Large Assignment Needed
Creativity
HRM 538
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Admin
Groups/Teams
Find one partner…Pair up
Then I will put pairs together with others
Don’t forget about your Reflection Journal entries
I recommend that you work on them weekly
Light Brain Stretching…
What country reduced its 1992 inflation rate of 2,600% to only 150% in 1995?
What Beatles single lasted the longest on the charts, at 19 weeks?
What barnyard animal can get sunburned?
Cogitate the following…
What has ears, but cannot hear?
What did the left eye say to the right eye?
Russia
Hey Jude
pig
A cornfield
Just between us, something smells.
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The Crux of Creativity
Twiddling Knobs?
Variations on a Theme?
“Slipping/Slippage”
Nondeliberate, yet non-accidental
Implicospheres?
Requisite Variety
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What is a “Canon”?
Strictest form of contrapuntal imitation: One melodic strand is played by a number of voices, each of which starts at a different time
What would be challenging in terms of composing a canon?
Musical form and compositional technique, based on the principle of strict imitation, in which an initial melody is imitated at a specified time interval by one or more parts, either at the unison (i.e., the same pitch) or at some other pitch.
How many voices (melodies) in a cannon (1)
What kids’ song remind you of a cannon?
What are other characteristics?
Consistent, recognizable…
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Bass
“Canon”
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Bass
Repeats for the entire song
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Bass
Repeats for the entire song
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Bass
Violin #1
Repeats for the entire song
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Bass
Violin #1
Melody
(four measures, repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Melody
(four measures, repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Melody
(four measures, repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Same Melody as Violin #1
(harmony, identical pattern)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Same Melody as Violin #1
(harmony, identical pattern)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Same Melody as Violin #1
(harmony, identical pattern)
Duet
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Duet
Begins a new variation (continues for four measures and repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Same Entering Melody as Violin #1 and #2
Begins a new variation (continues for four measures and repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Same Entering Melody as Violin #1 and #2
Begins a new variation (continues for four measures and repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Same Entering Melody as Violin #1 and #2
Begins a new variation (continues for four measures and repeats)
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Same Entering Melody as Violin #1 and #2
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match current melody of Violin #1
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match current melody of Violin #1
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match current melody of Violin #1
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match current melody of Violin #1
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match melody of Violin #2
Introduces a new variation of the theme
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match melody of Violin #2
Introduces a new variation of the theme
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match melody of Violin #2
Introduces a new variation of the theme
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
Changes to match melody of Violin #2
Introduces a new variation of the theme
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
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Bass
Violin #1
Violin #2
Violin #3
“Canon in D Major”
Johann Pachelbel
(cir. 1700)
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Did the Canon sound “different” the second time?
Did it sound different the second time? Did you listen to the composition differently?
Patterns – if I see/hear more patters, I can listen/view the piece differently.
Reductionism and systems in plan
-- Reductionism – I know the rules and I have patters (RV) so I look for them
-- Systems – pulls you up to appreciate the composition in it’s entirety
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Does Rollins College play any canons for students?
“Focused Masters Programs”
“Allowing working adults to achieve academic growth and career advancement”
“Lead meaningful lives and forge productive careers”
Does Rollins play any canons for other Stakeholders?
“Rankings”
“Academic Excellence”
“Rollins Gateway”
Do you like the music we are playing?
Who’s leading? Probably an important question to ask…
--DF: Let’s give them 5, 6, 7 classes and then they will hear us.
--AD: Let’s give them 10 random PE classes, maybe have them jump off a 10m board, add physical fitness to the OPA…
--CW: silver weekends, inspections, knowledge tests, etc.
If all the voices are playing really loud, what will the listener do?
--Tune out (cynicism)
--Choose 1 (nerds, tools, jocks); we label people
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Rollins
Business Dept
Holt
MHR Program
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Do you play a consistent, recognizable canon?
What are the costs of acting different?
Do you play your life to a consistent theme? Do you do the same things with your AOC as with your friends?
Is there a cost to NOT being yourself? (Job interviews, 1st date, etc.)
Does it matter that you can’t be yourself? How would this question impact your job choices?
What’s it like to be a fighter pilot? Is that who you are? Is that who you want to be?
We need to be very careful about the cost of not being yourself!
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Do leaders play a canon for their organizations?
Costs of acting different?
Is it consistent? Is it repeatable? Is it recognizable for every individual in the organization?
What's the price for playing different themes with individuals?
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What do you intend to do with your degree?
What type of job are you hoping for after you complete your degree?
Creativity is not enough
Ideas are not enough
Form of irresponsibility
Advice business
Making ideas useful
Need for discipline
From Creativity to Innovation
J.S. Bach
Galileo
Monet
Kobe Bryant
John von Neumann
Bobby Fischer
Socrates
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Isaac Newton
Mark Twain
Mozart
Rembrandt
Watson and Crick
Roger Federer
Ludwig von Beethoven
Michelangelo
Judit Polgar
William Shakespeare
Walt Disney
Benjamin Franklin
Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
Justin Bieber
Example list of creative or master level performers
What do they have in common?
Work & repetition (10 yrs, 10K hrs, deliberate practice)
J.S. Bach - composer
Galileo – Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
Monet – French impressionist
Kobe Bryant – BB player
John von Neumann - Hungarian-born American mathematician (key contribution to the development of the hydrogen bomb and game theory)
Bobby Fischer – world chess champion
Socrates – Greek philosopher
Albert Einstein – American physicist
Thomas Edison - Inventor
Isaac Newton - physicist
Mark Twain – author
Mozart - composer
Rembrandt – 17th century Dutch painter
Watson and Crick - structure of the DNA-helix, the molecule that carries genetic information from one generation to the other
Roger Federer – 15 time grand slam champ
Ludwig von Beethoven – GREATEST classical composer (Csoma’s bias)
Michelangelo – sculptor
Judit Polgar - Hungarian chess grandmaster
William Shakespeare – author/poet
Walt Disney – cinematography
Benjamin Franklin - inventor
Picasso – painter
Vincent van Gogh – post-impressionist painter
Music performance study
Study done at major conservatories across the US (this is applicable in other areas as well)
Researchers asked students to keep a diary: what did you do and how did you feel?
-Top 1/3: did the most work, loved the work (looked forward to practice)
-Bottom 1/3: did the least work, dreaded the thought of work/practice
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Work
How would they characterize how hard they worked?
High motivation; they wanted it like they “want air”
What is “work”?
Deliberate Practice
How long does it take to become world-class/creative?
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Deliberate Practice
1: Structured Method—not haphazard
2: Master Teacher using best practice
3: Feedback
4: Drill (again and again)
Deliberate practice is tiring—max amount is approximately 6 hours a day—2 to 4 hours per session
Does this apply to anything you’ve done in your lives?
Music? Athletics? Art? Theater? Debate? School?
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Individual (Originality)
Traits; Personal
Background
Field (Gatekeepers)
(“voting elite”)
Society
Systems View of Creativity
Culture (“memes”)
Domains
New ideas thoughts begins with the individual; Society has gatekeepers in each domain of knowledge (music, math, physics, etc.) who get to decide what enter into the cultural domain as new or creative thought.
Theory of relativity example –
What happens when all the gatekeepers are old men? When they are from the US?
Let’s take an organizational view of this model… why is this important to managers?
You create the system that allows creativity
Your are the gatekeeper in this system that gets to decide what ideas go forth for implementation
If you don’t have the correct req. variety to evaluate those ideas, you may kill great ideas and the organization (balance between creativity and $ => what to chose)
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| Countries Where Nobel Prize | |
| Winners Worked | |
| United States | 60.90% |
| United Kingdom | 12.50% |
| Germany | 5.90% |
| Switzerland | 3.40% |
| France | 2.90% |
| Russia | 2.70% |
| Sweden | 2.40% |
| Japan | 1.70% |
| Italy | 1.00% |
| Australia | 1.00% |
| Canada | 1.00% |
| Netherlands | 1.00% |
| Norway | 0.70% |
| Others | 2.50% |
Creativity videos
The Theory of Creativity (Video)
Do Schools Kill Creativity (Video)
The key is not the will to win... everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. - Bobby Knight
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J.S. Bach
Galileo
Monet
Kobe Bryant
John von Neumann
Bobby Fischer
Socrates
Albert Einstein
Thomas Edison
Isaac Newton
Mark Twain
Mozart
Rembrandt
Watson and Crick
Roger Federer
Ludwig von Beethoven
Michelangelo
Judit Polgar
William Shakespeare
Walt Disney
Benjamin Franklin
Picasso
Vincent van Gogh
Gotye
Example list of creative or master level performers
What is missing from this list?
What is missing from this list? (only 1 woman – could it be that women are incapable of becoming experts?)
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See you next week!!
Judgment and Decision Making
Judgment Under Uncertainty
Prospect Theory
Is it too early to tell?
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