Week 4 Reading Reflections

 After reading Chapter 5 of Entrepreneurship for this weeks installment of Reading Reflections, a few things stood out. I was very interested in the section describing the creative process. While I knew it was as simple as a lightbulb going off over your head, I was surprised to see how much logic there is involved, and how many steps can be taken to enhance the creative mind. For instance, the incubation phase suggests to actively focus on other tasks like painting or exercise while the passive and subconscious mind is still processing the problem.

 If anything in this chapter was confusing, it would be coming to terms with all the new definitions and concepts surrounding "creativity". Besides the standard definition of creativity being the juxtaposition of imagination, progressive idea generation, and analyzation, there are many related terms like the different arenas of creativity or the antithesis of creativity: muddling mind sets. It takes a moment to fully understand how complex creativity is when analyzed, and it'll be important to take the book definition and relate that to my pre-existing cognitive interpretations of it.

 This time, I would want to ask good 'ole Mr. Kuratko his personal definition of creativity; or what he uses to explain creativity. On a related note, I would also ask what his own creative pursuits are.

 At this time, I do not believe the author was incorrect about anything explained in this section, nor do I have any differing ideas.


Cheers to the upcoming week,

Ant Dav

Ordering the Top 5 World Problems

Top 5 Problems-
1) World Hunger
2) Pollution/Global Warming
3) Extinction of Plants/Animals
4) Mental Illness
5) Obesity


Top 5 Solutions-
1) If we continue to place priority on innovation and engineering, we can find solutions rather than prevention to pollution and the resulting global warming. Creating organizations where people like Elon Musk and Tesla can train and collaborate with other bright minds will be how we continue to create things like electric cars and solar highways. Couple this with the election of government figures who view the energy crisis as important and we will have a sustainable society where it is built on clean energy inventions, but also illegal to pollute and overuse resources.

2) Putting reminders and standardized intake charts on all high-fat and high-calorie packaging and menus. Also, making fitness centers easier and more inviting to access will contribute to a culture of healthy living. Unless we all want to make Wall-e a reality, letting obesity slide and allowing it to be acceptable will have to change. Doctors should be able to prescribe exercise and healthier meals if they notice a person beginning to show signs.

3) In order to combat the poaching and destruction of our ecosystems, petitions and bills should be suggested to congress and other authorities. If we place national security at the perimeters of endangered or threatened species territory, the unnecessary killing and leveling of these animals and plants would be halted.

4) Pushing a UN coalition to create new budgets for resources in developing nations. Local and federal funding of programs like Heifer International and The Hunger Project would become a priority. In order to create awareness to a slightly apathetic and uninformed public, ad campaigns towards world hunger should be made mainstream, and speakers on behalf of these non-profits should be popular programming for schools and universities.

5) Through lobbying and petitions, more importance needs to be put on mental illness as a major problem in America and the rest of the world. Adding mental illnesses to healthcare and insurance will make it a legitimate sickness like it should be seen.

          World Hunger was chosen as the top global problem for a few reasons. Initially, its due to the affectation of the largest amount of people on a global scale. The World Food Program reports that approximate 1 for every 9 people on the planet do not have enough food to lead a healthy and active life. It's also the number one issue because it has not seen much relief for a very long time. With varying degrees of men, women, and children in every country on earth starving, much has to be done to figure out a comprehensive and effective way to bring stable agriculture and food production to these areas.

          My top solution would be fixing the current state of pollution and global warming. Most of the other global problems can only be fixed by major changes in policy and unrealistic government reform. This solution can build upon initiatives already taken by Obama and other world leaders as well as more independent work that is continuing to have breakthroughs. What I mean by this is raising funding for innovation hubs and cultivating jobs for this new clean energy sector, we help the economy and the environment. With industry leaders like Musk and Tesla, the technogloy is proven to be present. By leading the next generation towards these ideas, we can create a new culture of innovation and clean energy. Additionally, we can continue to elect leaders that place importance on cutting down the pollution and wasted resources caused by corporations and factories. Also revisiting the implementation of programs like mandatory recycling and carbon emission quotas would be a realistic and relatively simple progression towards solving