creative destruction

Examples of creative destruction in the following topics:

• Entrepreneurship and the Economy

  • Creativity and entrepreneurship are needed to combine inputs in profitable ways, resulting in large scale economic growth/development.
  • Human creativity and productive entrepreneurship are needed to combine these inputs in profitable ways, and hence an institutional environment that encourages free entrepreneurship becomes the ultimate determinant of economic growth.
  • Entrepreneurship employs what Schumpeter called "the gale of creative destruction" to replace in whole or in part inferior innovations across markets and industries, simultaneously creating new products and business models.
  • In this way, creative destruction is largely responsible for the dynamism of industries and long-run economic growth.

• American Modernism

  • Modernists were often attached to the idea of "creative destruction. " In order to make something new, the old must be abandoned and/or dissembled.
  • Much of this concept of "creative destruction" is mirrored in the cubist movement, for example.

• Introduction to Entrepreneurship

  • Entrepreneurial activities differ substantially depending on the type of organization and creativity involved.
  • Corporations have become aware of the potential advantages of internal entrepreneurial activity and often have innovation specialists in their organizations to develop creative solutions for complex problems.
  • Entrepreneurship employs what Schumpeter called the gale of creative destruction.

• Notes

  • Creativity: find it; promote it - National Curriculum in Action: http://www.ncaction.org.uk/creativity/

• Advertising Strategy v. Creative Strategy

• The Creative Brief

• Creative Team Jobs

• The "Creative Concept"

• Introduction

  • Creativity - a magical talent, a sign of intelligence, or a skill to learn?
  • The purpose of this chapter is to shed light on the concept of creativity and its implications for teaching and learning.
  • Within the concept of creativity, we provide a portrait of what creativity may look like, a definition of creativity, an overview on some creative-thought models, and discussion of how the models and definition fit the introductory example of creativity.
  • In addressing the implications for teaching and learning, we offer an example of creativity in the classroom followed by a discussion of targeted strategies for teaching towards creativity in the classroom.
  • This is a narrated PowerPoint summary of this -Enhancing Creativity in the Classroom- chapter.

• References

  • How to kill creativity.
  • Handbook of Creativity.
  • Creative cognition.
  • Handbook of creativity.
  • Enhancing creativity.