Daniel Pink

And I said, one of the things that you don't want to do is you don't want to go to a toy store and buy a product that says educational on the package, because that's just a marketing technique to sell more toys. I told them the three best creative things that parents can give their kids is an old sheet.

And I said, one of the things that you don't want to do is you don't want to go to a toy store and buy a product that says educational on the package, because that's just a marketing technique to sell more toys. I told them the three best creative things that parents can give their kids is an old sheet.

a box of crayons and some cardboard boxes and let them create their own universes, their own castles, their own spaceships, their own pirate ships, whatever it may be. When kids realize that there are unlimited ways of thinking, we are not looking for the right answer as might be the case in a computer game, we're looking for a multiplicity of answers.

a box of crayons and some cardboard boxes and let them create their own universes, their own castles, their own spaceships, their own pirate ships, whatever it may be. When kids realize that there are unlimited ways of thinking, we are not looking for the right answer as might be the case in a computer game, we're looking for a multiplicity of answers.

a box of crayons and some cardboard boxes and let them create their own universes, their own castles, their own spaceships, their own pirate ships, whatever it may be. When kids realize that there are unlimited ways of thinking, we are not looking for the right answer as might be the case in a computer game, we're looking for a multiplicity of answers.

I'm going to disagree with you slightly there, Mike, because what we're trying to figure out is what the game creators have determined to be the right way. Sure, there's some mental gymnastics in there, but ultimately to win the game or to score the most points, we have to find the answer, so to speak, that somebody else developed. Give kids an old sheet and some cardboard boxes.

I'm going to disagree with you slightly there, Mike, because what we're trying to figure out is what the game creators have determined to be the right way. Sure, there's some mental gymnastics in there, but ultimately to win the game or to score the most points, we have to find the answer, so to speak, that somebody else developed. Give kids an old sheet and some cardboard boxes.

I'm going to disagree with you slightly there, Mike, because what we're trying to figure out is what the game creators have determined to be the right way. Sure, there's some mental gymnastics in there, but ultimately to win the game or to score the most points, we have to find the answer, so to speak, that somebody else developed. Give kids an old sheet and some cardboard boxes.

There's no right way to put those together. If we step back and watch the kids turn that sheet and those boxes into a spaceship or a pirate ship, there's no right way or actually no wrong way to do that. They are letting their imaginations go. And as Albert Einstein said, imagination is more important than knowledge.

There's no right way to put those together. If we step back and watch the kids turn that sheet and those boxes into a spaceship or a pirate ship, there's no right way or actually no wrong way to do that. They are letting their imaginations go. And as Albert Einstein said, imagination is more important than knowledge.

There's no right way to put those together. If we step back and watch the kids turn that sheet and those boxes into a spaceship or a pirate ship, there's no right way or actually no wrong way to do that. They are letting their imaginations go. And as Albert Einstein said, imagination is more important than knowledge.

Yeah, exactly. And that carries forward into our work environments as well. I recall one study that found that the average worker in this country gets something like 300 negative comments in the course of a week. Now imagine, you know, trying to get around working through 300 negative comments in a week. Kids get even more than that.

Yeah, exactly. And that carries forward into our work environments as well. I recall one study that found that the average worker in this country gets something like 300 negative comments in the course of a week. Now imagine, you know, trying to get around working through 300 negative comments in a week. Kids get even more than that.

Yeah, exactly. And that carries forward into our work environments as well. I recall one study that found that the average worker in this country gets something like 300 negative comments in the course of a week. Now imagine, you know, trying to get around working through 300 negative comments in a week. Kids get even more than that.

There's times that kids hear the word no, don't go there, don't do that, don't touch that, those kinds of things. Those have a significant psychological effect on the development of our creativity. Whether we are children or whether we are adults, those negative comments significantly affect our personal creativity.

There's times that kids hear the word no, don't go there, don't do that, don't touch that, those kinds of things. Those have a significant psychological effect on the development of our creativity. Whether we are children or whether we are adults, those negative comments significantly affect our personal creativity.

There's times that kids hear the word no, don't go there, don't do that, don't touch that, those kinds of things. Those have a significant psychological effect on the development of our creativity. Whether we are children or whether we are adults, those negative comments significantly affect our personal creativity.

No, point well taken, Mike. There are times when we do need to say no for safety reasons, obviously. But to say no, you can't walk in a puddle, for example, or you can't play in the mud. Those are very creative kinds of activities for kids. There's very little safety involved in those activities. And kids tend to hear a lot of that, the no in the potential situations.

No, point well taken, Mike. There are times when we do need to say no for safety reasons, obviously. But to say no, you can't walk in a puddle, for example, or you can't play in the mud. Those are very creative kinds of activities for kids. There's very little safety involved in those activities. And kids tend to hear a lot of that, the no in the potential situations.

No, point well taken, Mike. There are times when we do need to say no for safety reasons, obviously. But to say no, you can't walk in a puddle, for example, or you can't play in the mud. Those are very creative kinds of activities for kids. There's very little safety involved in those activities. And kids tend to hear a lot of that, the no in the potential situations.