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9780199316021 English 0199316023 A groundbreaking, scientific approach to creative thinking From entrepreneurs to teachers, engineers to artists, almost everyone stands to benefit from becoming more creative. New ways of thinking, making, and imagining have the potential to bring about revolutionary changes to both our personal lives and society as a whole. And yet, the science behind creativity has largely remained a mystery, with few people aware of the ways we can optimize our own creative and innovative ideas. Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity To Inspire Change offers a perspective, grounded in science, that allows us to achieve both individual and collective creative goals. Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks draw upon extensive research from brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences to present a unique five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually refined and developed. Beyond scientific research, Innovating Minds also describes the everyday creative challenges of people from all walks of life, offering insights from dancers, scientists, designers, and architects. The book shows that creativity is far from a static process; it is steeped with emotion and motivation, involving the dynamic interactions of our minds, brains, and environments. Accordingly, it challenges readers to put its material into use through thinking prompts, creativity cross-checks, and other activities. Vibrant and engaging, Innovating Minds reveals a unique approach to harnessing creative ideas and putting them into action. It offers a fascinating exploration of the science of creativity along with new and valuable resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers., From entrepreneurs to teachers, engineers to artists, almost everyone stands to benefit from becoming more creative. New ways of thinking, making, and imagining have the potential to bring about revolutionary changes to both our personal lives and society as a whole. And yet, the sciencebehind creativity has largely remained a mystery, with few people aware of the ways we can optimize our own creative and innovative ideas. Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity To Inspire Change offers a perspective, grounded in science, that allows us to achieve both individual and collective creative goals. Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks draw upon extensive research from brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences to presenta unique five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually refined and developed. Beyond scientific research, Innovating Minds also describes the everyday creative challenges of people from all walks of life, offering insights from dancers, scientists, designers, and architects. The book shows that creativity is far from a static process; it is steeped with emotion and motivation, involving the dynamic interactions of our minds, brains, and environments. Accordingly, it challenges readers to put its material into use through thinking prompts, creativity cross-checks, andother activities. Vibrant and engaging, Innovating Minds reveals a unique approach to harnessing creative ideas and putting them into action. It offers a fascinating exploration of the science of creativity along with new and valuable resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers., What is creative thinking really all about? How do we discover promising new ways of making, imagining, and adeptly moving towards our creative goals, whether working on our own or together with others? Innovating Minds offers a perspective grounded in science to help us realize our individualand collective creativity. The book presents a five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually formed and re-formed within the dynamic interplay of our minds, brains, and environments. Ideas exist in our minds, but they are steeped in emotion, motivation, perception, and action - and they rely on support from our environments, in all their social, physical, and symbolic complexities. Drawing on research from studies on individuals participating in small groups, multinationalorganizations, and brain networks, Innovating Minds illuminates the real-world challenges facing creative professionals from all walks of life - from dancers to designers, artists, architects, scientists, software developers, and others. The thinking framework raises five essential questions: 1. What ideas are competing for your attention and awareness, and how are you helping to form and re-form them? 2. Are you aptly zooming in and zooming out? 3. Do you allow for both spontaneity and deliberateness in your thinking? 4. Are youthinking using the full power of concepts, together with sensing, feeling, and well-chosen action goals? 5. How do you ask your environments and your "thinking tools" to creatively partner with you?Throughout, Innovating Minds invites readers to explore and put to use lessons from the thinking framework with exercises, thinking prompts, and activities called creativity cross-checks and queries. Built on a broad platform of brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences, the integrativethinking framework provides new and enduring resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers.
9780199316021 English 0199316023 A groundbreaking, scientific approach to creative thinking From entrepreneurs to teachers, engineers to artists, almost everyone stands to benefit from becoming more creative. New ways of thinking, making, and imagining have the potential to bring about revolutionary changes to both our personal lives and society as a whole. And yet, the science behind creativity has largely remained a mystery, with few people aware of the ways we can optimize our own creative and innovative ideas. Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity To Inspire Change offers a perspective, grounded in science, that allows us to achieve both individual and collective creative goals. Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks draw upon extensive research from brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences to present a unique five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually refined and developed. Beyond scientific research, Innovating Minds also describes the everyday creative challenges of people from all walks of life, offering insights from dancers, scientists, designers, and architects. The book shows that creativity is far from a static process; it is steeped with emotion and motivation, involving the dynamic interactions of our minds, brains, and environments. Accordingly, it challenges readers to put its material into use through thinking prompts, creativity cross-checks, and other activities. Vibrant and engaging, Innovating Minds reveals a unique approach to harnessing creative ideas and putting them into action. It offers a fascinating exploration of the science of creativity along with new and valuable resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers., From entrepreneurs to teachers, engineers to artists, almost everyone stands to benefit from becoming more creative. New ways of thinking, making, and imagining have the potential to bring about revolutionary changes to both our personal lives and society as a whole. And yet, the sciencebehind creativity has largely remained a mystery, with few people aware of the ways we can optimize our own creative and innovative ideas. Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity To Inspire Change offers a perspective, grounded in science, that allows us to achieve both individual and collective creative goals. Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks draw upon extensive research from brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences to presenta unique five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually refined and developed. Beyond scientific research, Innovating Minds also describes the everyday creative challenges of people from all walks of life, offering insights from dancers, scientists, designers, and architects. The book shows that creativity is far from a static process; it is steeped with emotion and motivation, involving the dynamic interactions of our minds, brains, and environments. Accordingly, it challenges readers to put its material into use through thinking prompts, creativity cross-checks, andother activities. Vibrant and engaging, Innovating Minds reveals a unique approach to harnessing creative ideas and putting them into action. It offers a fascinating exploration of the science of creativity along with new and valuable resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers., What is creative thinking really all about? How do we discover promising new ways of making, imagining, and adeptly moving towards our creative goals, whether working on our own or together with others? Innovating Minds offers a perspective grounded in science to help us realize our individualand collective creativity. The book presents a five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually formed and re-formed within the dynamic interplay of our minds, brains, and environments. Ideas exist in our minds, but they are steeped in emotion, motivation, perception, and action - and they rely on support from our environments, in all their social, physical, and symbolic complexities. Drawing on research from studies on individuals participating in small groups, multinationalorganizations, and brain networks, Innovating Minds illuminates the real-world challenges facing creative professionals from all walks of life - from dancers to designers, artists, architects, scientists, software developers, and others. The thinking framework raises five essential questions: 1. What ideas are competing for your attention and awareness, and how are you helping to form and re-form them? 2. Are you aptly zooming in and zooming out? 3. Do you allow for both spontaneity and deliberateness in your thinking? 4. Are youthinking using the full power of concepts, together with sensing, feeling, and well-chosen action goals? 5. How do you ask your environments and your "thinking tools" to creatively partner with you?Throughout, Innovating Minds invites readers to explore and put to use lessons from the thinking framework with exercises, thinking prompts, and activities called creativity cross-checks and queries. Built on a broad platform of brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences, the integrativethinking framework provides new and enduring resources for becoming more innovative thinkers and doers.