For me Life is about learning. When I go with this quest, each experience becomes a lesson, and makes my life richer. The conclusions I draw are within me, I only need an igniter to put them into application. Each insight gives me new material to experiment with and expands my consciousness.
Teams - the breeding ground of Innovation
I came across a very practical application of the importance of Team work in creating Innovation. I had read an article sometime back by Barry Fischer “Modern Innovations Takes Teams Not Weirdos”. ( Full article also attached) The author brought attention to the fact that even great inventors needed teams composed of individuals to bring their ideas to fruition.
I saw a practical application of this concept in the play” Broken Images”. The play is a slice from the life of an author, played by Shabana Azmi. A beautifully written play and even more brilliantly enacted. Shabana plays 2 roles, that of 2 sisters, one who is physically challenged, is now dead; and the other who is physically perfect but suffers from feelings of inadequacy brought on by lack of attention from her parents. The play is a live conversation between the two sisters; both played by Shabana herself and both visible on the stage. You may think it an impossible task. Well how did the director do it?
He did it by taping the part played by the dead, physically challenged sister and the tape played on a TV screen along with the live performance of the other sister. The 2 performances were so well synchronized, the back and forth conversation and movements so real. There were times when both the characters were drinking water at the same time, and it seemed a mirror image. My intention here is not review the play, but to marvel at the precision with which author’s idea is translated into the director’s vision into perfect execution on the stage by the sound, light, props team.
The marvel for me is also the clock work integration between the different entities. All these individuals with different, perhaps conflicting beliefs, education, personalities and yet get conjoined by a common vision and a desire. Innovation achieved is by excelling not in 1 track, i.e. just acting or technology or communication, but integrating them to achieve a perfect clockwork whole.
Be Open to Learning as it alters the mix of ideas allowing new insights and experiences to yield True innovation.
Teams - the breeding ground of Innovation
I came across a very practical application of the importance of Team work in creating Innovation. I had read an article sometime back by Barry Fischer “Modern Innovations Takes Teams Not Weirdos”. ( Full article also attached) The author brought attention to the fact that even great inventors needed teams composed of individuals to bring their ideas to fruition.
I saw a practical application of this concept in the play” Broken Images”. The play is a slice from the life of an author, played by Shabana Azmi. A beautifully written play and even more brilliantly enacted. Shabana plays 2 roles, that of 2 sisters, one who is physically challenged, is now dead; and the other who is physically perfect but suffers from feelings of inadequacy brought on by lack of attention from her parents. The play is a live conversation between the two sisters; both played by Shabana herself and both visible on the stage. You may think it an impossible task. Well how did the director do it?
He did it by taping the part played by the dead, physically challenged sister and the tape played on a TV screen along with the live performance of the other sister. The 2 performances were so well synchronized, the back and forth conversation and movements so real. There were times when both the characters were drinking water at the same time, and it seemed a mirror image. My intention here is not review the play, but to marvel at the precision with which author’s idea is translated into the director’s vision into perfect execution on the stage by the sound, light, props team.
The marvel for me is also the clock work integration between the different entities. All these individuals with different, perhaps conflicting beliefs, education, personalities and yet get conjoined by a common vision and a desire. Innovation achieved is by excelling not in 1 track, i.e. just acting or technology or communication, but integrating them to achieve a perfect clockwork whole.
Be Open to Learning as it alters the mix of ideas allowing new insights and experiences to yield True innovation.
