Week 4 Reading Reflection

I wasn’t expecting the author to describe opportunism in the way that he did. It is an interesting perspective- to think that ‘problems are to solutions what demand is to supply.’ That mindset is a motivating one for entrepreneurs hopeful to bring wealth to themselves and society. It was also cool to think about creativity as a two-part system; the first being the goal-oriented process and the second being the people (the resources that determine the solution).  I was initially confused by the author’s attempt to distinguish between an adaptor and an innovator since most people fall somewhere in the middle of the two ‘extremes.’ It makes sense when you think about it in terms of means vs. ends, though. I would ask the author for 10 or so more common idea killers, just so I could get a better idea of common oppositions and how to respond to them. I would also ask how to channel creativity in the cookie-cutter, methodic society we live in today. I disagree with the whole process of characterizing left-sided vs. right-sided brained people, since I think it is oversimplified.