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The Creativity Crisis

Newsweek's article on Creativity has been making the rounds recently. I had never heard of the Torrance creativity test, but it does seem like it would be interesting to take. The reason this article has been cited widely is this: Like intelligence tests, Torrance’s test—a 90-minute

Fast Company 2010 Most Innovative Companies

50 Most Innovative Companies My own employer did not make the list of the 50 Most Innovative this year, but we did end up on the All-Stars list.

Creativity in Science and Engineering, Part 3

Managing Creativity Based on the personality traits identified with creativity in the last post, it seems that managing creativity is going to be difficult. However, there is some hope. I have less direct experience in the world of science, but in engineering, it is basically impossible for a lone genius

Creativity in Science and Engineering, Part 2

Personality traits associated with creativity See Part 1 Which personality traits are associated with creativity can help us know which individuals will be best suited to a role in R&D. So first, I think it is worthwhile to specify what I mean by creativity. Borrowing from an essay

Creativity in Science and Engineering, Part 1

Recently, my project manager attended a seminar on Systematic Innovation. It was interesting he said, but he wasn't too sure of the ultimate value of it. It mostly seemed like a really fancy kind of brainstorming, to try and help you address a greater proportion of the probabilities.