Creativity decreases over time - Mind Boggling research ....

In 1968, George Land  conducted a research study to test the creativity of 1,600 children ranging in ages from three-to-five years old . This was the same creativity test he devised for NASA to help select innovative engineers and scientists. The assessment worked so well he decided to try it on children. He re-tested the same children at 10 years of age, and again at 15 years of age (a longitudinal study).

The test was to look at a problem and come up with new, different, innovative ideas

The results were astounding. The proportion of people who scored at the “Genius Level”, were:

• amongst 5 year olds: 98%
• amongst 10 year olds: 30%
• amongst 15 year olds: 12%
• Same test given to 280,000 adults (average age of 31): 2%

According to Land, the primary reason for this is that there are two types of thinking processes when it comes to creativity:

1. Convergent thinking: where you judge ideas, criticise them, refine them, combine them and improve them, all of which happens in your conscious thought
2. Divergent thinking: where you imagine new ideas, original ones which are different from what has come before but which may be rough to start with, and which often happens subconsciously

He notes that throughout school, we are teaching children to try and use both kinds of thinking at the same time, which is impossible.Competing neurons in the brain will be fighting each other, and it is as if your mind is having a shouting match with itself.

Instead of this, Land suggests we need to allow people to split their thinking processes into the various different states, to make each of them more effective.

It’s something which all of my own learning strongly correlates with as well, and which I speak about in my own lectures.

So if you want your child to retain their ability and desire to be creative, encourage them to let their mind run free while they come up with ideas, and only afterwards to sit down, evaluate them and start working on the ones they think are the best.

Future of Jobs

We always talk about Indian economy and Growth with Jobs or without Jobs . Let us keep this aside and have a look at these points ....

1. Environment , Agricultural challenges and financial models are few crucial areas in future .

2. D A R Q technologies are going to play big role  .They are distributed ledger technology , Artificial Intelligence , Extended Reality and Quantum Computing . 

3. Any Unrest in any segment will generate a job . Jobs will be highly  demanding , Analytical and mainly depending on Experiential Learning .

4. In IT , hereafter the dominance of Full Stack Jobs will be evident . It means mastery in Front End +Back End +Tools is crucial . As more Product organizations are coming up , for any IT fresher ..it is like examining a full human body and operate ..and not like ... doing treatment on a single part .

5. Cross Discipline jobs will rule the world ...Hereafter , Engineering will have only one discipline ..Solution Engineering . 

6.Work for Society and there are huge Jobs .In fact , Social sector is waiting for engineers and other graduates .

7.Technology is going to impact heavily .However  - Shutting Jobs , Augmenting Jobs and creating Jobs is a cycle .

8. GIG Economy is future economy ... more and more workforce will be a part of free market systems and short interval jobs in specified area .

9. Future of Jobs can be well narrated in one line ....There is Enough Work in every field ... let us create Jobs systematically .

10 . Follow ASK model of HR . Attitude , Skills and Knowledge .

   

Grow from Inside .

For any Industry , Business or Organization " GROW FROM INSIDE " can be a complete slogan . We may call this a mission or vision or merely ..a process . I see a lot of sense and dimensions to it .We recently visited a well known Industry in Mumbai for campus connect meetings .They work in AI and ML .Ambiance was outstanding and they have some of their walls in corridor , meeting rooms and conference rooms , fabulously painted and decorated with these daily inspirations . It keeps you always positive like proton .

 In the same journey , while returning  back , I was reading a famous book - Hit , Refresh by Satya Nadella -CEO , Microsoft .The book is about paradigm shifts in Microsoft and the challenges . Whether it is a person or organization ...Challenges keep coming ..What matters is  - Have you Grown from Inside .- If yes , it is just a matter of time ..to go and grind those challenges . Profit , Turnover , Revenue , employee number , rankings , awards are all fruits hanging to this organization tree . To Grow from inside is not an easy task . To imbibe desired values in employees , to pick and map talents , to train and allign them to core objectives ...is real Growth ...which is Bottom Up ...and not Top to Bottom .
In personal life as well , our feet should be firmly  positioned on specific values , principles and to develop such personality is a Marathon task . Jobs will come and go , family life will be his own pluses and minuses , what matters is your mind , attitude and duty .

Pursuit of Happiness - Harvard Study .

World's great minds left behind advice on how to lead a happy life .We are trying to match happiness with  - Good Job , Family Life , good heath and Bank Balance .But is that Enough .....?

Happiness comprises of 3 variable factors .

To be frank ...... 50 % of our happiness is determined by our genes , 10 % comes from external circumstances , i.e. upbringing , money ...etc .But remaining , 40 % is the choices we make . Tips ...

1. To be grateful every time ...
2. Exercise daily ...
3. Take regular deep breaths ...
4. Accept and process all emotions , even negative ones
5. Invest in meaningful relationships .
6. Be mindful at the task .
7. Walk with spouse at least for 20 minutes and Talk !!

Innovation

In India , everybody speaks about innovation , Job creation and future India . There are 3 aspects to it . Education , Research and then Innovation . Education imparts knowledge .Research creates Knowledge and Innovation converts knowledge into wealth ( of any form ) . Any innovation should have strong objective of finding solution to a problem of our nation . It can be rural ,Urban , any domain starting from health care to Finance to agriculture  . Is it compassing the whole range of all citizens ? Is it covering the huge spectra of De carbonization to non conventional energy to pesticides to mobile applications . Technology is just a tool .Purpose behind innovation matters a lot . Each young talent of India should create his / her own window and try to see the world through it . Innovation should be inclusive and not chambered . Empathy plays a big role behind innovation . Can you believe ...the Only Question asked to  Mr Satya Nadella in the lateral interview taken for the senior post of Microsoft was  ...... What you will do immediately , when you see a 3 years child , crying alone on the streets of  Chicago ....?

Not only intelligence ... humbleness is the key behind innovation !!