Why you need to keep challenging employees

Recent research explored people who feel the need to be different. That is, people who ‘get off’ on doing things differently from the norm. The researchers found that people who like being different performed significantlyRead more

In a study conducted at Harvard University, Professor Teresa Amabile asked people to write a story about being a particular age. Half of the study’s participants were told their stories would be judged. The studyRead more

If you’re like most people, chances are any bonuses you receive are based on your performance: whether you (or your company) reach sales targets, achieve double digit growth, increase brand value, and so on. IfRead more

Research from the University of Newcastle (UK) has shown that so called ‘creative types’, such as artists and poets, get laid more often than their non-creative counterparts. On average, ‘creatives’ had experienced between four toRead more

The number of people in your team has a significant impact on organisational creativity. A group of researchers at the University of Oklahoma found that organisations that were full of very large sized teams (moreRead more

Over the past few years, some interesting studies have been conducted that examined the effect of one’s physical surroundings on creativity. One such study revealed that people think more creatively in more ‘natural’, unstructured environments.Read more

Common sense tells us that constraints and parameters are bad when it comes to idea generation. According to the latest psychological research, this has been shown not to be the case. In one study thatRead more

Often in meetings, and in small ‘break out’ groups in workshops, there is no clear facilitator. Research suggests that a lack of workshop facilitation increases Group Think (the tendency for groups to think homogenously) whichRead more