“Should we wait for the apple to fall on our heads?” The opening line by Shiva Subramaniam of Tata Consultancy Service and Founder, The Paper Clip, at the CRN creativity workshop, set the ball rolling for an engaging session on structured creativity.

Held at Interop Mumbai today, the session saw an expert in Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, Subramanian focus on innovation, creativity, Six Thinking Hats, Lateral Thinking and cross-cultural skills.

“It’s time we have Chief Creativity Officers,” Subramanian insisted. According to him, for the IT industry to truly prosper there needs to be a conscious effort towards formalizing creativity. “Creativity should be a compel, a mandate.”

Read this article from CRN.