Just Published: A Comprehensive Overview of Creativity Research

Now available from Oxford University Press: Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, Second Edition http://www.explainingcreativity.com When I published the first edition of Explaining Creativity in 2006, it was the first overview of creativity research. Since that time, the field has matured significantly, with two more textbook overviews (by Mark Runco and Robert Weisberg) and several… Read More Just Published: A Comprehensive Overview of Creativity Research

December 16, 2011December 16, 2011 keithsawyer6 Comments

Distrust and Creativity

A new research study* explores this question: Does being suspicious and distrustful make you more creative, or less? Common sense seems to provide two opposed possibilities. First, if you’re distrustful, it means that you’re thinking about nonobvious alternatives, and that sounds like creativity. But on the other hand, if you’re distrustful, you’ll be less likely… Read More Distrust and Creativity

December 14, 2011 keithsawyerLeave a comment

Making the Changes: Improvisation and Business

Today I’m at the University of Guelph, near Toronto Canada, giving a keynote at a conference that’s applying jazz improvisation to business challenges. It’s hosted by a large research grant that’s based here: “Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice” (generally known as ICASP); I’ve been an external consultant on this grant from the beginning over five… Read More Making the Changes: Improvisation and Business

December 2, 2011December 2, 2011 keithsawyerLeave a comment

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Month: December 2011

Just Published: A Comprehensive Overview of Creativity Research

Distrust and Creativity

Making the Changes: Improvisation and Business