Continual Innovation

It might be said that creativity is a blend of science and art. Documented a number of times and over may possibly years, the creative procedure is well understood and yet still mysterious. The diagram shows many of the common process descriptions, in it’s simplest form Helmholtz 3 phase model Preparation, Incubation and Illumination, by way of to the far more detailed 4 and 5 phase models. Every model showing the definer’s focus area as being either preparatory work or the transformation of the creative idea into reality, but all having a period of Incubation, the void from which the answer arises. And herein lies the art.

Similarly Personal and organizational Change, or a lot more specifically Transition, is a procedure which has been well documented. Bearing a lot of resemblance to the grief procedure, where the actions include: Awareness, Fear, Guilt, Denial, Depression, Acceptance and then finally the change. Our emotive responses via the course of the change depend on numerous issues such as our attachment to the previous state or condition and upon our previous experiences. At times these responses may possibly appear really random simply because each of us individually will respond to stimuli differently and so to our emotional responses are various.

It is fascinating to note here that the creative method period of incubation (an opportunity for the conscious mind to rest) and the apparently random emotional responses in the change method (subject to the brain patterning of each individual based upon the response to past experiences) both appear to be subjects of the realm of the subconscious, that which is just beneath the surface.

Whatever else could be said of these two processes it is increasingly evident that organizations are facing a lot more and a lot more change than ever before and at a faster rate, coupled with a need to stay creative and guarantee a competitive benefit.

So what is it that Juggling may supply to these arena’s of the organizations life? Perhaps a lot more than your may well feel.

Let us begin with Creativity’s “Incubation” period.

The finest incubation period is 1 which removes the conscious mind completely from the object job. For example sleeping, a complete removal of the conscious mind from the task at hand, has often been reported as assisting in offering the ideas for a answer. Sporting activities such as walking, jogging, or the gym have also shown a comparable result. Less healthy pastimes such as a quick smoke are usually described as “time to think” by the user. What juggling offers here is a chance to step away from the computer, take a break from the job at hand, and put the conscious energies of the mind to work on yet another job. The incubation period need that the conscious mind be entirely removed from the object job otherwise incubation will not take place. Juggling does this with out utilizing to a lot of the day, and in a healthy manner.

Next the cultivation of creativity in an environment has also been documented to require a healthy does of fun. Enjoyable helps the mind release all sort of wonderful hormones that support relieve tension and improve relaxation. Juggling is fun, while remaining challenging .

Now on to the process of change. If you think about what juggling is establishing a routine throwing pattern and then changing it, Juggling is all about change. Beyond the obvious change that is required, recent studies in the UK have found that “learning to juggle boosts brain connections by making structural changes in the white matter of the brain” source www.Medicalnewstoday.com  This change in wiring between the left and correct hemispheres improves the capability to juggle smoothly. Also interestingly the left and appropriate hemispheres control the logical and creative faculties respectively.

As you start to establish routines and then discover to break them by adding tricks you are in reality establishing habits and then changing them. You are practicing change on a tiny scale with small or no risk (maybe the ego if your attempting to impress others, but then a little humility goes a lengthy way).

The two lessons most readily observed when studying to juggle are our personal response to failure, dropping the ball, and to frustration, dropping it once more, and again, and once more. When driving organizational change we are practically definitely going to make mistakes along the way and come up against frustrating circumstances. Juggling provides a low risk activity in which we can observe our own responses and test techniques to deal with them as they arise.

And so although I do not suppose to say that juggling is the answer for all organizational changes nor the ultimate weapon in the search for far better innovation, it can be a tool which may possibly add value to your organizations people, processes and goods.

You can contact Jonathan Grigg at http://au.linkedin.com/in/jonathangrigg1 .