Creativity at Home in the Time of Pandemic
Newton formulated his theory of gravity and Shakespeare wrote King Lear while quarantined during the plague. But would they have been...
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Mar 15, 2023
Managing Emotions to Innovate
Negative reviews. A hoped-for invitation. Getting stuck on a project. Something happens, and an emotional reaction is triggered....
Mar 15, 2023
Emotional Intelligence Makes Creativity Happen
A new paper in the Journal of Creative Behavior shows the power of emotional intelligence to make creativity happen. My colleagues and I...
Mar 15, 2023
Build Your Creative Muscle
Was your New Year’s resolution to be more creative? We enter the New Year with enthusiasm and resolve, but whether it is an attempt at...
Mar 15, 2023
Harnessing Emotions to Fuel Creativity
Emotions move us. This metaphor is usually applied to refer to our emotional experience (e.g., being moved by a song or a theater ...
Mar 15, 2023
The How of Creativity
A New Yorker cartoon shows a scene at a cocktail party with a caption: “Did you know that it was Harry who came up with the idea for ...
Mar 15, 2023
Creativity Runs on Passion
Scholars studying the role of emotions in creativity and innovation gathered last week at the Centro Botin in Santander, Spain to send a...
Mar 14, 2023
What Emotions Help Creativity?
Creativity is full of emotion, from the anxiety of the blank computer screen and the frustration of facing inevitable obstacles to the...
Mar 14, 2023
How to Get Students to Persist
Did you ever wish your students or children would be more persistent in their school work? Maybe the following example rings familiar as...
Mar 14, 2023
To Be Creative, Be Smart with Emotions
Creativity is full of emotions. Events, interactions, or even our own thoughts can trigger emotions. But emotions are not just...
Mar 14, 2023
Creativity Is More Than Just Coming Up with Ideas
The European Collaborative Creativity Conference brought together a group of international scholars to put together a puzzle of...
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