Week 4 Reading Reflection

1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations? 

What stood out to me the most were the different phases of the creative process. I didn't know there were so many steps in developing one's creativity.

2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.

The part that was confusing to me was the part about developing a functional perspective.

3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?

Can an entrepreneur be both an adaptor and an innovator? Because I sometimes feel like I adapt but I also feel like sometimes I innovate.

Do most entrepreneurs think with their left-hemisphere or right-hemisphere? Because I think more with my right-hemisphere.

4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?

I don't necessarily believe that if a business climate is right that creativity will always occur. Sometimes work places decrease creativity without knowing it because working in groups sometimes stunts creativity. Also, sometimes being in a bad business environment may stimulate creativity because people will try and make the workplace better.

Top 5 World Problems (in my opinion)

These are the biggest problems the world is facing in my opinion:

1.) Climate Change
2.) Overpopulation
3.) Water Crisis
4.) Terrorism
5.) Poverty

These are the solutions to each of the problems ranked from most possible to implement to least possible to implement:

1.) The solution to the water crisis: just by educating people of the importance of conserving water can help this issue. Taking shorter showers and reusing water for irrigation are easy ways to save water, and if each person does so, this will be a much smaller problem.
2.) The solution to climate change: The world is already transitioning to being more eco-friendly and aware of the devastating impacts that human activities have on the environment; more people need to be educated on the matter and global warming needs to be taken more seriously by everyone in order to help mitigate the impacts of this issue. 
3.) The solution to overpopulation: Educating and empowering women is a big solution to this problem that is already happening. However, the population is already so big that it will take drastic measures to control it further.
4.) The solution to poverty: Policy changes are needed in order to help this problem. Solutions include creating more jobs, and providing free education, but it could take a very long time before this happens.
5.) The solution to terrrorism: Electing leaders who will implement strategies to protect the country and who will do whatever it takes to stop terrrorism from happening. This could take a very long time.

I believe that climate change is the world's biggest problem because without a healthy livable world, all of the other problems will cease to exist. We need to protect and care for our world, and it is crucial that we start being more sustainable now before it's too late. What I believe will happen is that in the far future, there is going to be a realization of just how detrimental human activities are to the planet, and then leaders will start to implement bills and laws to try to reverse it- but it won't be enough. This is always going to be a problem the world will face whether we do something about it or not, that's what is scary. Humans have already polluted the atmosphere and exploited natural resources, so the steps we take now are crucial to being able to sustain life on this planet.