Has your computer just crashed and you are waiting for it to reboot? If so, do not despair. In fact, recent research shows surprise interruptions might even boost your creativity.
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Occasional boredom at work is normal and healthy, but if you’re stuck in it long term it can damage your wellbeing.
A recent study found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.
The number of students studying languages in UK universities has plummeted in recent years but some creative thinking may help to reverse that trend.
AI is poised to reshape parts of US culture and society. Have tech developments raced ahead of our ability to understand the consequences?
From the kitchen to the bedroom and bathroom, here are five creative ideas to try in every room of the house.
Strong values and principles are key traits in effective business leaders – but they can come with tendencies to take fewer risks and be less proactive or innovative.
Rather than seeing artificial intelligence as the cause of new problems, we might better understand AI ethics as bringing attention to old ones.
During the brainstorming stage of the design process, AI-powered image generation programs can open creative doors that may have otherwise never been accessed.
The community aspect of music fandom, as exemplified by the vast numbers of Harry Styles’ fans, encourages creative expression.
Though entrepreneurship of any kind is not easy, it can instil tenacity in the face of adversity. There are lessons here for trainee teachers.
People who have used AI to help with writing report a loss of pride and ownership in what they produce.
The technology’s focus on the framing of the artistic task amounts to the fetishization of the creative moment – and devalues the journey that waters the seed of an idea to its fruition.
New research highlights how anyone can train their creative muscles by rethinking the anxiety, frustration and anger they encounter in daily life.
You can set up a studio space on the dining table or the floor. One way to encourage your child to begin creating is to place freshly sharpened pencils in a jar.
It takes a lot of steps – and help from other people – to make a physical book you can hold in your hands.
Creators of NFT art are organizing themselves into new art scenes, but they are still searching for cultural legitimacy while museums remain skittish.
Because Dylan draws from songs from the past, he has been accused of plagiarism. But this view has been colored by a distorted understanding of the creative process.
Some of the most innovative people in the world earn Nobel Prizes. Scholars of creativity identify what they have in common and what regular people can learn and emulate from their examples.
After Anita Lane died, former collaborator Nick Cave said she “despised the concept of the muse but was everybody’s”. Meera Atkinson highlights her achievements – with help from those who knew her.
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Associate Professor in Personality Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Professor of Engineering Innovation, University of South Australia
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PhD student, University of Warwick
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Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Iowa
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Lecturer in Psychology, York St John University
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Assistant Professor in Cognitive Science, Coventry University
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Head of Programmes (Innovation Design Engineering and Global Innovation Design) and Professor of Creativity, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Full Professor in Organizational Design and Collaboration Engineering, University of Twente
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, UMass Boston
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Visual Artist and Lecturer in Teacher Education, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
