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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention

Written by Martin in't Veld in April 2009

Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is an excellent analysis of how creativity occurs, and how creative individuals have influenced their respective fields and domains of knowledge and arts. He does so by going through an extensive analysis of over ninety creative individuals of note. The book presents a process that is useful to any person who is attempting to improve their organizational or personal creativity or is curious about the components of creativity.

Loved it because:

Written by a very talented writer, and author of the best seller ‘Flow‘.
Insights from actually, successful, creative people. Mihaly observed and interviewed a long list of creatives and hands you their insights that have come with experience.
A good definition and insights into the essence of creativity itself – the psychology of wanting to invent, improve and discover.

You might not like it because:

Mihaly makes a number of claims that are a little hard to swallow for young professionals and digital natives (the idea that you have to work in one field for about 10 years in order to do something truly creative), a group that is fairly unrepresented in the book and list of interviewed creatives.

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Twyla Tharp on the Subject of Motivation and Creativity

Tywla Tharp is the most celebrated choreographers of her generation. She happens to be a very compelling writer on the subject of motivation and creativity. Her book The Creative Habit is handbook in personal discipline and creative growth. Twyla is evangelist for her body of work. In addition to choreographing new ballets, she is motivational [...]

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Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

Written by Martin in't Veld in April 2009

Lateral Thinking by Edward de Bono is the first best-seller in a long series of creativity books by the uber-guru of creative thinking.Lateral Thinking is a way of thinking that is different from our natural thinking process (linear thinking), one that heightens the chance of developing a creative idea.

Loved it because:

Game-changing insight into our mind and the way the generate ideas
Entertaining examples and puzzles
Clear formats for educating the idea of Lateral Thinking

You might not like it because:

The book gets a little repetitive after the first 200 pages, with a strong focus on grade-school education in the last third of the book.

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Tom Peters on Creatvity in Education

Tom Peters, a self-described “professional loudmouth” and marketing guru talks about how education handles creativity. The flaw in the system is, according to Tom, education is still training students to become Ford Factory workers (“leave your brains at the door”) while the economy is demanding Creative Thinkers.

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School kills creativity – A TED Classic by Sir Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

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A different way to think about creative genius

A strong, convincing speech by best selling author Elizabeth Gilbert about giving creativity back to the spirits, the muses or genius, and remove some of the disabling expectations that come with being an artist. Thanks you @Mathijs1988 for alerting me of this inspiring presentation!

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The Internet trade-off: How getting more of what you want kills creativity

Written by Martin in't Veld in March 2009

I apologize in advance for this post reads a little bit like a ‘rant on ‘the internet’. It’s also a little more ‘tech-talk’ than usual on Crinid. Proceed with caution, you’ve been warned

The internet is a place of niches. Millions of ‘me’ niches exist on blogs, social networks. Personalized search, personalized ads, personalized content, all becoming part of our ‘digital DNA’. And it’s great, right? We get more of what we want now that our profile is slowly becoming our niche?

No more annoying spam and other advertisements, just ‘infomercials’ – advertisements I’d want to see because they are relevant to my interests. And of course, therefor is more likely to make me click/buy/tell someone else about it. It’s this ‘noble’ thought that ignited the need for our data to be collected, stored and used to build our profile, and I’m not just talking about our Facebook account. Read the rest of this article »