The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast
The Global Creativity Initiative Network shares academic research for practical insights, information and application of our human superpower. Creativity is within all of us. We can and must learn to become more creative. If you haven't heard, creativity is now one of the most important skills of our time. And if you're not sure about all this 'creativity stuff,' we've got you covered. Our team gets it. We're here to translate the scholarly field of creativity into every day, accessible language and tools for all humanity. Example: The Reisman Center for Translational Research on Creativity and Motivation does exactly this. The frcenter.net provides easily available modules, tools and assistance for the development of creativity in education, professional life and yes, everyday creativity every day. Together is better.
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Episodes
17 episodes
Think Better, Feel Better Through Creativity Dr Hector Ramos
Unlock Your Creative PotentialLife can be tough, filled with challenges and blind spots. How to problem find and resolve amid s stormy sea of valid reasons and feelings is messy. As Dr. Hector Ramos from Texas A&M University w...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:13
Spark Your Creativity with Dr Robert Root-Bernstien
Want to become more creative? Do what the creative geniuses do.To be creative it to be schooled in imagination. Dr Robert Root-Bernstein defines creativity as problem solving. No big surprise there perhaps....
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Episode 3
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34:20
Creativity is a HOW, Pete Ophoven
Newsflash: You're already creative and your brain may be blocking your creativity. Clearly, this is an important question - How to unblock what's in the way of your creativity? Pete Ophoven address...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:41
Radical Creativity - Dr Tuomos Auvinen, Aalto University, Finland
Creativity is often thinking differently inside the box. A box is a constraint, rather like time and money. And then again, sometimes a new box is needed. What worked before what won't work now. The world truly is messy place. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:49
Creativity a la Maltese
How might you become more creative? 1. Go to School at the DeBono Institute of the for Creative Thinking & Innovationat the University of Malta, yes, in the Mediterranean. Study creati...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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22:34
Transformational Toolbox for Creativity
What weighs more, a pickle or pain? Pause. Become curious and wonder. Do this and you are on your way to accessing your very own unlimited natural resource: your creativity. Dr Kay elegantly ripples through riddles as just one sample skil...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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43:35
Be Creative to Be Well for LIFE (and especially as an educator): A talk with Professor Chris Wilson
Creativity is central to our well-being. "Be original, be creative, think outside the box" are among the mantras to 'be creative.' And yet, how and when do we learn what that means? Seemingly late in one's academic career, too often at th...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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36:04
Become Aware to Become Creative: A deep dive into the RDCA
A deep dive coffee klatsch among scholars who story tell and parse the research specifically on the topic of awareness for becoming aware of how you might develop your creativity. This episode calls on all educators, corporate and c...
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Episode 10
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56:16
Call to Action: Assess Your Creativity with the RDCA
The Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment is a free 10 minute self diagnostic tool for assessing your creativity in 11 identified and long researched categories of creativity. You want this! In becoming aware of strengths and areas to...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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37:38
Trends in Creativity Research
Think creativity is all about ideas and brainstorming? Think again. Dr Mike Mumford emphasizes creativity is equally about evaluation. "Systematic refinement," continual appraisal and honing as a practice defines creative process. And the...
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26:15
Tolerate Ambiguity Acronym: PAC
Dr Roger Firestien is focused on finding the problem. Why? Because, "for every complex problem there's an answer that's clear, simple and wrong." Most of us solve for the wrong problem. And here's the gold: in about 5-6 minutes with the r...
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35:52
Creativity Anchors Corporate Sustainability
Dr Mumford shares what's trending in creativity research today. Creativity Research Journal
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26:15
Degrees of Creativity Matter
"Any time you're faced with a problem you haven't solved before, some degree of creativity is required." Everyday creativity has roots in Torrance's work and comes though in Bonnie's story telling insights from her direct experience with the la...
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13:50
Engineer: Empathize, Ask to Innovate
"Innovation is at the intersection of knowledge and insights." Professor Chinnam in India shares how STEM students for engineering require both knowledge and skills. Knowledge is learned. And how does one become skilled? Insights co...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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12:48
Creativity Deficiency Syndrome
Tune in for a broad stroke and lively overview with Dr Ruth Richards on why creativity is central to the quality of our being. Creativity is not some magical-out-there-skill reserved for genius types, though we did think that in earlier d...
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Episode 3
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48:21
Futurist: Sustainable Creativity is REAL.
"We are the future of the past," says author Rob Swigart. If this is true, and knowing what we know, what are we doing now for tomorrow? Valid question and compelling points in this conversation around how nature us perhaps our best teacher.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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17:57
Assess Your Creativity, it's FREE!
"Everyone of us has a seed of creativity," says Dr. Freddie Riesman, begging the question, is your creativity dormant or is it growing, and if so, how are you growing it? If you think you're not creative or wondering what creativity is th...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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