Think Without The Box

7/17/2014 by kacho 2 Comments A⁺ a^-

"If you want to be creative, then think the opposite of the common.Think out of thebox", a motivator said.

When i heard that, i only think that he is silly. Come on, is that enough to be creative?? Well, i can only assume that he dont really understand about creative, but follow the common style of thinking, about creative.

if what we need to be creative only think the oppositw of the common, then it'll be okay if we do the genocide with the most painful and cruel as a way to control human population? Or kill all the patients as a way to cure people and prevent the disease, no matter what the disease is? Or, make a museum from a living human to show how far human can survive the pain and torture? Or, torture ourselved only to draw attention to us???

Oh, well, i would call that as dumb!! Think the opposite doesn't make you a creative person, rather you could make things worse than before.

That's the reason i write this statement on my facebook :

"Why do people wants the same form of creative? Creative is to be like this and that. I dont think creative should be "outside the box". It doesn't matter whether you inside, outside or nowhere (without) of the box. It is matter that you reach your purpose, solve the problem well on the whole (for now and later), whether it's inside, outside or nowhere(without) of the box. Because i do think that is the reason God create creativity, to compensate with the dynamics of life.

Creative isn't only means new and different, it means solve the problem well on the whole with all the things you have right at the time. Just focus to solve the problem, not the box.

So, no matter whether you use a traditional, modern, simple, complex or a whole new way to solve the problem. The most important thing is the problem is solved in effective, eficient way and give the optimal outcome."

by K

Innovative & Creative

Sometimes, we don't need to think something complicated and new to be creative, sometimes all we need is understanding of the problem and simple method to solve some problem. For example, In a soap factory, there was a problem. The workers sometimes forget to fill the soap box with soap, but the factory dont want to send an empty soap box to the consumers. So,they must solve this problem. Then, they called "A" and "B" to solve the problem. Later, "A" created a machine that is able to scan the contents of the soap box, so you will know the soap box already contains soap or not. Meanwhile, the "B" bring a big fan. He uses the fan to blow away the soap box that was empty. So with that we can find out where the soap box is empty or not.

I would say both of them are creative. But i think B is more creative, because B's solution is much more cheap, it means that he can offer the most effective and efficient solution to the factory's problem. B knows that an empty soap box is light. So, it would be easy to blow it away.

Whereas, A solution is more innovative. He offer a new solution by create a machine for scanning the soap box. But i think, this solution won't worth much if the machine can't give more advantage than this. Because, this problem actually can be solved by B, more effeciently. So, if the machine can't do any better than the big fan, i would say that B solution is not an efficient solution.B's solution is better A's, That's why i said that B's solution is more creative than A's.

See? To be creative doesn't mean being all new and complicated like A did. Sometimes, it just very simple and cheap. We don't have to use new tool or way to solve the problem, we just have to use everything around us "wisely".

Some people misunderstand between innovative and creative. They define creative as a new things. But, i think that definition is more fit for innovative, not creative. Just like i said on my facebook's status, creative means solve the problem well on the whole with all the things you have at the time.