Reading time: 15 minutes · Key authors: Treffinger & Isaksen · Mumford & Reiter-Palmon · Oppert et al. · Scott, Leritz & Mumford Almost every problem-solving method taught in schools, universities, and companies shares one assumption: that the problem is already correctly defined. That the thinker’s job is to find the right answer to a […]
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Practical articles on creativity for educators and professionals: techniques and working methods grounded in scientific research.
How to Develop a Creative Mindset: A Practical Guide for Professionals
Reading time: 15 minutes · Key authors: Amabile · Csikszentmihalyi · He & Chiang · Zhou et al. · Shaw & Yu Most professionals reach a point in their careers where creativity feels like something other people have and they don’t. The engineer who envies the designer’s ease. The project director who watches with admiration […]
What Is Design Thinking and How to Use It in Higher Education
Reading time: 15 minutes · Key authors: Tim Brown (IDEO) · Stanford d.school · Valcke et al. · McLaughlin et al. · Liesa-Orús · Elías Villanueva Over the past fifteen years, Design Thinking has moved from being a methodology exclusive to design and innovation firms to becoming one of the most discussed pedagogical approaches in […]
5 Creative Thinking Techniques Every University Educator Should Know
Reading time: 14 minutes · Key authors: Guilford · De Bono · Eberle · Osborn & Parnes · Buzan There is a persistent gap in higher education: creativity appears in nearly every university graduate profile, but it rarely shows up in the classroom as explicit, methodological, and assessable content. It is not that educators don’t […]
Can Creativity Be Taught? What Science Says and How to Apply It in the Classroom
Reading time: 15 minutes · Key authors: Amabile · Csikszentmihalyi · De Bono · Scott, Leritz & Mumford · Egana-delSol · Torrance There is a question that comes up almost every time at the start of a creativity course, phrased in different ways but carrying the same underlying doubt: “Why am I here if creativity […]