative as well as adults, ...

1. Read
a selection of your colleagues' postings.
Respond
to two of your colleagues in one or more of the following ways:
Share ways you or your organization has worked to challenge
myths of creativity.
Share an insight you gained from reading your colleagues'
postings regarding how you might challenge the myths
regarding creativity at your workplace.
Offer an alternative perspective on your colleague's analysis by
using a specific example from your own experience.
Post1.
Myths and misconceptions of creativity
Myths and misconceptions can be somewhat of a forbidden
fruit when the use of creativity is restricted to only people who
have developed this new and ground-breaking product or service
earning them a well-known name throughout the world.
However, myths can create barriers in our minds resulting in
broken dreams and an unfulfilled life. Our media presentation
presented several myths and misconceptions I could relate to my
past beliefs, for example, the myth of “children are more
creative than adults.” In the early part of my life growing up, I
have always viewed adults as the people who were the most
creative and had all the answers to life’s problems and children
didn’t know as much and neither were they given the platform
to show their creative side. As an adult, I have learned that
everyone has some form of creativity to use for survival, share
with others, and to grow from in this world since birth. Capps
(2012) discussed and analyzed Pruyser’s account of “An Essay
on Creativity” giving the early childhood qualities of creativity
as “playfulness”, “curiosity”, and “pleasure seeking” and that
“adaptation is itself a form of creativity.” These qualities alone
show how far back creativity originates and continues to carries
on throughout life. Playfulness was noted as a creativity which

2. requires a “playful attitude and a skill at playing,” and knowing
how to curb times of play to address more serious moments. He
also demonstrated the adaptation skills adults develop in the
aging process, leading to the use of creativity necessary for life
and sustainability after losing some of the abilities that were
once susceptible during their days of youth (p.630-31).
Another myth in our media presentation was, “Creativity and
originality are the same thing,” which isn’t necessarily true,
although some creativity can be original and some ideas of
creativity could have been originated by someone else. For
instance, on my job we are encouraged to design our own fun
calendar to increase associate engagement, this idea was
originated by someone else; however, the calendar each
individual HR associate creates for their store will have some
originality as oppose to other store’s fun calendars.
From childhood until now, myths and misconceptions have
been in existence. Creativity is not prone to only children
versus the adults and neither is creativity and originality is the
same. Children have the ability to be creative as well as adults,
however, children can assist adults into creativity and vice
versa.
Post2.
I often get wrapped up in thinking that innovation is something
new and not necessarily “useful”. When I think of innovation I
first think of Apple and how they revolutionized computers and
phones. This was the ultimate creativity because it is useful as
well as innovative (Laureate Education, 2012f). Kids are
creative in their own way. They are imaginative which flows to
an open thought process, where as adults are just as creative but
think in more practical matters abut their ideas (Laureate,
2012f). I have encountered that when working on a new project
at work, everyone is just as creative (Laureate Education,
2012f). Whether people add small inputs or large inputs,

3. everyone adds value and work into innovation (Laureate
Education, 2012f).
In my job, I was working on planning new hire
orientation for interns this summer when I decided I wanted to
switch it up entirely from last year. I formed a group
specifically because I knew I had some good ideas, but having
support and people to bounce them off of make all the
difference. I presented my idea to create a video and make the
orientation more interactive. I, like Nadia, did much research
and learning from my co-workers who have been at the company
for many years (Laureate Education, 2012f). We came to the
conclusion that we could involve the interns in the video and
make a contest this summer for them to share their favorite
things about interning at the company. This was creative and
useful (Laureate Education, 2012f). Interns would respond well
to hearing insight from their peers. Not only were they now
creating a chunk of the video for us, they were going to have a
fun contest that would improve their experience at Sandia this
summer.
I believe in myself as well as others who bring
usefulness and past experience into my ideas. Adults are
creative and sometimes it takes doing your research to know
what will work and what will not (Laureate Education, 2012f).
Everyone adds a piece of the puzzle and together it is better
than one idea (Laureate Education, 2012f).