How many tips have you read about ramping up creativity in your life? When I Google “how to increase creativity & productivity,” I receive 161 million results. Time goes by, but we all keep on ...

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Psychologists define creativity as the ability to generate novel, useful, and surprising work. Creativity is not limited to the arts. Businesses, scientists, medical professionals, comedians, and even ...

Bernard Ross and Clare Segal, directors at the Management Center, a nonprofit consulting and training organization in London, drew upon their experience advising Amnesty International, Greenpeace ...

What do Beethoven, Virginia Woolf and Steve Jobs have in common? Yes, they were all creative. But they also shared an important habit that helped them to be so creative: The simple act of going for a ...

Creativity is when people get in your way! It's a strange statement, but it's not as paradoxical as it might seem - let me explain. Forget the idea that to be creative, you need absolute carte blanche ...

Quick, think of a new use for a baseball bat. If you thought of something that doesn't involve a swinging action (e.g., smashing things), such as using it as a rolling pin, congratulations, you're a ...

In 1972, Steve Jobs took a calligraphy class at Reed College guided by campus posters he saw after leaving school. The fonts on the posters themselves were artistic enough to get his attention, and he ...

Generative AI technology is transforming all sectors of society, and the classroom is no exception. Whether or not you’re part of the growing number of educators who are using generative AI to ...

Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to ...