Innovating Through Artistry
The Bronson and Merryman article on the crisis in creativity which originally ran in Newsweek is a must-read. The authors blend longitudinal studies (drawing upon the seminal Torrence Test of Creative Thinking) with recent findings on brain science to make their case for a renewed attention on deliberate creativity. There's much to note … [Read more...]
It's no secret that we don't all approach the creative process in the same way. But the steps of the creative process are pretty consistent: we get an inkling we want to create something; we (deliberately, or haphazardly) generate some ideas around how we might go about doing it; we spend some time developing the idea (20 minutes for a … [Read more...]
The first time I traveled to Europe on my own, I learned a trick for finding my way back to my hotel-hostel-trainstation-vaporetto, etc. If I stopped periodically to turn around and look back from where I had just come, I was able to teach myself to recognize the particular intersection or landmark from the perspective that I would have … [Read more...]
I've been thinking about creative thinking. And then, given the season, this led me to thinking about creative thanking. This then led me to an idea: the "Timely Test of Creative Thanking," a riff on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking. The TTCT is a well known measure of creativity. It measures not your creative style (how are you … [Read more...]
Late last month, I attended the European Conference on Creativity and Innovation. What a wonderful experience! The conference theme was "Make it Happen," with a focus upon the implementation of creative ideas. (In many ways, it's easier to focus on generating ideas, than on actually bringing them into being -- something to which an … [Read more...]
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