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  • March 2024
  • Article

Investigation of Divergent Thinking among Surgeons and Surgeon Trainees in Canada (IDEAS): A Mixed-methods Study

By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W Busse, Ranil Sonnadara and Mohit Bhandari
Objective: To assess the creative potential of surgeons and surgeon trainees, as measured by divergent thinking. The secondary objectives were to identify factors associated with divergent thinking, assess confidence in creative problem-solving and the perceived effect... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Surveys; Health Industry
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  • 5 Aug 2005 - 10 Aug 2005
  • Conference Presentation

The effects of choice, goal, and creative self-efficacy on divergent thinking and creative outcomes

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and S. S. Iyengar
Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Decision Choices and Conditions; Creativity; Outcome or Result
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Does 'Could' Lead to Good? On the Road to Moral Insight

By: Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino and Joshua D. Margolis
Dilemmas featuring competing moral imperatives are prevalent in organizations and are difficult to resolve. Whereas prior research has focused on how individuals adjudicate among these moral imperatives, we study the factors that influence when individuals find... View Details
Keywords: Moral Insight; Ethical Dilemma; Could Mindset; Divergent Thinking; Moral Sensibility; Creativity; Decision Choices and Conditions
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  • 04 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

emerged from bankruptcy. “I did the quick calculation that you could buy and control all the US (gun) capacity for about $2 billion,” he said. His colleague sitting nearby, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, chimed in. “As the owner, you could do really interesting things. You... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 10 Feb 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest

Keywords: by Francesca Gino & Dan Ariely
  • 28 Jan 2011
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Something for the weekend

  • 04 Jun 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

opposed to the simulated experience we try to create here) MBA classroom at HBS in which students and the instructor alike teach and learn. The answer: Take time out to agree on labels and definitions. So we decided to pull and revise the piece, asking (as I do now):... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest

By: Francesca Gino and Dan Ariely
Creativity is a common aspiration for individuals, organizations, and societies. Here, however, we test whether creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a creative personality and creativity primes promote individuals' motivation to think outside the box and... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Behavior; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Personal Characteristics
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  • 2017
  • Article

High-Stakes Innovation: When Collaboration Undermines (and Sometimes Enhances) Innovation

By: Johnathan Cromwell and Heidi K. Gardner
Organizations must constantly innovate, or else they may suffer consequences that range in severity. In low-stakes situations, they may lose a small opportunity for growth; and in high-stakes situations, they may lose significant market share that threatens their... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Collaboration; Teams; Creativity Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Creativity
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  • July 2019
  • Article

'Forward Flow': A New Measure to Quantify Free Thought and Predict Creativity

By: Kurt Gray, Stephen Anderson, Eric Evan Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael S. Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Yoed N. Kenett and Kevin Lewis
When the human mind is free to roam, its subjective experience is characterized by a continuously evolving stream of thought. Although there is a technique that captures people’s streams of free thought—free association—its utility for scientific research is undermined... View Details
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking; Creativity; Forecasting and Prediction
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  • February 2004
  • Case

Note on Human Behavior: Reason and Emotion

By: Nitin Nohria and Bridget Gurtler
Human beings are driven by reasons and emotions. On the one hand, as rational choice theorists assert, human beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Emotions; Interests; Organizations; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    What You Don't Know About Making Decisions

    Most executives think of decision making as a singular event that occurs at a particular point in time. In reality, though, decision making is a process fraught with power plays, politics, personal nuances, and institutional history. Leaders who recognize this make... View Details

    • 03 Jun 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: June 3, 2008

    China‘s income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam‘s has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants fail to account for these divergent pathways. Existing political variables are also... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 02 Jan 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Most Popular Articles of 2011

    the Fuqua School of Business. Key concepts include: Creative students who showed a natural aptitude for divergent thinking tended to cheat more than linear thinkers. Creativity is a better predictor of... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 16 Nov 1999
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

    A member of the Executive Education staff spoke recently with HBS Professors Michael Tushman and Charles O'Reilly, developers of the program Leading Change and Organizational Renewal. In that discussion they describe their thinking about... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 28 Jul 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: July 28

    are deciding whether to refinance their home less than two years after taking out an initial mortgage and a subsequent home equity line of credit. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/209043-PDF-ENG How Institutional Investors View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Jan 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 25

    on a test measuring divergent thinking tended to cheat more (Study 1); that dispositional creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Study 2); and that participants who were... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 20 Dec 2006
    • Op-Ed

    Investors Hurt by Dual-Track Tax Reporting

    goal. Profits reported to tax authorities and to capital markets were essentially the same. Over time, well-considered exceptions—expensing of investments, for example—were introduced to advance policy goals such as stimulating investment. In the last decade, the two... View Details
    Keywords: by Mihir Desai
    • 17 Aug 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

    however ill-equipped or prepared we are.” This is where Admiral Stockdale comes in. LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY More Stories in This Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID... View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
    • 26 Aug 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

    demonstrate that they have considered those views carefully and genuinely. Moreover, they must clearly explain the rationale for their final decision, including why they chose to accept some input and advice while rejecting other suggestions. 73 By doing so, leaders... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto