The Path to Novelty and Creativity nVOF5YnVOF5Y What are the number of ways a screwdriver can be used? An infinite number! No part of any life or social processes are linear or random Complex adaptive theory applies to all areas of nursing Administration Education Practice Systems are naturally leaderless and self-organized Pine Crab Sauce Source: Imagine: How Creativity Works Jonah Lerer Scale free in your brain and in the audience Answer timing unpredictable Answer source is unpredictable What was intended for one purpose can be repurposed You cannot know exactly what you will need to complete an objective You cannot know what the environment will be when you reach your objective Information flows in from all edges of a network Expertise is not a source of answers to specific situational problems Current information cannot flow from the top down Problems that took months to solve are now solved in two weeks Problems often solved by non-experts Example - https://openinnovation.lilly.com/dd/abo ut-open-innovation/index.html Source: Imagine: How Creativity Works Jonah Lerer The following have the power to say Red- Stop or Green-Go to a patient discharge Patient or representative Case Manager RN Physical Therapist Physician No one has the final say it is a collective decision Without a leader no one will know what to do Without a leader there is no accountability Without a leader there is no direction Environmental situation What is the problem to solve Materials available to use What is close at hand Adaptive capacity Individually and collectively Experience of agents Sharing of information between agents Invitation to join in a Wiki project Book project called Talking Back To Maslow For learning and discovery