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# [Weekly Retro] Ingredients of creativity
- URL: https://www.cesarrg.com/weekly-retro-ingredients-of-creativity/
- Published: 2025-04-04T18:15:06.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-04T18:15:06.000Z
- Author: César Rodríguez
- Tags: Weekly Retro, Creativity

#227 - Apr.2025

***Weekly Retro** **is a short e-mail with a wrap-up of ideas from the week, interesting links I found, and food for thought before you head off for the weekend.*

Hi there! 

💡 Here is a quick idea before you head off to the weekend:

Three ingredients for creativity: 

- **Imagination**: combine your experiences into new ideas
- **Curiosity**: ask more "what-if" questions
- **Courage**: test ideas despite the fear of failure

We often limit creativity to "artistic" roles, but creativity belongs to everyone solving problems.

We need **creative** lawyers, doctors, managers, accountants, \[*add your role here*\]. 

What small experiment could you try this week to solve a problem differently?

### 🧠 Ideas from this week

- [The best ideas](https://www.cesarrg.com/the-best-ideas/)
- [Unstructured innovation](https://www.cesarrg.com/unstructured-innovation/)
- [When products think: navigating the AI product shift](https://www.cesarrg.com/when-products-think-navigating-the-ai-product-shift/)
- [Accountability and collaboration](https://www.cesarrg.com/accountability-and-collaboration/)

### 📊 Visuals from this week

About the paradigm changes between traditional product management and managing AI-driven products: 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/2025/04/image-4-1.png)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/2025/04/image-5.png)

*Source:* [*Reforge*](https://www.reforge.com/blog/ai-impact-product-management?ref=cesarrg.com)

### 👨🏻‍💻 Interesting links

I found interesting things about: 

- An injectable pacemaker that brings hope to children with congenital heart defects
- Creativity drive in the face of technological change

[The world’s smallest pacemaker is injectable and powered by lightA team of engineers at Northwestern University have created the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s activated by light and can be inserted via syringe.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/icon/favicon-160x160.png)EngadgetLawrence Bonk![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/thumbnail/02386460-109f-11f0-b8d7-ea5e0789db82)](https://www.engadget.com/science/the-worlds-smallest-pacemaker-is-injectable-and-powered-by-light-153302491.html?ref=cesarrg.com)

[Multi-disciplinary artist Jack Rusher on the need to sustain your creative drive in the face of technological change – The Creative IndependentMulti-disciplinary artist Jack Rusher discusses habit as excellence, what scientists and artists have in common, and the influence of AI on creativity.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/icon/apple-icon-114x114-1.png)Rebecca Hiscott![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/10/f4/10f4a52f-1b7d-4284-b66d-0fccfd9dc5da/content/images/thumbnail/ADO8yNUTFGnCu5tCdEzl)](https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/multi-disciplinary-artist-jack-rusher-on-the-need-to-sustain-your-creative-drive-in-the-face-of-technological-change/?ref=cesarrg.com)

### **🖋️ Quote of the week**

> **“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”** – Satchel Paige

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