Ep 21 - Innovation and Creativity Everywhere You Look

Creativity and innovation are all around us - if we know how to notice it and use it. Be inspired by the ingenuity of Jerry Seinfeld, as well as, the 3M company’s strategy that has given them their greatest products for the past 70 years. You’ll even hear about the ultimate in creative genius: Mother Nature. Creativity and Innovation in the News - episode outline: 1. Funny story about executives who tell customers at the Japanese Disneyland to refrain from screaming on the ride. (6/9/20, WSJ) 2. Jim Carrey’s fictionalized autobiography, Memoirs and Misinformation. 3. The mysterious symbiotic relationship between fungi and tree roots in forests. (11/23/17, Boston Globe) 4. Ali Reisman’s definition of fierce. 5. The 1920s is known to be a creative outrage. Will the 20s roar again? (1/2/20, WSJ) 6. Jerry Seinfeld on writing stand-up routines. (9/25/17, WSJ) 7. Jim Koch, CEO of Sam Adams beer, shares his idea of having a company with purpose. (November 2015, Inc. magazine) 8. 3M’s secret to innovation: the 15% rule. (5/16/20, WSJ) 9. Creativity according to poet, Maggie Smith.