I have been extremely lucky in my career to have worked with leaders at all levels, and organizations that encouraged me to try new things, charter paths that have been untested, and most importantly encouraged me to fail. Consequently, whether it was as a salesperson in a leading pharmaceutical company in early eighties or as the program director in the early part of this century, I tried and tested a number of initiatives be it in creative communication or program management or effective use of public relations as a tool to achieve larger social goals, leading to outstanding results, and several awards and rewards coming my way.
Looking back, I do realise that besides giving due credit to the leaders and organizations, I do need to recognise that the environment in which i grew as a child and a boy also played a very major role in shaping up my work behaviour later.
When I read this article 'Encouraging Childlike Creativity is Essential in Business', I went down my memory lane and could recall several instances where curiosity and creativity were encouraged right through my career. I also recall one of my favourite quotes, 'Children enter schools as questions marks but come out as full stops'.
Am happy
to share with you the article on the subject by Ted Rubin:
Kids are naturally creative. If
left to their own devices with crayons, paint—even a cardboard box, wonderful
things often blossom. So what happens as we get older? Many people think kid
“lose” that creativity. However, it’s really the grownups who take it away from
them—and that’s a real shame.
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