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26 Jul 2012
News

Bloomberg TV: Creativity in the Workplace

27 Jan 2012
News

Apple and Google as Creative Archetypes

01 Apr 1995
Conference Presentation

Effects of Planning on Problem-Solving Creativity

By: D. Whitney, J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Castle

Keywords: Planning; Creativity; Cognition and Thinking

2000
Chapter

A Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

By: T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation

01 Sep 2016
News

Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition

Creativity is often considered a mysterious, impossible-to-harness force. But a new working paper by Assistant Professor Daniel P. Gross suggests that it can indeed be nurtured with the right incentives. Gross studied the question in the... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 28 Sep 2016
Webinars: Career

5 Happiness Hacks That Drive Productivity, Sales, and Creativity

According to Harvard Business Review, happy people are 37% more productive, have 31% higher sales, and are three times more creative than their peers. In this webinar, Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) provides models to create lasting happiness including building diverse... View Details

Article

Storytelling: A Method for Assessing Children's Creativity

By: B. A. Hennessey and T. M. Amabile

Keywords: Creativity; Measurement and Metrics; Early Childhood Education; Research; Performance Evaluation

November 2015
Article

The Highest Form of Intelligence: Sarcasm Increases Creativity for Both Expressers and Recipients

By: Li Huang, F. Gino and Adam D. Galinsky

Sarcasm is ubiquitous in organizations. Despite its prevalence, we know surprisingly little about the cognitive experiences of sarcastic expressers and recipients or their behavioral implications. The current research proposes and tests a novel theoretical model in... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking

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May 2010
Teaching Note

The Center for Creative Leadership (TN)

By: Srikant M. Datar and David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for [308013]. View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Leadership Development; Problems and Challenges; Organizations; Research; Programs; Design; Service Delivery; Business Education

September 2019
Case

Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility

By: Ranjay Gulati, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga

By 2018, Netflix had been credited for revolutionizing how viewers consumed entertainment—shifting from ad-fueled linear network programming to a highly personalized, on-demand, all-you-can-consume, ad-free model. The company was riding a long wave of revenue and... View Details

Keywords: Digital Technologies; Streaming; Video On Demand; International Expansion; Leadership; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Style; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Entertainment; Media; Change Management; Expansion; Technology Industry; United States

Educators

2016
Article

The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Michael G. Pratt

Leveraging insights gained through a burgeoning research literature over the past 28 years, this paper presents a significant revision of the model of creativity and innovation in organizations published in Research in Organizational Behavior in 1988. This... View Details

Keywords: Progress; Meaningful Work; Affect; Creativity; Organizations; Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives

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fall 1997
Article

Motivating Creativity in Organizations: On Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do

By: T. M. Amabile

Creativity in all fields, including business, flourishes under intrinsic motivation- the drive to do something because it is interesting, involving, exciting, satisfying, or personally challenging. This article presents the Componential Theory of Organizational... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment; Organizational Culture

January 2022 (Revised March 2022)
Teaching Note

Market for Judgement: The Creative Destruction Lab

By: Hong Luo

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 719-479. View Details

January 2019 (Revised June 2020)
Case

Market for Judgement: The Creative Destruction Lab

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Hong Luo and Laura Katsnelson

Educators

03 May 2012
News

Does high stress trigger creativity at work?

01 Nov 2019
News

The Particular Creativity of Dense Urban Neighborhoods

2019
Chapter

The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process

By: Teresa M. Amabile

BOOK ABSTRACT: The Creativity Reader is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the historical roots of contemporary ideas about creativity, innovation, and imagination. It brings together a prestigious group of international experts who were tasked with... View Details

Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Creativity