Idea to Value

JULY 20, 2023

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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Idea to Value

JANUARY 5, 2022

Every school will tell its students and teachers that they aim to promote creativity in their classrooms. What their teachers might however not be aware of is that, in practice, they don’t actually want their students to be creative. Least Typical of a Creative Child. Sadly, the answer is yes. Is Impulsive. Is Emotional.

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Idea to Value

MAY 26, 2021

Why is it that while so many companies say they want to encourage creativity, they actually end up rejecting it? This is what researchers Jennier Mueller, Jack Goncalo and Shimul Melwani set out to study, and published their results in The Bias Against Creativity: Why People Desire but Reject Creative Ideas.

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Idea to Value

MAY 18, 2022

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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Idea to Value

APRIL 29, 2022

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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Idea to Value

JANUARY 18, 2022

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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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

People usually associate creativity with positive things, like producing beautiful art , scientific breakthroughs or successful new innovations. But creativity might also have a dark side. Research from 2012 suggests that people with higher creativity were more likely to be dishonest than less creative people.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 25, 2021

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we speak with international creativity advocate Dr Robert Alan Black. We touch on his history working with the late, great Prof Paul E Torrance and speak about the history of creativity research. 00:09:30 – How creativity tests were developed in the 1950s.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 23, 2021

But a new piece of research indicates that being bored may have an unexpected benefit: Being bored can make you more creative. A study of 170 volunteers by Cadman and Mann set out to test whether engaging in a boring activity could stimulate people to be more creative. The answer might then come to you.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 1, 2022

However, a new series of brain imaging studies by UCLA researchers has found that the brains of highly creative Big-C people may be wired differently. Our results showed that highly creative people had unique brain connectivity that tended to stay off the beaten path,”. said Ariana Anderson, lead author of a new journal article.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Does something need to be completely original in order to be creative ? This is a challenge which can petrify many people, and prevent them from trying to produce anything creative. As a result, many potential creative people never even get started. As a result, many potential creative people never even get started.

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Idea to Value

JULY 15, 2021

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with a cornerstone of the creativity research field, Prof Dean Keith Simonton. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 – Dean’s history in creativity research and how it brought him to studying Geniuses. Nature vs Nurture.

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Idea to Value

JULY 12, 2021

If you want to become more creative, one of the most effective things you can do is become more comfortable letting your mind wander. It sounds simple, but there is a wealth of research which shows the creative benefits of letting your thoughts flow freely. This incubation state is one of the primary aspects of the Creative Process.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Today I want to begin telling you about ‘ True Creativity ‘ As I mentioned last week, I have made it my mission to help a billion people transform their ideas into reality. When I was still working at my previous management consulting company, we had several workshops with facilitators to help make the team more creative.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 3, 2021

However, recent research reveals that in the right circumstances, sarcasm can actually enhance people’s creativity. A 2015 study by Francesca Gino, Adam Galinsky and Li Huang set out to test whether sarcastic exchanges between people could have positive effects in addition to negative ones. Sarcasm enhanced their creativity!

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Idea to Value

JUNE 21, 2021

People often think that science and creativity are not related. In fact, over the past few decades , a huge amount of research has begun showing us exactly what causes our creativity, what reduces it, and even what enhances it. Here are 16 scientifically proven ways to enhance your creativity. Put your phone away.

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Idea to Value

MAY 3, 2021

A fascinating new study could shed some light on the evolution of creativity in Homo Sapiens. The April 2021 publication Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity by Zwir, I., The April 2021 publication Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity by Zwir, I., Del-Val, C., Hintsanen, M. self-control.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Creativity can be difficult to cultivate in the workplace. Some teams gain inspiration from seeing creative innovations from other companies. Creativity is more than painting a work of art or writing a best selling book. Thoughts, words, and actions are all forms of creativity. One study revealed … Continued.

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Idea to Value

MAY 12, 2021

Which of you do you think is the most creative? Just published in the Creativity Research Journal, Birth Order and Divergent Thinking: A Meta-Analysis looked at the analysis of divergent thinking performance of 27 different studies, with 4,690 participants. Who is the most creative sibling in your family?

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Idea to Value

MAY 24, 2021

What is creativity? What makes some ideas and things creative, while others are not? What is the definition of creativity? What is the history of creativity? And why is creativity important? What is the definition of Creativity? Creativity can be hard to define.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We know that creativity can lead to better products or services. A research study set out to answer this question and found that, indeed, when people are put in a position to be creative, they tend to view others more fondly because they recollect each person’s unique contributions to the process.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

A variety of studies have identified the link between happiness and creativity. While necessity is often touted as being the mother of invention, innovative ideas aren’t only developed in times of need. The link between the two is one of the many reasons why a healthy organizational culture should be of greater priority.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 28, 2022

Often, when someone says they are not creative , what they are really saying is that they do not believe they have the same level of skills or talents as people they look up to as creative. What they do not realise is that creativity and skill are related, but not the same thing. Everyone is creative.

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Idea to Value

MAY 9, 2022

Another study showed that this was particularly challenging for creatives who thought that what was important was the aesthetic quality of their output, when what might be more important for their success is the chance social opportunities they have.

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Idea to Value

JANUARY 12, 2022

Most people would agree that children are naturally more creative than adults. After all, there is evidence that creativity falls steadily as we get older. However, did you know that there is a time period at school when many children may also become temporarily less creative?

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Idea to Value

JUNE 23, 2021

We know that our surroundings can impact our creative performance and ability to innovate. Well, several pieces of research have looked at how colour around you affects your creative performance. According to research studies: The best colour for focus: Red. And what are those colours?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2023

A study with Baul folk musicians found that recording asynchronously boosted creative freedom for women and didn’t negatively affect it for men.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So what can we learn about creativity from this? Why do we sometimes find the correct, creative answers long after setting our mind the challenge? The answer seems to be related to a process called incubation, one of the five stages of the creative process. Why you come up with ideas long after you started thinking of them.

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Idea to Value

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Dave is a musician, educator, author and facilitator with a focus on improving creativity. We speak about how to keep up creativity in the times of remote working, and how to think laterally to live consciously again. 00:04:45 – How he found the power of education in creativity. Interesting insights from a study by HBR.

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Idea to Value

APRIL 15, 2021

For most kids, being creative and imaginative is no problem. You can probably even remember back to your own childhood and how effortless it seemed to come up with creative, fresh ideas no matter what you were doing. However, research has discovered that children may become less creative as they get older. Bring Science to Life.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 12, 2022

In a competitive, creative industry, innovation often makes a company a market leader. To learn more about Xaxis, read our company case study. And if you’d like to tap into your team’s full creative potential, learn how great teams create great ideas.

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7innovation

MAY 29, 2020

Doloco ltd, a totally new and growing company used Creativity Cards during the company foundation to create branding and starting position for their content and its online placement. Creativity cards were used for: name of the company logo slogan strategy …

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PlanBox Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2021

These innovation case studies will uncover a secret weapon that your organization might not be leveraging to its fullest! The collective creativity from this innovation ecosystem is a secret weapon that they’re not leveraging, which translates to missed opportunities and lost value. So, what does this all mean exactly? Lots of ideas.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

What makes it possible for high performance athletes, aritists, scientists and innovators to effortlessly produce great, creative work? The history of creative flow. In certain situations, it seems like these people enter a state where ideas and results just seem to flow naturally. You may have even experienced it yourself.

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