Creativity as a Skill

A research project into how individuals and organizations can cultivate creativity through sustainable creative practices.

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The Skill of Creativity

Practical fundamentals anyone can use to access their creative potential, and tap into it when it's needed most.

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Defining Creativity

It's a funny thing to define “creativity.” It almost feels like putting a cloud in a box, drawing a hard boundary around some inherently intangible trait. In “Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation,” Keith Sawyer lists many reasons why it's important to study and explain creativity, and summarizes them to say “…it will lead to a more creative society, and will enhance the creative potential of our families, our workplaces, and our institutions.” I think I agree.

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Creativity as a Skill

I mentioned three guiding questions that are helping me frame the problem and therefore my research. However, I also have a hunch about the solution, as well, which I’m thinking of as a guiding hypothesis, something I’m seeking to prove or disprove.

My working theory is that creativity is a skill that people and organizations can and should seek to intentionally practice.

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A year with a goal

An introduction to my year of researching “creativity as a skill” the individuals and organizations can cultivate through a sustainable creative practice.

Reach out if you have any questions, would like to chat more about creativity or any of the other topics discussed here, I’d love to hear it. Send an email or a note on LinkedIn and let’s start a conversation. 

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