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Time and creativity – friend or foe?
When working with Odyssey of the Mind teams practicing their problem-solving skills, I discovered an interesting aspect of creativity. Students had to come up with a large of number of creative ideas to solve a problem on the spot. However, … Continue reading
Is creativity a right-brain function?
The idea of left brain and right brain thinking originated with the work of a number of physicians in the 1800s. Pierre Paul Broca, a French physician studied patients suffering from aphasia, inability to speak due to brain injuries. He pinpointed … Continue reading
Optimist or pessimist
How does a person’s view of the world –optimistic or pessimistic–affect creativity? Psychologist have noted that the average human has a bias towards optimism. People live with the illusion that most situations will turn out better than they actually do. … Continue reading
Creative styles – what’s in fashion now?
Does creativity equate with keeping up with the latest trends? I wince a bit at this thought and realize how many people assume “early adopter” is same as creativity. I realize that no one comes up with ideas in a … Continue reading
Creativity and the blame game
The emphasis on creativity as a way to provide an economic boost has been followed by a plethora of publications on how to be more creative. But taking those ideas to heart may not be the best move. More than … Continue reading
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Tagged creative leaders, Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory, M.J. Kirton
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Normal people?
William Moulton Marston theory published in his book Emotions of Normal People [1] is known by its initials DISC. It bears resemblance to the four temperaments recorded by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. Marston even created a diagram connecting the color wheel (with … Continue reading
Personality per the ancient Greeks
Many of the current personality tests are built on older theories—sometimes much older theories. Around 2400 years ago, the physician Hippocrates described his idea that human moods were caused by an excess or lack of basic body fluids. Too much … Continue reading
Do we really want creative leaders?
Look though recent articles on leadership and you will find that creativity to be the newest rage. A few years back (in 2010 to be exact) IBM’s Institute for Business Value conducted a survey of 1,500 chief executives and discovered … Continue reading
Creativity and social skills: a chicken and egg question
Creative people are known for being antisocial, hard to get along with, or just plain “crazy.” Sometimes these epithets occur because these people have a tendency to do something causes much of the population to cringe–criticize authorities. When the criticism … Continue reading
Extrovert or Introvert?
“One of the more consistent findings from the personality literature of artists is that they tend to be rather introverted” [1] It seems logical for the creative people, particularly the artist, writer, and composer, to be introverted individuals. They are … Continue reading
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