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How Does Creativity Affect Feelings Of Solitude?

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A recent study conducted by the University of Arizona reveals that individuals with higher levels of creativity tend to utilize their idle time more effectively by allowing one idea to naturally progress into another. Absent specific prompts, the participants were encouraged to vocalize their thoughts spontaneously and in real time.

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Do Unusual Workplaces Spur Creativity?

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The study found that the social aspect of working in a cafe was vitally important to workers, who revealed that it made them feel a part of something bigger, while the background noise also bolstered their creativity levels. At least, that’s if they want to encourage creativity within the workforce.

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Employees Need To “Warm Up” To Be Creative

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While things like power can often help us to be creative at work as it liberates us from any fear that our ideas might be rejected, research from Cornell suggests that practice can help even those without such power improve their creativity. In the first experiment, the creative idea generation session was divided into two rounds.

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Do Co-Working Spaces Limit Our Creativity?

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Co-working spaces are often branded as places that are not only communal but creative, where the interactions you get with people you ordinarily wouldn’t rub shoulders with spark a host of new ideas. Research from Bayes Business School suggests that this isn’t really the case, and indeed co-working spaces can limit our creativity.

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Why Creativity Is Hard To Repeat

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The world is awash with great ideas, but while many would make the case that innovation and creativity should be repeatable activities, actually doing so is often harder than we think. They chose this field because cookbooks are not only creative endeavors, but also often labors of love. Recognizing creativity.

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How Creative Are We When Working Virtually?

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While the general consensus is that employees liked it and were reasonably productive, there are concerns about its impact on things like creativity and innovation. Affecting creativity. The researchers conducted a lab experiment with half of the participating teams working together online and the remainder working together in person.

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Do Morals Affect Our Creativity?

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Moral behavior is typically something cherished in the workplace, but there have been concerns that creativity thrives better when we’re happy to bend the rules a bit. Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that this doesn’t have to be the case, and that morality can in fact spark creativity too.

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