Creating a culture for the development of human potential.
A few years ago there was a lot of comment on that phrase that said "Is the Leader born or made ...?" and thinking of innovative ideas, we could change the question to “Is generating innovative ideas a function of the brain or of behavior…? Or is it something that we are born with or can it be developed?
The Dr. General of the International Neuroscience Consortium, Nieves Pérez, gives us some clues about these issues. I hope you enjoy it.
Article by Jay:
“Innovative ideas have for centuries led entrepreneurs, artists and scientists around the world to find wealth and fame, determining the ultimate success of their company or institution. Today creativity and innovative ideas are more in demand than ever, but do we know how innovative ideas arise and what conditions must be met to promote such processes?
If we ask creative people how ideas or new thoughts come to them, the most frequent answer is, either by inspiration or that they don't know where it came from. Creative processes, however, are not produced by something only coming from the outside, but are created in our own brain. The so-called inspiration is just an expression that makes us feel the results of our brain physically. Simplifying the process, we could describe it as follows:
Through what we perceive through our senses or our thoughts, billions of electrical impulses are constantly created in each area of our brain. In just a fraction of a second they are analyzed and contrasted with existing knowledge and accumulated experience stored in our long-term memory, in turn being evaluated emotionally by our limbic system. Most of these processes remain hidden in the unconscious and are perceived, in any case, in an intuitive way, but there are others that go beyond the threshold to consciousness, making it possible to transmit them verbally. In any case, whether consciously or unconsciously, for the appearance of creative and innovative ideas there are four determining factors:our senses, prior knowledge, experiences, and emotions.
Our senses : Those who do not hear well will hardly be able to develop a tuned musical instrument, although they may be motivated to invent a perfect hearing aid.
Our stored knowledge : Those who have no knowledge of how an engine works will not be able to develop a new engine with more power and less energy consumption. This lack of knowledge on your part could be helpful in thinking about new forms of propulsion.
Experiences and emotional evaluation : Those who are afraid of climbing a mountain are unlikely to find the fastest way to reach the top, however they could develop a great idea to reduce anxiety and fear.
Perceptions, knowledge, experiences, and emotions can be both beneficial and limiting when it comes to establishing creative processes.
As the vignette shows, each person is unique and possesses individual talents . These talents are mainly developed in the first six years of our childhood , an age at which they can be detected very easily. In adulthood they can also be discovered through different methods of coaching and personal exploration. Only by working on our personal development, discovering our special abilities, and fostering such skills, can we achieve individual goals that are commensurate with our potential and thus be successful in our businesses or achievement of objectives.
As neurobiologist Gerald H says ü Ther *: It is time to replace the "culture of resource exploitation" by "the culture of the development of our human potential" and to achieve this , you must change our paradigm of society. A process of rethinking that would have to begin at school, continue at university and be implemented in companies ”and for which it would be necessary to encourage motivation in each person, the main key to our creativity and performance. "
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