Ideas are Magic: Taking a leap of faith with creativity
There are times when I will interrupt a problem-solving session at my company. We might be in the midst of a heated discussion, trying to really ”nail it” – be the discussion regarding our future strategy, new features for our app, monetization of our concepts, the next online marketing move or whatever current topic. Sometimes I have a clear feeling that ”this problem CAN be solved” and ”we CAN NOT solve it today.” Thus, I suggest we park the discussion for now and move on with other tasks.
There is nothing extraordinary in this. Every manager or employee – in his right mind – will do this sometimes. But I keep wondering why the path to the right solution, or the right idea, is so non-linear – so filled with magic and surprise. You can know that the right solution or the answer to your problem exists. This, in itself, is magic. You know it before you actually know what the answer is – you just sense that it is somewhere out there. Then, on top of this magic, comes the second kind of magic. The magic when you suddenly realize what the answer is.
Being both the CEO of the successful tech startup “GoMore,” as well as a PhD holder in Philosophy, Matias Dalsgaard has become known as the Philosopher for the Modern Man.
Søren Kierkegaard consistently stressed how the human mind works in “leaps” – both in our daily human lives, and when it comes to faith in the divine. We owe the notion leap of faith to Kierkegaard. Faith does not come as a result of linear, analytical thought. It HAPPENS – like great ideas or solutions. Creativity works this way. Execution on the other hand has a much more linear character, i.e., when the creative work has taken place and ideas have sunk in.
Now, here comes a third magic – true creativity only happens after a lot of hard work. The creative solutions and ideas cannot be forced, they need to mature by themselves. But they mature while you work hard, i.e., when you really try to understand or solve something.
This is why the most visionary and successful people are this odd breed of people who are on the one hand extremely hard working – and on the other hand know that great ideas must be waited for and given time, rather than forced through.
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