2006’s big lesson: get creative

seven steps to unlocking the innovation engine in your office.

join the brainstorming session.

by rick telberg
at large

does creativity belong in finance and accounting? or is that a pandora’s box we’d best leave shut?

if there’s any single lesson to be learned from the year 2006, it’s that creativity is an essential ingredient to success in the finance, accounting and tax profession — if not the essential ingredient. creativity is the foundation for all innovation, all new ideas. it turns challenges into opportunities. it turns failure into success. but it doesn’t always come naturally. it takes learning and practice. and it’s rarely taught or nurtured well — or consistently.