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Build a Better Brainstorm: How to capture all the ideas in the room
February 25, 2015 Editor 0
In recent years, typical business brainstorming has gotten a bad rap for a lot of reasons: It is ineffective. It is dominated by loudmouths. Most people think better alone. So why is brainstorming still widely utilized by businesses intent on idea generation? The answer has more to do with the inherent biases and shortcomings we […]
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Is Nurturing Creativity a Luxury or a Necessity for Schools in Developing Nations?
December 1, 2014 Editor Comments Off on Is Nurturing Creativity a Luxury or a Necessity for Schools in Developing Nations?
After attending the World Innovation Summit for Education, I’m convinced that creativity matters – particularly as it applies to teaching and learning in developing nations. The central theme of this year’s summit was “Imagine-Create-Learn: Creativity at the Heart of Education.” Creativity is the process by which we bring together seemingly unrelated ideas to make something […]
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Team Proactivity as a Linking Mechanism between Team Creative Efficacy, Transformational Leadership, and Risk-Taking Norms and Team Creative Performance
March 4, 2014 Editor 0
Abstract Despite the growing body of research on creativity in team contexts, very few attempts have been made to explore the team-level antecedents and the mediating processes of team creative performance on the basis of a theoretical framework. To address this gap, drawing on Paulus and Dzindolet’s (2008) group creativity model, this study proposed team […]
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Linear and Nonlinear Thinking: A Multidimensional Model and Measure
March 3, 2014 Editor 0
Abstract Building upon previously developed and more general dual-process models, this paper provides empirical support for a multidimensional thinking style construct comprised of linear thinking and multiple dimensions of nonlinear thinking. A self-report assessment instrument (Linear/Nonlinear Thinking Style Profile; LNTSP) is presented and preliminarily tested across three studies with an overall sample of 778 respondents […]
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Differential Effects of Personality Traits and Environmental Predictors on Reproductive and Creative Imagination
November 20, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to analyze the effects of both personality and environmental variables on the imagination of video/film major university students; and (2) to test the mediator effect resulting from the variable of social climate. The results of this study supported both indicators of imaginative capabilities and environmental influences. […]
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“We’ve Got Creative Differences”: The Effects of Task Conflict and Participative Safety on Team Creative Performance
November 20, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract Although both participative safety and team task conflict are widely thought to be related to team creative performance, the nature of this relationship is still not well understood, and prior studies have frequently yielded conflicting results. This study examines the ambiguity in the extant literature and proposes that both constructs must exist in tandem. […]
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