CREATIVE HACKS FROM THE BOOK “ORIGINALS”

Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist and best-selling author of several books, including Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. Published in 2017, Grant’s book quickly became a #1 New York Tims bestseller and is celebrated by many modern-day creatives and innovators.
The book shows how some of the greatest innovators in the world think, work and come up with ideas. He defines these people as “originals,” the people that don’t only have ideas but take the action to champion them.

https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers

“Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They’re the people who you want to bet on,” Grant said in a TED Talk he gave before his book came out.

While Grant looks at several greats, like Leonardo Da Vinci and Martin Luther King Jr., he also shows us all how we can find ways to enhance our creativity, identify ideas that work, and break the status quo by fostering diversity and originality.

“In these pages, I learned that great creators don’t necessarily have the deepest expertise but rather seek out the broadest perspectives. I saw how success if not usually attainted by being ahead of everyone else but by waiting patiently for the right time to act. And to my utter shock, I learned that…