Creative people are made not born - Dr. Kuhathasan

"Creativity is the main focus of several IT related organisations today.

The most important source of wealth of several organisations today is 'ideas'.

The ability to innovate is emerging as the key business skill in most IT firms.

The only way for companies to thrive is to generate creative ideas and the only way to generate such ideas is to develop the creative capacity of its people.

In essence, in the era of information revolution, creativity is the life blood of organisations" said Dr. K Kuhathasan, CEO, Centre for Leadership Excellence and Personality Development (CENLEAD).

Dr. Kuhathasan told a seminar on "Forging Creative and innovative culture in organisations" organised by Acc Soft Solutions (Pvt) Ltd; in Colombo recently, that creativity has become the tool for excellence in the IT field.

Dr. Kuhathasan said the new wave of technology demands creative people. Innovation flourishes when new ideas and approaches are nurtured and encouraged rather than discouraged, he said.

"Managers of today should take the initiative to stimulate creativity among the people, free them from constraints and preconceptions and guide them where imagination is transferred into competitive advantage", he said.

He, therefore, suggested to the participants that they should develop an innovative business environment and creative organisational culture to facilitate innovative fertility.

While disagreeing with the participants that "Creativity is the gift of a lucky few", he stressed that "Creativity is not something inborn or inherited", "Creative people are not born but made."