Comments on: The Secret to Great Ideas is Having Lots of Them http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/ Change Revolution Tue, 22 May 2012 20:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Amanda Hunt http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8144 Amanda Hunt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8144 <p>Great list there and very true. As an artist I have about that many ideas floating around in my head, the list gets added to every day. Not everything works when you actually try it.</p> Great list there and very true. As an artist I have about that many ideas floating around in my head, the list gets added to every day. Not everything works when you actually try it.

]]> By: Zach Pippin http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8145 Zach Pippin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8145 <p>Just got out of a creative meeting with several minsters grouping together to do a series at our college ministry on campus. 6 months of ideas thrown out there for 3 week series.</p> Just got out of a creative meeting with several minsters grouping together to do a series at our college ministry on campus. 6 months of ideas thrown out there for 3 week series.

]]> By: Paul A Rose Jr http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8146 Paul A Rose Jr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8146 <p>Dang, I'm still about 30 short... Maybe I've only missed the stupid ones??</p> Dang, I’m still about 30 short… Maybe I’ve only missed the stupid ones??

]]> By: Barry Armstrong http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8147 Barry Armstrong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8147 <p>I learned a long time ago (thought I still blow it) to make sure the other "creatives' understand the process. I value the bottom 90, because they force me to the top 10. (per your list)</p> I learned a long time ago (thought I still blow it) to make sure the other “creatives’ understand the process. I value the bottom 90, because they force me to the top 10. (per your list)

]]> By: Paul Palmer http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8148 Paul Palmer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8148 <p>Read Bill Backer's book The Care and Feeding of Ideas (9780812963588): Bill Backer: Books http://bit.ly/b2WVx</p><p>Phil has got it right above. Backer's book is the best book I have ever read about what happens to ideas in an organization. It is the story of how he took two lines on a napkin, and turned it into the greatest ad campaign of all time, Coke's I'd Like to Build the World a Home. You can get it for as little $.18 + shipping at Amazon...</p> Read Bill Backer’s book The Care and Feeding of Ideas (9780812963588): Bill Backer: Books http://bit.ly/b2WVx

Phil has got it right above. Backer’s book is the best book I have ever read about what happens to ideas in an organization. It is the story of how he took two lines on a napkin, and turned it into the greatest ad campaign of all time, Coke’s I’d Like to Build the World a Home. You can get it for as little $.18 + shipping at Amazon…

]]> By: Anthony Peterson http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8149 Anthony Peterson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8149 <p>Recently I heard that Michael Jackson had a shortlist of 200 songs from which to select his "Thriller" albumn. Apparently "Billy Jean" almost didn't make the cut. That's a great position to be in.</p> Recently I heard that Michael Jackson had a shortlist of 200 songs from which to select his “Thriller” albumn. Apparently “Billy Jean” almost didn’t make the cut. That’s a great position to be in.

]]> By: Mary Hutchinson http://philcooke.com/secret_of_creativity/#comment-8150 Mary Hutchinson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/secret_of_creativity#comment-8150 <p>Well said...remember no one strikes out more than power hitters.</p><p>I'd say my score card would look like this:</p><p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px;">---- 15 are totally stupid </p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle c2" style="margin-top: 0px;"><span><span>-<span class="c1"> </span></span></span>-- 40 sounded good, but won't really work</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle c2" style="margin-top: 0px;"><span><span>-<span class="c1"> --</span></span></span> 20 are ideas for someone else (not who I am with that day!)</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle c2" style="margin-top: 0px;"><span><span>-<span class="c1"> </span></span></span>-- 15 were ideas I REALLY liked but everyone else thought I was crazy</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle c2" style="margin-top: 0px;">--- 5 were so good that I could not get my arms around it enough to communicate it well</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle c2" style="margin-top: 0px;"><span><span>-<span class="c1"> </span></span></span>-- 3 are quite good, but not ready for prime time</p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast c2" style="margin-top: 0px;"><span><span>-<span class="c1"> </span></span></span>-- 2  I pitch and score</p></span></p> Well said…remember no one strikes out more than power hitters.

I’d say my score card would look like this:

—- 15 are totally stupid 

- – 40 sounded good, but won’t really work

- – 20 are ideas for someone else (not who I am with that day!)

- – 15 were ideas I REALLY liked but everyone else thought I was crazy

— 5 were so good that I could not get my arms around it enough to communicate it well

- – 3 are quite good, but not ready for prime time

- – 2  I pitch and score

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