Steve Woz recently recently made a comment on Indians and their lack of creativity " The culture here is one of success based upon academic excellence, studying, learning, practicing and having a good job and a great life. For upper India, not the lower. I see two Indias. That’s a lot like Singapore study, study, work hard and you get an MBA, you will have a Mercedes but where is the creativity? The creativity gets left out when your behavior is too predictable and structured, everyone is similar. Look at a small country like New Zealand, the writers, singers, athletes, it’s a whole different world." According to Woz, if you chase excellence by studying, learning, practicing in a predictable and structured manner, you are unlikely to be creative. More than anything, the statement reveals that Woz knows little about creativity or India. Let's take music .. 1) Structure - Music is very well structured. There are notes and the patterns in which you use the notes w...