CREATIVITY- A CRUCIAL SKILL FOR PROFESSIONALS?
INTRODUCTION
Creativity is the ability of a person to come up with something new. It is the ability of a person to do things in a different way. They have the special ability to give a new direction to everything which they put their hand in. they can be considered as ‘artists’, but one must always remember that “all artists are creative thinkers, but not all creative thinkers are artists.”
TOP SKILLS :
Analytical: The creative thinkers are great observer too. They see, observe and critically analyze the things and then land up to some new and innovative ideas.
Open-Minded: They are the people who think open-mindedly. They usually don’t burden themselves with nonsense thoughts. They are messy at the beginning but eventually organize them before presenting their self and their work to the audience.
Problem-solving: They have a unique mindset and different perspective towards life and the problems related to it. Majorly, for this reason, the employers are keen to hire the creative employs for they can handle stressful situations with an easy go.
Communication: Intrapersonal communication is a major part of creative people’s personality that helps them to come up with solutions to major tricky situations too!
In a famous story of Sherlock Holmes, where he realized that a dog not barking is the symbol of a murder case, Sherlock Holmes uses the concept of lateral thinking. Lateral Thinking is the perceptional part of thinking. When the thinking takes place outside the box, this creativity is known as lateral thinking.
In the early 13th century, creativity was defined as a sense of ability, cleverness. The creative employees are extremely valuable to the firm they work for. They hire them, basically, for they can help solve work-related issues, data set, group project and the conflict between employees.
Kids are really creative and we can prepare them to solve future problems by helping them to enhance their creativity. We can do that by various mediums i.e by introducing them to arts or letting them explore around. One of the simpler ways to help them is introducing Tinkering and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) to them. STEAM Education helps children to develop critical thinking skills and can have a crucial part in developing motor skills of young children as this type of education involves doing things practically, it is based on hands-on experience.
In simpler words, it can be said that creativity is the “how” part for solving the various problems of life, be it at a personal level or at the professional level. And, hence, can be concluded that creativity is the basic element for achieving success in professional life and touching the skies.