is a coconut, some rice and an egg.

是椰子，一些米飯和一個雞蛋。

If you no clue and zero creative thoughts

如果你沒有線索和零創意

you'd probably eat the raw egg with unboiled

你可能會吃未加工的生雞蛋

hard rice while staring at the coconut.

堅硬的米飯，同時盯著椰子。

If however, you have memories of your dad

但是，如果你有你父親的回憶

cracking the coconut, and your mom boiling the rice,

煮椰子，媽媽煮飯，

your brain can connect the dots and form a new creative idea.

你的大腦可以連接點 並形成一個新的創意。

You boil the rice inside coconut water,

你在椰子水里煮米飯，

then fry it with the egg and add coconut flakes.

然後用雞蛋炒它並加入椰子片。

Voila!

瞧！

Enjoy the your meal!"

享受你的用餐！“

Creativity is our ability to look at a problem

創造力是我們研究問題的能力

and come up with a good solution to solve it.

並提出一個很好的解決方案來解決它。

Once we understand this, we realize

一旦我們理解了這一點，我們意識到

that it has nothing to do with the subject matter,

它與主題無關，

job or what we study.

工作或我們學習的東西。

There are creative inventors and creative artists,

有創意發明家和創意藝術家，

but there are also very creative

但也有很有創意

cleaners and highly creative teachers.

清潔工和高度創造性的老師。

People we worship for their creativity,

我們崇拜他們的創造力的人，

often just connect different ideas in a beautiful new way

通常只是以一種美麗的新方式連接不同的想法

and make them commercially successful.

並使他們在商業上取得成功

While all of us are creative,

雖然我們所有人都很有創意，

we differ in the way that we are and to which extend.

我們的方式和範圍各不相同。

Michael Kirton came up with the Adaption-Innovation Theory.

邁克爾·克頓 提出了適應創新理論。

He believes that when we solve problems

他認為，當我們解決問題時

we are either more adaptive or more innovative.

我們要么更具適應性，要么更具創新性。

People who are more adaptive-creative, try to do things better.

更具適應性的人， 努力做得更好。

People who are more innovative-creative, try to do things differently.

更有創意的人， 嘗試以不同的方式做事。

To solve a specific problem,

要解決特定問題，

say that of smelly cat litter,

說有臭貓砂，

both types would use a different approach.

兩種類型都會使用不同的方法。

More adaptive types look for a solution inside the box.

更多自適應類型在框內尋找解決方案。

They might try to create better cat litter

他們可能會嘗試創造更好的貓砂

by looking it's chemical properties,

通過查看它的化學特性，

then increase the size of the sand particles

然後增加沙粒的大小

and finally add some refreshing tropical scent.

最後加入一些清爽的熱帶香味。

More innovative creatives, think outside the litter box.

更多創新的創意，在垃圾箱外面思考。

They come up with cat diapers,

他們拿出貓尿布，

cat schools for good manners or a robocat.

貓學校有禮貌或robocat。

But there are also other differences.

但也存在其他差異。

Psychologist J.P. Guilford and some others argue that there is divergent and convergent thinking.

心理學家JP吉爾福德和其他一些人 認為存在分歧和趨同思維。

More divergent thinkers are better at coming up

更多不同的思想家在提出時會更好

with many ideas when they see a problem.

當他們看到問題時有許多想法。

Convergent thinkers see all the details

會聚思想家會看到所有細節

and are better at narrowing down the options.

並且更善於縮小選項範圍。

A diverse team is hence usually most effective

因此，多元化的團隊通常最有效

when trying to solve problems.

在試圖解決問題時。

A divergent thinker can list many ideas.

不同的思想家可以列出許多想法。

After a convergent thinker can then look at each

經過融合的思想家可以看看每一個

option in detail and then pick the best one.

選項詳細，然後選擇最好的一個。

The result is better than if anyone would do it by themselves.

結果比任何人都好 自己做。

A murder mystery experiment

謀殺之謎實驗

involving two groups of students

涉及兩組學生

shows how creative diversity works.

展示創意多樣性如何運作。

Group A was full of students from the same background.

A組滿是同一批學生 背景。

Group B were also all similar but joined by one single stranger.

B組也很相似但加入了 一個陌生人。

The students from group A enjoyed the process

A組的學生很喜歡這個過程

and felt like they worked together every well.

感覺他們每個人都很好地合作。

The students in group B didn't like having a stranger in their team,

B組的學生不喜歡 他們團隊中的陌生人，

but they solved the mystery twice as fast

但他們以兩倍的速度解開了這個謎團

and won the race.

並贏得了比賽。

The researchers concluded

研究人員總結道

that the stranger added a new perspective,

那個陌生人增加了一個新的視角，

making the group think harder,

讓小組更加努力

and making them more careful of drawing fast conclusions

並使他們更加小心繪畫 快速的結論

or falling into group think.

或者陷入群體思考。

The result was a more intelligent problem-solving process.

結果是更聰明 解決問題的過程。

If we want to become more creative,

如果我們想要變得更有創意，

we first have to build a collection of knowledge and memories,

我們首先要建立一系列知識和記憶，

ideally by seeking new experiences.

理想情況下，尋求新的體驗。

Only then we can increase the dots in our

只有這樣，我們才能增加我們的點數

brain that we can connect.

我們可以連接的大腦。

Clayton Christensen from Harvard Business School,

來自哈佛商學院的Clayton Christensen，

recommends that parents should fix things at home

建議父母應該在家裡解決問題

all by themselves.

一個人靠。

Their children then learn that problems can be solved

然後他們的孩子知道問題可以解決

by ourselves and in many different ways.

通過我們自己和許多不同的方式。

Jack Matson, professor of creativity at Penn State University,

傑克·馬森， 賓夕法尼亞州立大學創意教授，

recommends to dress for failure.

建議穿著失敗。

This gives us a new perspective

這給了我們一個新的視角

and the ability to play new roles.

以及發揮新角色的能力。

Marc Schwyn, founder of MinuteVideos

MinuteVideos的創始人Marc Schwyn

suggests practising saying yes!

建議練習說是！

Because whenever we say yes,

因為每當我們說是，

we open the door to a new experiences.

我們打開了通向新體驗的大門。

Can you help me?

你可以幫我嗎？

Want to try my ice-cream?

想試試我的冰淇淋？

Can i talk to you?

我們可以聊天兒嗎？

Yes! Yes! Yes!

是!是!是!

We recommend you to do one thing you have never done before

我們建議你做一件事 你以前從未做過

every day for at least one week, maybe a month.

每天至少一周，也許一個月。

Call your weird aunt,

打電話給你的姨媽，

talk to a stranger,

和陌生人說話，

eat using your left hand,

用左手吃，

or take a really really cold shower.

或者真的很冷。

Every evening write down what you did

每天晚上寫下你的所作所為

and what you've learned from it.

以及你從中學到了什麼。

Start with the first new thing right now

從現在的第一個新事物開始

and share your experience in the comments below right after.

並在下面的評論中分享您的經驗 之後。