Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
@z-i-pringle.bsky.social
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Author, The Creativity Choice:
https://tinyurl.com/thecreativitychoicebook
Speaker. Yale faculty.
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Today is the day! The Creativity Choice is out! Starting to see pictures in the wild. Some book bites in my latest newsletter. That I hope get people wanting to come for more:
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The Creativity Choice is OUT!
Today is publication day for a very long project; it translates the science of what comes between an idea and the finished product, to help you get from there to here.
https://open.substack.com/pub/creativitydecision/p/the-creativity-choice-is-out?r=2tdorq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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We use technology on auto-pilot. But it doesn't have to be like that. What if we were purposeful? What if we learned the lessons of what happened with social media to inform how we use
#AI
for
#creativity
? My latest newsletter:
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Another one on creativity and AI
Lessons from experimentation, personal and scientific
https://open.substack.com/pub/creativitydecision/p/another-one-on-creativity-and-ai?r=2tdorq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
7 days ago
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Diving more into the writing process. Which is a great example of The Creativity Choice process, from decisions to get started to doing to redoing (part 2)
#creativity
#writing
#writingcommunity
#booksky
12 days ago
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When I started writing The Creativity Choice, I couldn't resist checking advice to writers. But none of the top tips were helpful for me. The truth is that there is no right way to write. Just. Write. Edit. Write. And write.
#WritingCommunity
#BookSky
#creativity
13 days ago
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As
#AI
takes over many generative tasks, what is left is complex
#creativity
of finding problems, drawing on expertise that builds capacity for effective judgment + decision making, and building by incorporating signals from emotions and thinking alike (what matters? what is important?)
20 days ago
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Despite all the talk about
#AI
and
#creativity
, I think that all the evidence points to human creativity continuing to be a way of future proofing ourselves.
21 days ago
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Big themes from my chat on Psychologists Off The Clock ... thread
#creativity
#podcast
#flow
#growth
#emotionalintelligence
#Confidence
offtheclockpsych.com/the-creativi...
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440. The Creativity Choice with Zorana Ivcevic Pringle – Psychologists Off the Clock
https://offtheclockpsych.com/the-creativity-choice-with-zorana-ivcevic-pringle/
27 days ago
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Mark Blackwell AI-summarized my podcast appearances to extract lessons and take the conversation about The Creativity Choice in new directions.
#creativity
#InnovationInMotion
#emotions
#AI
#work
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rOr...
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70% of People Are Wrong About Creativity | Yale Researcher Dr Zorana Ivcevic Pringle Explains
YouTube video by Arkaro Insights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rOrk975qsc&list=PLZcQ8_dMMmFun-etAo02tF8aAPiciCqMI&index=5
about 1 month ago
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What started as an idea for a newsletter post became a full day of reflection. I became aware how much I engage with art, which is crucial for my well-being. 38 events!
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about 1 month ago
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We set out to achieve goals that are often ill-defined. To achieve them, we need creative confidence. In my first piece for
@psychologytoday.com
for this year, I dive into what it takes to build creative confidence.
#creativity
#creativeconfidence
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/crea...
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How to Build Creative Confidence
We do what we believe we can do. Boost your resolutions with four research-based strategies to develop creative confidence
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creativity-the-art-and-science/202601/how-to-build-creative-confidence
about 1 month ago
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It is a time for years in review and I could not resist one. But I also didn't want to do the traditional best of list post. So here is something different. My year in art I had the fortune to see in 2025
#creativity
#art
#learning
#yearinreview
#inspiration
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Visual Lessons About Creativity. Mostly.
Reflecting on the art I saw in 2025 and what it says
https://open.substack.com/pub/creativitydecision/p/visual-lessons-about-creativity-mostly?r=2tdorq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 month ago
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My 2025 was a year of translating the science of creativity for those interested in developing capacity for developing ideas and bringing them to life - educators, coaches, consultants, and leaders.
#creativity
#innovation
#learning
#emotions
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
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Choosing to Be Creative
Creativity isn’t just about ideas—it’s about emotions, mindset, and choice. New research reveals the hidden emotional work behind creative breakthroughs.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-psychology-of-creativity/202512/choosing-to-be-creative
about 1 month ago
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Have you ever looked up from your phone and felt your world broaden? What did looking and seeing do to you and for you? Interview about this and more w/Keith Sawyer in my latest
@psychtoday.bsky.social
:
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/crea...
#creativity
#design
#Education
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Once You Learn to See, Creativity Follows
Key creativity lesson: Instead of thinking harder, see the problem in a new way.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creativity-the-art-and-science/202512/once-you-learn-to-see-creativity-follows
about 2 months ago
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Learning & the Brain review of The Creativity Choice: "Her core argument is simple yet liberating: Creativity isn’t exclusive to artistic geniuses; it’s a series of deliberate choices available to everyone."
www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-cre...
#creativity
#confidence
#booksky
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The Creativity Choice: The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas into Action by Zorana Ivcevic Pringle – Education & Teacher Conferences
https://www.learningandthebrain.com/blog/the-creativity-choice-the-science-of-making-decisions-to-turn-ideas-into-action-by-zorana-ivcevic-pringle/
2 months ago
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Emotions are information. As any other information, they can be used in decision-making. The Creativity Choice shows that when our goal is creativity,
#emotions
can be inspiration, boost divergent and critical thinking, and build climate for repeatable
#creativity
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2 months ago
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My talk last week in Colorado Springs got cancelled by a poorly timed snow event. So I figured to write about what I was going to speak. What have the arts ever do for us?
#creativity
#art
#emotions
#inspiration
#confidence
#doubt
#uncertainty
2 months ago
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My talk last week in Colorado Springs got cancelled by a poorly timed snow event. So I figured to write about it in my newsletter. What have the arts ever do for us?
#creativity
#art
#emotions
#inspiration
#confidence
#doubt
#uncertainty
creativitydecision.substack.com/p/answering-...
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Answering Monty Python’s question about creativity
What have the arts ever done for us?
https://creativitydecision.substack.com/p/answering-monty-pythons-question?r=2tdorq
2 months ago
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The Creativity Choice is about hard creativity. From vague idea and "can I really?" to surviving the emotional rollercoaster to making creativity reliable
#booksky
#creativity
#innovation
www.kevinmiller.co/podcast/who-...
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Who Is Creative (Some More Than Others) & How To Go From Creativity To Delivering A Performance Or Product w/ Zorana Ivcevic Pringle — Kevin Miller
Do we all have some creative ability in us? Yes. Can we learn and grow to be more creative? Yes. Should we all be living as “creatives?” I question this. But what creativity we have, whether it’s art,...
https://www.kevinmiller.co/podcast/who-is-creative-some-more-than-others-amp-how-to-go-from-creativity-to-delivering-a-performance-or-product-w-zorana-ivcevic-pringle
2 months ago
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Thank you to Colorado for the first snow of the season. And a terrific group at the Yale University club hosting The Creativity Choice.
#creativity
#innovation
#leadership
2 months ago
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Grateful for The Creativity Choice in the wild around the world, from Serbia to Sweden, from the UK to Paraguay...
#creativity
#bookstagram
#booksbooksbooks
#gratitude
3 months ago
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Full week of gratitude. Cannot wait for the final season of Stranger Things. The Creativity Choices visiting the Barbie Pond in Washington, DC, as we count down to new episodes.
#creativity
#gratitude
#StrangerThings
3 months ago
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Why are we drawn to art? I recently listed to the podcast episode in which
@ezraklein.bsky.social
interviewed Patti Smith. In my opinion, the conversation was fundamentally about giving thanks
3 months ago
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What if a college honors program was designed around creativity? This is what The John Martinson Honors EDGE program at Montclair State University is doing and I am honored to serve on its advisor board.
#creativity
#education
#honorsprogram
#teaching
#learning
#booksky
3 months ago
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For the Learning and the Lab conference, I wanted to share science translated into actionable items for educators. Here is a micro-action creativity starter pack
#creativity
#education
#learning
#skills
#inspiration
#emotions
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How to Teach (and Learn) Creativity
Step 1: Small changes
https://open.substack.com/pub/creativitydecision/p/how-to-teach-and-learn-creativity?r=2tdorq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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How to spark
#creativity
in
#education
? 1st step: learn what creativity is, what it is not, and what we can expect on the way to realizing creative goals. Chat about The Creativity Choice on the Spark Creativity Teacher podcast.
#learning
#emotions
sparkcreativity.libsyn.com/393-research...
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The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA: 393: Research-Based Practices to Ignite Creativity, with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
We know employers want creative thinkers. We know creative thinking is necessary to solve the problems we see everywhere in our world. We know we want our students to learn to be more creative. ...
https://sparkcreativity.libsyn.com/393-research-based-practices-to-ignite-creativity-with-dr-zorana-ivcevic-pringle
3 months ago
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The theme of the just completed Learning & the Brain conference was teaching whole students. Educational leaders know that this is the only way to have true learning.
#creativity
#thriving
#wellbeing
#engagement
#education
#EducationalLeadership
3 months ago
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Great time at the Learning & the Brain conference in Boston. From
#curiosity
to
#creativity
to
#thriving
whole learners Great to see The Creativity Choice in great company thanks to Toadstool Bookshop and
@alranbooks.bsky.social
#books
#booksky
3 months ago
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Love seeing The Creativity Choice in the wild. On this cold November day, a picture from a warmer one a few weeks ago at the Harvard Bookstore.
#booksky
#books
#creativity
3 months ago
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When people ask me what is the target audience for my book, The Creativity Choice, I have multiple levels of the answer.
#creativity
#innovation
#curiosity
#work
#leadership
#emotions
#coaching
@booksky.bsky.social
www.gayleallen.net/cm-300-zoran...
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https://www.gayleallen.net/cm-300-zorana-ivcevic-pringle-on-turning-ideas-into-action/
3 months ago
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It was an honor to speak about The Creativity Choice in the context of work and leadership at the Yale School of Management . I walked the audience through the lesser discussed portions of the creative process:
#creativity
#innovation
#work
#leadership
#emotionalintelligence
3 months ago
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Very much looking forward to speaking at the @learningandtheb conference in Boston. The theme is teaching thriving, social, curious, and critical thinkers.
#creativity
#learning
#education
#curiosity
#criticalthinking
You can check out the program:
www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-5...
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Learning & the Brain
Learning & the Brain
https://www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-550/teaching-whole-learners
3 months ago
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Hint about what to expect in The Creativity Choice? Mindset meets Grit, but for creativity.
#creativity
#books
#booksky
#mindset
#grit
#emotions
#confidence
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3 months ago
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Surprisingly, the science of creativity did not investigate what would happen to our creative potential and how we use it if we practiced creative thinking.
#creativethinking
#creativity
#learning
#growth
#personaldevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/creativi...
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The analogy game
From small acts to creativity habits
https://open.substack.com/pub/creativitydecision/p/the-analogy-game?r=2tdorq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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What do we know when we know a creative person? This is one of the oldest questions in
#creativity
studies. We have learned much. About traits of creative individuals (openness to experience! and beyond!), their cognitive
#abilities
,
#values
and
#motivation
. And we are ready to ask more questions.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 months ago
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Among top 10 skills for 2025 the World Economic Forum lists 5 creativity-related ones. But skills are not a goal in themselves. We need to transform them into action. What do we need to put creativity skills to work?
#creativity
#emotions
#emotionregulation
#skills
#futureofwork
#education
4 months ago
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The Untangle podcast is perfectly named for a discussion about creativity. It is far from linear. This conversation was a 45 min grand tour of the creative process I describe in The Creative Choice... thread...
#creativity
#innovation
#creativeprocess
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Turning Ideas to Action: How Your Mindset Impacts Creativity. With Zorana Ivcevic Pringle.
Podcast Episode · Untangle · 06/10/2025 · 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/turning-ideas-to-action-how-your-mindset-impacts-creativity/id1073460738?i=1000717572020
4 months ago
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reposted by
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
For the Love of Creatives
4 months ago
Creativity exists on four levels (not just one) 📊 Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (
@z-i-pringle.bsky.social
) from Yale: "Psychologists distinguish these four levels of creativity."
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Looking forward to sharing the lessons about the emotional side of creativity, from empathy and self-compassion to frustration and self-doubt at the Designing for Empathy summit.
#creativity
#emotions
#emotionalintelligence
#art
#fashion
4 months ago
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reposted by
Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
For the Love of Creatives
4 months ago
What if doubt is actually the good part? 🤔 Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (
@z-i-pringle.bsky.social
) from Yale: "There is no removing doubt. You can get better at coping with it" Maddox: "Wouldn't certainty just kill the magic?" Think about it.
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Creativity isn't what you think it is 🧠 Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (
@z-i-pringle.bsky.social
) from Yale: "when we think about creativity, we first go too big—Einstein, Steve Jobs, Coco Chanel. but creativity is much more." Psychologists identify FOUR levels of creativity...
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Join us at the Mindful Leader Summit in Washington DC later this week. I will be speaking about creativity not as a trait but a decision leaders make every day. Registration link:
#leadership
#mindfulness
#emotionalintelligence
#creativity
www.mindfulleader.org/mindful-lead...
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Mindful Leader Summit
Unlock your leadership potential and a thriving people-centric organization at the Annual Mindful Leader Summit this Fall in Washington D.C.
https://www.mindfulleader.org/mindful-leader-summit
5 months ago
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What key insights about
#creativity
are we missing when we focus only on inspiration? The Creativity Choice
@hachettelibrary.bsky.social
uncovers how to take the ideas and make them real. Takeaways thread...
#inspiration
#emotions
#AI
podcast.toddhenry.com/the-creativi...
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The Creativity Choice
In this episode, we dive deep into what it really means to choose creativity, rather than simply waiting for inspiration to strike. We open with the fascinating ori…
https://podcast.toddhenry.com/the-creativity-choice/
5 months ago
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A colleague introduced me in ChatGPT pics before a talk. What this act of everyday creativity did: 1️⃣ Fun for her 2️⃣ It made me smile, 3 hands, oddly critical look at art, and all 3️⃣ It set the mood of openness for the talk
#creativity
#wellbeing
#relationships
5 months ago
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One of my favorite events of the year, Designing the Empathy summit in New York. If you are a museum professional or academic or entrepreneur working to create understanding and care, this is the place and a community for you.
#conference
#empathy
#empathymatters
5 months ago
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One of the most expansive conversations about creativity and The Creativity Choice I had in the last few months was with Andy J. Pizza on the Creative Pep Talk podcast.
#creativity
#design
#problemsolving
#ideas
#ProblemFinding
#emotions
www.creativepeptalk.com/512-the-scie...
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512 - The Science of Realizing Creative Potential with Yale Researcher Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD
Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter. --- How does it feel to be on t…
https://www.creativepeptalk.com/512-the-science-of-realizing-creative-potential-with-yale-researcher-zorana-ivcevic-pringle-phd/
5 months ago
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Excited to share a call for articles for a special issue of Education Sciences on
#aesthetics
#creativity
and
#emotionalintelligence
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
that I am co-editing w/ John Pellitteri and Jessica Hoffmann
@iaea-aesthetics.bsky.social
More:
www.mdpi.com/journal/educ...
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https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/L9HMLW5CF1
5 months ago
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Creativity depends less on what we feel than on how we use and manage emotions. My chat with Rob Emmerling for the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations podcast
#creativity
#innovation
#emotionalintelligence
#work
www.eiconsortium.org
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Emotional Intelligence Consortium - Articles, Research and Information on Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence Consortium - Dedicated to research on emotions and emotional intelligence in the workplace, this site provides free information and cutting edge research on emotions and emotion...
https://www.eiconsortium.org/
6 months ago
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#Creativity
exists in every area of human work. But it does not stop there. We also have lives outside of work and we can actively create them. This includes envisioning, planning, and designing particular
#career
and personal trajectories and goals
podcasts.apple.com/kh/podcast/t...
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The Hidden Psychology Behind Failed Dreams, with Yale’s Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
Podcast Episode · Afford Anything · 18/07/2025 · 1h 6m
https://podcasts.apple.com/kh/podcast/the-hidden-psychology-behind-failed-dreams-with-yales/id1079598542?i=1000717986309
6 months ago
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@ibdinvestors.bsky.social
reminding us that creativity is much than good or even brilliant ideas. We need to move on it and that is hard
#TheCreativityChoice
#creativity
#Innovation
#IDEAS
www.investors.com/news/managem...
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https://www.investors.com/news/management/leaders-and-success/creativity-requires-more-than-just-a-great-idea-you-need-to-move-on-it-too/
6 months ago
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For
#educators
who are already thinking of teaching and leading to build skills for the future,
#inspiration
from the team at Feuling Creativity in Education podcast.
#creativity
#education
#skills
fuelingcreativity.podbean.com/e/the-creati...
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The Creativity Choice: A Conversation with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle | Fueling Creativity in Education
Sign up for our weekly newsletter here! In this special summer edition of the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, hosts Dr. Cyndi Burnett and Dr. Matthew Worwood welcome back Dr. Zorana Pringle, ...
https://fuelingcreativity.podbean.com/e/the-creativity-choice-a-conversation-with-dr-zorana-ivcevic-pringle/
7 months ago
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How to harness emotions to fuel
#creativity
. In
@fastcompany.com
I flip the script about creativity from thinking to feeling and harnessing the power of
#emotions
. Lessons for more effective
#leadership
from
#TheCreativityChoice
#booksky
www.fastcompany.com/91362319/how...
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How to harness your emotions to fuel creativity
The creative process is full of emotions. A Yale researcher offers advice on how to effectively use them to maximize your creativity.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91362319/how-to-use-your-emotions-to-fuel-creativity
7 months ago
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