Originality is not inspiration

- Takeo Kanade - originality is not an inspirationInspiration - The law of “the amateurish (dilettantish) way of thinking” and “execution by professionals”.

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Table of Contents

• Invitation to Creation
• Chapter 1: Think like an amateur, execute like a pro - ideas, intellectual stamina, scenarios
  • 1Playful ideas
  • 2 How childish, how naive, how lazy an idea!
  • 3 Doubting Success
  • 4 Creation begins with omission.
  • 5Make scenarios to push things forward
  • The key to the six scenarios is how useful they are to people and society
  • 7 Conceptual ability is the ability to limit the problem
  • 8 Kissing Approach -simple and easy
  • 9Intellectual fitness - (powers of) concentration means that you become the problem itself.
  • 10 [The more you can do, the more lost you are.
  • 11 The next begins with “I can’t do it.
  • 12 Ideas are developed by “talking to others.
  • 13Combine my original experience.
  • 14 “Expert Idea, Amateur Execution” - This is not good.
  • 15Three counterintuitive theories about originality, creation - Originality is not inspiration
• Chapter 2: Computers Challenge People - Problem Solving Skills, Education -.
  • 16Computers are challenging people.
  • 17 [People and computers are both calculating machines.
  • 18 people and computers are different?
  • 19Computers are more intelligent than people.
  • 20Thinking and judgment skills are developed by challenging problem solving.
  • 21Thinking about and solving examples is the best way to deepen understanding
  • 22Textbook Writing Methods for Developing Thinking Skills
  • 23Memory as a foundation for creativity and planning
  • 24Thinking and memory skills grow through repetition.
  • 25Intelligent confrontation with people from different genres
  • 26 “Dialectically considering “pressure-free education” and “[cramming (e.g., for an exam)
• Chapter 3: Expressing and Persuading Your Ideas: The Art of Speaking, Conversation, and Writing in the Age of Internationalization.
  • 27Persuade them - they won’t know if you keep quiet.
  • 28Speak without preamble - say this, think that
  • 29The results speak as much as the explanation
  • 30 Don’t explain and convince, but convince and then explain.
  • 31 Look the person in the eye and talk to them.
  • 32 praise and extend, clarify and talk about issues
  • 33For example and parable are not the same thing.
  • 34English should be good enough to be considered “good for a foreigner.
  • 35Secrets to Improving Your English Conversation
  • 36Thesis or persuasive writing is the same as a mystery novel.
  • 37 “Origins and Conclusion” Combination
  • 38 Producing the “Ties”.
  • 39Write the proposal in a way that makes it easy for the other party to explain it to his or her boss.
  • 40Three Tips for Presentations and English
• Chapter 4: Speed of decision and clarification is required - Considering Japan and the world, oneself and others
  • 41What Japan needs is “[speed of knowledge
  • 42The Internet is reshaping society.
  • 43 Obsession with “how I am seen” and presence
  • 44 “Unique to Japan” is not a cover for the “Japan’s originality”.
  • Leadership to lead 45 people
  • 46 Sometimes things don’t work out, let’s change direction easily.
  • 47 Evaluation is inherently subjective.
  • 48The courage to say “I decide
• Conclusion Enjoy Problem Solving
• Afterword to the New Edition A Message to Japan Ten Years Later

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