We all know that creativity is the backbone of innovation and, ultimately, business success. But we don't always think deeply about how creative people get their ideas and the steps we might take to do the same. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, a physician and chief product and chief innovation officer at BetterUp, and Martin Seligman, a professor of psychology at ... Show More
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Purpose-Driven Leadership in an Era of Polarization
Even in difficult times, leadership must be about empathy, authenticity, fairness and service. That's according to Darren Walker, the outgoing CEO of the Ford Foundation, a nonprofit with an endowment of billions of dollars and a charge to reduce poverty and injustice. Drawing on ... Show More
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46. Stay Creative: How to Keep Your Ideas Fresh and Practical
<p>“To be creative, ideas must be both novel and useful. That’s the definition that we use in creativity research,” says <a href="https://www.fastersmarter.io/guests/justin-berg/">Justin Berg</a>, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Bu ... Show More
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Ep 484: Innovation and Skills-Based Hiring
The pace of business change is continuing to accelerate. According to a recent McKinsey Global Survey, business leaders expect that by 2026, half of their companies' revenues will come from products, services, or businesses that haven't been invented yet. Innovation is critical f ... Show More
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Episode 89: How to Be More Creative and Have Big Ideas with Craig Case
<p>Would you like to be more creative? Would you like more insights & aha moments? This is a fascinating rebroadcast conversation about the brain, creativity & inspiration with Craig Case, author of Big Ideas. Now more than ever, creativity and reinvention are extremely important ... Show More
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Why businesses need a dreamer's magic and a doer's realism | Beth Viner
<p>At work, the dreamers often get credit for the big ideas, but they can also sometimes seem untethered to reality to the doers, who are trying to ... get things done. It's when these two types of humans work in harmony that business magic happens, says culture strategist Beth V ... Show More
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What is Creativity? || The Human Potential Lab
Welcome to The Human Potential Lab! In this special series of The Psychology Podcast, I will be doing solo episodes answering your burning questions about the mind, brain, human behavior, and human potential.In the second episode of this series, I will be talking about creativity ... Show More
39m 20s
Dec 2023
Why businesses need a dreamer's magic and a doer's realism | Beth Viner
<p>At work, the dreamers often get credit for the big ideas, but they can also sometimes seem untethered to reality to the doers, who are trying to ... get things done. It's when these two types of humans work in harmony that business magic happens, says culture strategist Beth V ... Show More
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487. "But, I'm A Creative"
Are you a creator who's constantly innovating and producing? We totally understand, and guess what? We're the same way! Today, we're diving into a topic that resonates with many of our listeners – being a creative entrepreneur.We often encounter the belief that constant creation ... Show More
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