In class on Wednesday, we watched a video about the workers at IDEO, the world's largest product development firm. However, the clip was not so much about who they were and what they did, but the creativity that goes into what they do. It was interesting to me that they were from all different backgrounds and all different fields. One was a marketing expert, a few engineers, one was a psychologist and another a biologist, but they all had one thing in common they were all creative and all worked well in a group.
As I was thinking after class, that is a good description of my school work. I work much better in groups than alone and I love to do creative work. I tried to think of professions where you get to work in groups and be creative. The more and more I thought about it, being some sort of designer seemed to be the profession that involved those two things the most. I thought, "what if I was an inventor?" What kind of things would I invent? Would anyone buy these things?
Since I was little I have tried to invent things. I once built a line of string from my pillow to my light switch so I could turn off the light without having to get out of bed. Another one of my ideas as a kid was to have condiments that you could spray on your food from an aerosol can. I thought of that because it used to take me forever to get peanut butter and jelly on my sandwhich as a kid. My most recent invention would have to be a homemade capo. A capo is a device for a guitar which usually is clipped on to the fret bar in order to change the key and make bar chords easier. I do not have one and needed one for a song I was playing, so I made one from a pencil and rubber bands.
I remembered learning in consumer that in order to invent a successful product there has to be a need for that product. Sure, I did not have a million dollar idea, but that is why there are places like IDEO, they have many brilliant minds working together all day in order to come up with ideas and develop products. If I worked with a group of classmates for the entire school day for five days, I am willing to bet that we would come up with a product that we can sell. As they say, "two (or three, or four) minds are better than one."
I think this is a really great blog! I love that you've applied the ideas to your past, and noticed the way that you like to think! I've noticed on other blogs that people are only focusing on their future, but they're not talking about how these things effect what they used to use. I also really like that you're creativity hasn't faded. I feel like a lot of kids have very creative minds, but they don't keep the curiosity. So many people would just go buy a capo, but instead you made your own. Even if it didn't work (even though I think it did) at least you tried instead of relying on the people who do have already made it.
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