Creativity - Publications - Faculty & Research

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

1993
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What Does a Theory of Creativity Require?

By: T. M. Amabile

Comments on Hans J. Eysenck's claims about the close alliance between creativity and psychosis in an article published in the periodical 'Psychological Inquiry.' Distinct senses of Eysenck's use of the term creativity; Failure of Eysenck to present an actual theory of... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Theory

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24 Apr 2014
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The art of thinking creatively

Gerald W. Schwartz’s (MBA 1970) endeavors to enhance education at HBS are visible in the very halls he once traversed. On a mission to introduce thought-provoking artwork into the main classroom buildings at the School, Schwartz hopes to help business leaders be View Details

10 Mar 2012
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How To Be Creative

07 Dec 2017
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Does Time Pressure Help or Hinder Creativity at Work?

23 Feb 2009
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Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

new ventures, this creates huge possibilities for an entrepreneur to identify the opportunities, get creative about assembling resources, and go after them with the knowledge that the potential for competitive advantage will be greater... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

September 2007
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Collaborative Brokerage, Generative Creativity, and Creative Success

Analyzing data on utility patents from 1975 to 2002 in the careers of 35,400 collaborative inventors, this study examines the influence of brokered versus cohesive collaborative social structures on an individual's creativity. We test the hypothesis that... View Details

Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Patents; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks

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2018
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Creativity and the Labor of Love

By: Teresa M. Amabile

BOOK ABSTRACT: This book provides an overview of the approaches of leading scholars to understanding the nature of creativity, its measurement, its investigation, its development, and its importance to society. The authors are the 24 psychological scientists who are... View Details

Keywords: Creativity

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2011
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Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

This book pulls together for the first time works on knowledge and innovation, including the implementation of new processes and products, written by Dorothy A. Leonard over more than two decades. It consists of articles from journals in diverse fields (e.g. the... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Innovation and Invention

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14 Jan 2019
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The Top 10 Creative Leadership Books From 2018

November 2007 (Revised May 2008)
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Creativity under the Gun at Litmus Corporation

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Yana Litovsky

Teaches students to diagnose the circumstances under which time pressure can facilitate or hinder creativity. A team's creative "genius", Miles Grady, who previously conceptualized a revolutionary material for an important new product, must now significantly change... View Details

Keywords: Situation or Environment; Creativity; Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges

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