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If one looks at creativity as a resource that we continually draw upon to make something from nothing, then our fear stems from the need to make the nonexistent come into being. As we’ve discussed, people often try to overcome this fear by simply repeating what has worked in the past. That leads nowhere—or, more accurately, it leads in the opposite direction of originality. The trick is to use our skills and knowledge not to duplicate but to invent.
Creativity, Inc.
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace
It is important to create indelible learning experiences for students and to foster a protected, safe environment that allows their mistakes in diagnosis or treatment recommendations to be quickly corrected without negative consequences. Learning comes from trial and error and from receiving immediate feedback. It does not come simply from watching someone else perform, whether one is learning to play a sport, mastering a musical instrument, or becoming a surgeon.
The Ball's in Your Court
Michael Lewis
One of his more innovative educational initiatives is called Study and Progress. The program offers small cash stipends to mothers of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders who attend public schools in Sucre. In order to receive the stipend, the student must attend at least 85 percent of his or her classes. In the first month, roughly 75 percent of those eligible signed up for the program, but one-third did not receive the stipend because of their children’s absences. It was a better start than most expected, and the program’s mix of incentives quickly took hold. By the fourth month, the number of mothers not receiving stipends dropped to 12 percent. “In order to govern within an authoritarian system, you have to be a lot more creative,” Ocariz tells me. “Many opposition leaders haven’t realized that the problem isn’t Chávez. The problem is the problems of the people. If you efficiently address those problems, that is how you take support away from Chávez.”
The Dictator's Learning Curve
William J. Dobson
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