The Medici family left a mark. Back in fifteenth century Florence, Italy, this fine family decided we had been dark long enough. So, they put their money where their mouth was. They invited scientists, sculptors, poets, philosophers, people of high finance, and even some of those crazy artists like Leonardo, to come to their fair city of Florence.
Florence became a confluence of ideas as painters rubbed up against poets and philosophers hung out with bankers. Scientists and sculptors shared some Italian ice and voila, or something like that. Florence is known as the epicenter of the great Renaissance that enlightened all kinda fine folks leading to a creative explosion of epic proportion!
Every CEO who wants a creative confine around his/her company, needs to study a little Medici & Leonardo. Turns out history’s greatest genius couldn’t have done it without being surrounded by diverse minds, diverse disciplines, and diverse cultures. You may not like those nut-cases down the hall, you may not understand those maniacs in marketing, and you may not be able to engage your engineers in long convo about E News. However, you may need their minds to bring your creative idea into some kinda innovation we can see.
Wanna enjoy a bit more creative burst around your business?
STOP simply running your ideas by minds that think like you do. Start mixing it up with diverse, different, and even some diametrically opposed. When you least expect it the idea will become fluent and your eureka moment simply shows up. Medici knew what he was doing, my friend. All you gotta do is face your fear and invite some foreigners for a little idea exchange. Who knew we really need those really different folks for each of our good. Who knew?
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