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Adversity can spur Creativity

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Without Hope by Frida Kahlo Many artists have drawn inspiration from suffering and adversity, using their struggles as a catalyst for creativity. Maya Angelou (1928-2014) : While primarily known as a poet, Maya Angelou was also a singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist.

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Happiness is linked to higher creativity

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Many people have the stereotype of a creative person as someone who is broody, weird and possibly a little depressed. Numerous studies have looked at what sort of mood results in people producing their most creative output. And the results are overwhelmingly clear: Being happy is good for your creativity.

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Give your ideas sound legs: walking boosts creativity

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Many of the world’s great artists, scientists and thinkers have long espoused the benefits of walking on their creative process. But is there any link between walking and actually being more creative? Many other notable creatives throughout history even made a point of having a daily walk as part of their routine.

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How travel can improve your creativity

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But not only is travel good for the soul, it is also good for our creativity. Several research studies from 1989 and 2014 have found that traveling away from your home can result in an improvement in measures of creativity. This was associated with a strong improvement in creative performance. But why does this happen?

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Creative Process: 5 stages which ideas go through

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What is actually happening in the brain a complex combination of conscious and unconscious activities that interact with one another, trying to find creative solutions to a challenge. This is what is known as the Creative Process. The method by which the brain comes up with creative ideas.

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Do you need to be intelligent in order to be creative? The threshold theory

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What is the link between intelligence and creativity? And can you be creative without being intelligent, or do you need a minimum level of intelligence to achieve great creative feats? This has been a question posed since creativity research began seriously in the 1950s. And it has a long, controversial history.

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Top 25 most influential Innovation Blogs & Experts: 2014

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If you want to stay on the cutting edge of innovation insight and techniques, then these are the blogs and experts you need to follow in 2015 2014 has been an excellent year for the spreading of insights around what makes innovation and creativity around the workplace.