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Fish is Spelled 'Ghoti' and Creativity is 'Easy'

May 25th, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

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Categories: Head First Innovation

Tags: Creativity, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Jennifer Goddard

A couple of years ago on a flight, Tony Buzan and I were duelling with puzzles. He stumped me when he asked what a “ghoti” was.

Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that “fish” could be spelled “ghoti”.

That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial — easy, when you look at it that way.

Creativity is not normally seen as easy — as most people think it is hard to be creative or you have to be born that way. One approach in developing your creativity is to put some Energy into it; have the right Attitude that creativity is a skill we can all learn by Shifting our perceptions; and that You can do something small every day to increase your creativity.

How easy is that?

Jennifer Goddard is the director of the Buzan Centre in Australia and New Zealand and co-founder of Mindwerx International. In "Head First Innovation", Jennifer Goddard looks at ways managers, innovation champions and entrepreneurs can open their minds to new ideas and ways of doing things that will give them the competitive advantage. You can find out more about her at fuzz2buzz.
 
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    aptho

    05/26/08 | Report as spam

    Spirit

    My friend call that I am not creative enough, but I think I am creative enough but I don't know how to express it. Maybe your article give me more spirit.

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    jennifer.goddard

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    RE: Fish is Spelled 'Ghoti' and Creativity is 'Easy'

    We are all creative and can build our skills. A bit like learning to play tennis - all you need is a bit of coaching, some equipment, time and the desire to want to give it a go.

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