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Ducks in a Row: How to Kill Creativity

by Miki Saxon

ducks_in_a_rowYoungme Moonm, the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, created The Anti-Creativity Checklist, a wonderfully irreverent video incorporating every cliché, past and present, used to kill creativity.

All around us people kill creativity through their frequent, unconscious use, as shown in a quote from last Thursday’s post by Jonah Rockoff, an economist at Columbia University, who said, “…no research he can think of has shown a teacher-training program to boost student achievement. So why invest in training when you could be throwing your money away?”

Not doing something new because there is no proof that it will work is number five in this video by Youngme Moon, a business professor at Harvard Business School.

Which have you heard recently in your workplace?

Which have you used?

Did their use kill creativity or just put it on hold?

My Anti-Creativity Checklist from Youngme Moon on Vimeo.

Image credit: Svadilfari on flickr and Youngme Moonm on Harvard Business Review

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