Saturday, November 10, 2012
Cultural Barriers
Conformity, expectation, competition, politeness, reliance and trust are all examples of cultural barriers. We can get caught up in these thing when is comes to decision making and creativity. We may be afraid to express new ideas in front of others. rejection from any on eof these things can be enough reason to stop contributing to brain storming sessions. Weird ideas are the things that open our minds and create a wider breadth of where we can find solutions. this also has a chain reaction. If no one gives ideas outside the box, then we are bringing the fence in tighter for others who may have less conventional ideas. When we are not afraid of these barriers we open the range of things we can do to problem solve. There have been studies done that prove how careful we are not to go against the grian even when we know we are right. One study involved a row of people, one at the end who was unaware of the experiment. They asked the group one by one to say which in a set of two picture had a longer line in it. They all answer incorrectly and when they get to the person at the end he just agreed with the wrong answer because he did not wan to look different. He knew everyone was wrong and answered incorrectly with them anyway. This happened over and over in this experiment. Even when the group is going the other way, it takes someone bright to go with what they think is better.
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Thank you for sharing your blog on; Cultural barriers. I agree that it is very easy to get caught up when working in a group, and dealing with problem solving and/or creativity. I do believe that much of the time people are afraid of having their ideas rejected. Therefore they don't share their ideas when working in a group setting. You did a great job on elaborating on the cultural barriers in creativity. I also found it interesting that; the studies suggest that we go against the grain, although we know we are wrong. You gave good examples and provided alternate views to the barriers of creativity. I really enjoyed your post and want to thank you again for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou provided good examples. It is true that weird ideas are the things that open our minds and create a wider breadth of where we can find solutions. Those ideas are the ideas that stimulate creativity. Sadly, people are afraid to express "weird ideas" because they don't want to be labeled as weird. People are afraid to express new ideas in front of others because they do not want to be looked down upon or having their idea shot down. Nowadays people restrict themselves from expressing their own opinion in fear of what others may think about them. They may be looked down upon by other people because their idea would be different, but in a unique way.
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