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Collaborating over videoconference makes you both less creative

Idea to Value

Researchers have found that Zoom, Teams and other videoconference tools can stifle creativity. According to a new research study just published in Nature , collaborating with someone using screens instead of sitting face to face resulted in both participants being less creative.

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Spontaneous movements may kickstart your creativity

Idea to Value

There is evidence to show that walking is a great way to encourage creative thought. I recently interviewed Prof Angus Fletcher, whose team is studying how narrative creativity is built in the brain, for an upcoming episode of the Idea to Value podcast. Touch your elbow to your foot.

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What impact does time pressure have on creativity?

Idea to Value

Diamonds are formed under pressure There are numerous examples of companies who allowed staff to take time to work on their own innovations and creative ideas. So is time pressure actually good for creativity ? And the results were clear: time pressure results in people being less creatively productive.

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Turning Reverse Engineering of Business Goals into Strategies

Tullio Siragusa

Turning Reverse Engineering of Business Goals into Strategies. A lot of learning can come from reverse-engineering many things. In business it can be a creative process on how to bring about new change, and innovation. Tech Backstage interviewed Jason Jepson to learn more about reverse engineering. Reverse-Engineering.

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Flexing Your (Underused) Creative Muscle: my podcast interview with the Innovation Engine

Idea to Value

I was recently interviewed for a podcast by Will Sherlin for his Innovation Engine Podcast , which I wanted to share with you in the embedded file above. Why do we need to strengthen our creative capabilities? He did a creativity test with a group of five year olds, and 98 percent of them scored a genius level for creativity.

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HUMAN CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING WITH GENERATIVE AI

ImagineNation

This shift was powered by the defining trait of our species, our human creativity, which is at the heart of all creative problem-solving endeavors, where innovation is the engine of growth, no matter, what the context.

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Schools Kill Creativity

Gregg Fraley

The creativity and innovation world has lost one of its finest just this last week. Sir Ken Robinson was the most articulate speaker and author in the field of applied creativity we’ve ever known. Creativity is Not a Nice to Have — Business Leaders. Here’s why: You can’t get innovation without creativity.