Creativity is a strategic advantage in life, so let’s become more creative.
The web has spawned many new terms . . . among them, the word “mash-up. Originally used to describe the integration of different kinds of web and technology elements, the term can now be applied to the creative combination of potentially disparate elements to form a new experience.
Think mobile phone + music + address book + email.
Think banking + inside a market + automated check-out + dietician onsite + florist. A now-common, but previously unusual, mash-up.
How can we take these commercial examples and apply the concept of mash-up to your life and career? What novel combinations can you create?
Emerson said, “All of life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”
Try experimenting with mash-up’s! I bet you’ll be pleasantly surprised.