One of the Projects involves observing group creativity. I have been listening to a lot of Dark Side of the Moon lately and I thought that it would be a fun assignment to observe the band discussing the creativity process that they used to develop the "Album of the 70's".
The group creativity process is a cycle with 9 parts.
1) How the band observed existence (back in '72) in terms of Matter, Energy, Space, and Time.
2) How the band members risked conflict with one another due to their different thinking and behavioral styles (eg: Logic vs Intuition, Synthesis vs Analysis).
3) How the band thought about developing alliances to help them to complete the task at hand.
4) How the band members formed intention to fulfill the dream.
5) How they generated options
6) Developing Prototypes
7) Energizing their decision by considering what is needed, what will be left behind, and what to reject.
Evaluate how reality was changed9) Discuss the pursuit of excellence. How were improvements made.
(This process was developed by Dr. Stuart Wells)
I bought the new The Dark Side of the Moon DVD to guide me. I also have Pompeii. I can access the DSM press release. I also found a useful BBC interview with the band. All of these provide some detail on the process the band went through to create the album.
This is a lot of work writing this paper. Yet this is such an exciting topic to write about. I feel an obligation to the band to do a great job and accurately protray their endeavor in creating Dark Side of the Moon.
