From the course: Enhancing Team Innovation
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The psychology of innovation
From the course: Enhancing Team Innovation
The psychology of innovation
- Have you ever come across someone that you would describe as naturally creative? How exactly would you describe this creativity? This is something that psychologists have spent a lot of time researching, and there are some key traits you can nurture and grow if you want to enhance your creativity and your ability to be innovative. Creative people rate highly on the personality traits of being open to change. The reason for this is in order to be creative and create innovative outputs, you need to be open to the idea that the status quo can be challenged. You also need to believe that there may be a better and alternative way of doing things based on new developments. According to psychologists, creative people tend to have the ability to use psychological flexibility. In other words, they can generate a large amount of ideas. They can switch between perspectives, and they can find unusual associations between ideas, also known as divergent thinking. Those who are innovative also…
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