Steve Jobs on Creativity: Be Bored, Become Curious and Change The World

Steve Jobs, visionary leader of Apple has passed away. His legacy is enormous. Whole new product categories, new way to think about consumer products and processes. There is also a lot one can learn from his words of wisdom. In Steven Levy's excellent effort to condense such an incredible full live into one article he quotes Jobs saying:

"I’m a big believer in boredom. Boredom allows one to indulge in curiosity. Out of curiosity comes everything.” 

We can take this all at heart. Especially in Asia there are lessons to be learned, where the main culture is focused on using up every moment in a "useful" way. Most youth study at home or at cram school until bedtime. Basically there is no free time. Doing nothing and playing are essential ingredients to get the creative process going.  

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How To Create The New Generation Of Copyists (The Shortcut)

Some kindergarten schools in Hong Kong want to develop their young students into creative beings. Some even make the step to change their curriculum so that drawing is included.

But what if a youngster is acting creatively and starts to draw a frog ... in purple, or with 6 legs...? Read the following article and shiver. IP Dragon wrote the article 'Toddler Discipline' for Asia Analysis, a web-based idea-platform for creative and insightful projects.

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Creative Commons Hong Kong Launch

Remember my post in 2005 about the Creative Commons license system that was adapted ('ported' in CC-speak) to the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, read here. Ms Michelle Thorne wrote on the Creative Commons weblog that on October 25th, it was Hong Kong's turn. Read Ms Thorne's article here.

How the jurisdictions of the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong relate to each other regarding intellectual property rights, you can read here.

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Hong Kong Exhibition Celebrates Creative Industry and IP Protection

Today's WIPO's press release states:

"An exhibition showcasing various facets of creativity in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) was inaugurated on Monday evening at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), coinciding with the opening day of the annual session of the WIPO Assemblies. The exhibition, "HK Creativity – Intellectual Property in Hong Kong, China," has been organized jointly by WIPO and the Government of the People’s Republic of China, in cooperation with the Government of the Hong Kong SAR."

The exhibition is open to the public from October 4 to October 12, 2007. See the video message of Jacky Chan here.

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