Real-World Flops That Prove Failure is a Key Ingredient of Creativity
posted by Josiah Garber on January 17, 2010
in Fun, Personal Development
by Glen of LiveDev.net
One of the key ingredients of creativity and innovation is failure. In order to be creative, people have to be willing to take risks and–to use the analogy of a painter–use bright and bold colors instead of creating dull, bland, and “safe” paintings. If you want to discover inspired ideas you have to accept that you’re going to encounter more than a few that won’t work.
Below you’ll find stories from Disney, a business book written in manga, Silicon Valley, and a Stanford University classroom which illustrate the importance of failure for creative success.