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Creativity Lessons from Japan
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Welcome to your Friday dose of curated thoughts; my name is Tom Barrett. You are reading issue 218 of the Dialogic Learning Weekly newsletter.
In this week’s issue, I share creativity lessons from successful Japanese companies.
I stumbled on this mini-site by Chris Berthelsen called Patterns of Creativity in Japan during some recent research. Today I share three of the ideas that are part of the collection.
Based on research originally produced for a Japan-focused research company, this website features short notes on how successful Japanese companies developed the creativity of their employees and organizations.
‘Mikansei’ (Incompleteness)+ The ‘Tataki-Dai’
A couple of connected ideas and strategies to get us started. One way we can foster more creativity in our teams is to seek feedback early when our work is painfully incomplete.
Encouraging employees to view products as incomplete gives them freedom to become “creative ‘artists’ who are encouraged to recreate products and services in new ways.” “Incompleteness is not seen as a sign of…
