Professor Teresa Amabile - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2008
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THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

Creativity’s reputation as a mysterious, unknowable trait (something of a myth in itself) has led to some erroneous ideas about what it is and how it functions in organizations. Here, Professor Teresa View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

15 Dec 2023
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The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

15 Dec 2024
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The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

01 Dec 2000
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Faculty News

Changes Several chaired professors, listed at right with their new titles, have moved to vacated professorships. Teresa M. Amabile Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
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New Releases

feedback on progress toward those goals. Creativity in Context by Teresa M. Amabile (Westview Press) This update of HBS professor Teresa... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Creativity from Many Angles

Upbeat, collaborative, and engaged.” That’s how Professor Teresa Amabile describes a gathering of 85 scholars and 15 business leaders held on the HBS campus in early December.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
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Pursuing a passion

In addition to her field research on creativity, Teresa Amabile is a keen observer and enthusiastic supporter of the creative efforts of her HBS students. To illustrate her belief that entrepreneurial... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2006
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Faculty Research Online

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time Is Not on Your Side Even as time pressures increase in corporate life, the need for creative thinking has never been greater, says Professor Teresa View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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Ink: Comfort in Discomfort

cold call. The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work, by HBS professor Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer. It’s an elegant and... View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Faculty Books

The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer (Harvard Business Review Press) The best managers build a group of employees who... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information