We are moving from an information age to innovation age. Knowledge and information has become a commodity, whose value is going down with time. In this new age the value of creativity is going up and application and monetization of knowledge is becoming key. Every country, business and individuals are being forced to think differently in this fast paced networked world. The purpose of this post is debate how valuable it is to think in new ways - and how difficult this is to accomplish?

Ask yourself , "Where do you get great ideas?” the funny thing is no one answers "at work". Instead they say their best ideas happen in the shower, during a drive, when they are training or learning, listening to music, when they are alone, relaxed or outside in a park or natural environment.

Most of the answers involve recreation and in today’s fast paced environment we get very little time to think and innovate. Where will the big idea’s come from - when all work alike and think alike -  no thinks very much;(

Google is one 21^st century company which  get this and employees are encouraged to take time off to think differently and innovate. This in my mind is a prelude to why business creativity will become even more important in the future.

Most things are yet undone, we have a glorious future. There is higher value in doing things different, which means that we have to get better at creativity and innovation.

Its easy to state that we need to be more creative – the difficult part is that we have not been taught to be creative. How do we go about training ourselves to be more creative and innovative to evolve different kinds of ideas.

Looking for inputs/comments “on how to”  become more creative and "whether" its a requirement in the age of innovation?