At the Buffer Blog one of my favorite writers there Belle Beth Cooper posted an article called
The Secret to Creativity, Intelligence, and Scientific Thinking: Being Able to Make Connections.
She included a cool graphic (adapted from a creation by Hugh MacLeod, see below) that gave a keen picture of the difference between knowledge and experience. (Cooper inserted knowledge in place of MacLeod’s information and experience in place of knowledge, in her version.)
COOPER’S SUMMARY:
• Experience works like rods–connecting the dots that are the bits of knowledge we gain. Don’t you love it, too?
That means, people who are good at connecting (knowledge bits) dots are creative types.
Creativity, then, is not the stuff of genius, it’s the stuff of connection.
It got me to thinking and using my creativity, thus defined as “connecting dots”.
It’s like my brain had a baby. Here’s what I created to go a step further than Hugh and Belle Beth:
Tell me if it makes sense.
I’ll call it THE PROWESS WHEEL
Skills are knobby tires for the wheel. Traction, baby!
You can embed the graphic by copying the code below, if you’d like. I’m happy to share.
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-Lisa