Discussion 2: Building Creative Confidence Read Part 2 of the Drive Book. According to Dr. Phil Samuel and Dr. Michael Ohler (n.d.), "Creativity is not a special gift endowed only upon a lucky few. It is for everyone and it is everywhere." Watch this TED Video: (http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence?language=en) Why is creative confidence important in open and collaborative innovation? Will people be affected if they choose not to exercise their creative confidence? How? What are examples of companies that practice open/collaborative innovation? What impact is the organization having on their community and society-at-large because of their open/collaborative innovation approaches? Samuel, P. & Ohler, M. (n.d.). Creativity is everywhere and for everyone. In BMGI. Retrieved March 27, 2015, from https://www.bmgi.com/resources/articles/creativity-everywhere-and-everyone

Reply on 2 students. Reply on this post: The topic of discussion two is about building creative confidence. After watching the Ted Talk, Creativity is Everywhere and Everyone (Samuel & Ohler, n.d.), his main point is that everyone should understand that all people are "naturally creative". The discussion on the video stated that many people think they have to be gifted to be creative and that this is not true. In my own experience, I have to have time to think to be creative. It's not a quick process sometimes, but if given the time and space, I am creative and enjoy creativity. Creative confidence is important in open and collaborative innovation in order to find new products, services, and better ways to provide for others. People will be affected if they choose not to exercise their creative confidence because their ideas and creativity will never be released. Seeing ones own creativity makes us all feel good about ourselves and that we are contributing to society and others in a positive manner. Many companies experience open/collaborative innovation. One of those is Amazon, who has offices that have an open floor plan with a lot of light, encourages their employees to share their ideas and ways the company can improve or branch out in other areas, and encourages constant collaborative conversations (The World's Most Innovative Companies of 2018, n.d.). They also allow their employees to come to work and work the hours that the employee feels they are most creative and enthused about working or to work from home in order to encourage innovate thought processes. This allows the community to want to work for Amazon and use their creative motivation. Tesla, Workday, Salesforce, com, Facebook, and Netflix are a few of the other most innovative companies of 2018, according to Forbes. The example that was given on the TedTalk video that discussed Doug Dietz, who works for GE and designs medical imaging equipment, was fascinating. Mr. Dietz was working on an MRI machine in a hospital and noticed how frightened children were of the machine. He was advised by the workers at the hospital that most children are given some type of sedation to get through the imaging process. This made Mr. Dietz very concerned and sad and he decided he needed to find a solution. He designed an MRI for kids that was like a giant pirate ship and it was a great success. This was a very creative and innovative idea, and it was done because Mr. Dietz cared about others. The video went on to say that the hospital reported that the Pirateship idea had changed the process for the kids vastly and that only 10% of the children needed sedation, as opposed to 80% that used to require it. Mr. Dietz was pleased with the outcome, and the TedTalk stated that Mr. Dietz could never tell about this machine and story without tears in his eyes because he cared so much (Samuel & Ohler, n.d.). What a great story about why creativity is so important! As the speaker advised, "people are naturally creative" and should use this skill often (Samuel & Ohler, n.d.) Reply on this post: Open innovation is the discipline and practice of taking advantage of the discoveries of others not considered obvious, as a source for the innovation process, through formal and informal relationships (Amabile, 2008). It is precisely the recurrence of informal relationships, the novelty of open innovation. In 1999 P & G decided to change its approach to innovation. The company decided to expand its internal R & D to the outside world through a program called "Connect & Develop". He created a position with the title of Director of External Innovation and maintains an objective that 50% of his innovations come from abroad, From another perspective, as early as 1990, 3M developed an improved innovation process called "Lead User Process" consisting of obtaining ideas for new products based on a better understanding of the way in which users use and transform them for their needs (Kaufman, 2009). Also, the advance of Technology and their increasing usability open the doors of innovation for more companies and people, but also these are facilitating the connection and relationships between people that allow collaboration for the exchange of information, knowledge, materials premiums of innovation, or what is the same, natural base of the new disciplines created around what is called competitive intelligence and Technological Surveillance. Innovative culture is increasing the number of companies in the network that connect the offer with the technological demand, facilitate the localization of experts for specific issues, create challenges for the solution of problems, or open windows to contribute ideas that define the frameworks or the imperatives that the solutions require. They are called Open Innovation Accelerators (OIAs) and consists of true collaborative intelligence available to all and at very affordable prices in most cases. They act as mediators, aligning different ways of thinking of each other, and become experts by accumulating knowledge from one project to another. It is particularly interesting that they address two critical aspects or stages of the innovation process: the search for ideas (co-creation) and the search for solutions. Co-creation It consists of obtaining ideas and concepts from users, clients or creative people, or experts in the field that provide ideas to better understand the issue to be addressed (insights) and the imperatives or requirements that any solution must incorporate (Katzenbach & Smith, 2006). They lead to understanding exactly what the need is. Usually they work launching contests of ideas, requesting the active and creative participation of users or creatives. Some organizations have opted for Open Innovation methods to reduce operational inefficiencies, actively collaborating with external sources that already have ideas, techniques or products that they need. But, in addition, every organization needs to have a strong and open culture to avoid rusting and dying. An often unrecognized collateral effect of open commitments is that they help keep employees connected and motivated. The opportunity to interact with external experts is almost always an incentive to think in new ways. It helps to gather intelligent minds from diverse backgrounds and different perspectives to address a common problem. Perhaps your company feels comfortable with its current situation in the national market. But, what if it could launch into a completely new market or geography by partnering with organizations or experts who have already navigated those areas, you can have a quick route to capitalize on these opportunities through the expansion of product portfolios, access to their technology, use of new brands or even price points.