Creativity

Strategies to help companies mitigate the legal risk and ensure they're in compliance with the law.

While we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched...

The absence of conflict is not harmony, it’s apathy.

"How do I find innovative people for my organization? And how can I become more innovative myself?" These are questions that stump most senior executives,...

How much of innovation is inspiration, and how much is hard work? The answer lies somewhere in the middle, says management thinker Peter Drucker. In this...

Great innovators have long known that the secret to unlocking a better answer is to ask a better question. Applying that insight to brainstorming exercises...

In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has...

New research shows that curiosity is vital to an organization's performance: Among other things, it improves engagement and collaboration and helps people...

People throughout your organization are energetically pursuing the new. But does all that activity add up to a strategy?

Do highly creative ads really inspire people to buy products? Studies have found that creative messages get more attention and lead to positive attitudes...

It's an easy way to build emotional intelligence.

Before you even know it, the stranger across the desk has decided what kind of person you are. Knowing how you’ll be stereotyped allows you to play to—and control—the other guy’s expectations.

The key to creativity is to stimulate your memory.

Just look at what Google and Groupon have done to boost productivity.

Researchers who studied the Italian film industry identified four key factors.

Ferrari depends on a creative workforce to build its gorgeous cars. Companies can take a lesson from its unique approach to inspiring employees.

Creative pursuits will open up new perspectives and boost your confidence.

A great and flexible business plan has just the right balance of doing and thinking. Create one in just five steps.

Fresh, innovative thinking is essential for business growth, and most people--not just a few gifted "visionaries"--are capable of it. So says the Wharton...

Breadth is as important as depth.