Lateral Action

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Everyone knows critical thinking kills creativity. Suspending judgment in order to come up with new and unusual ideas is one of the sacred cows of the creativity movement. Everyone knows that instant judgment is the enemy of creativity. Edward de Bono, Serious Creativity ). Jean Trumbo, Creativity ).

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She Owns Success

MARCH 6, 2023

(HBR) In a second experiment focused on creative ideation, participants were randomly assigned to one of three task-switching approaches and asked to generate creative ideas for two idea-generation tasks. Most people believed they would perform best if they switched between the two idea generation tasks as and when they wanted.

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Lateral Action

JANUARY 26, 2009

(Gordon Torr, Managing Creative People ). Lack of critical filters. Brainstorming is said to work because critical thinking is banned, allowing for a freer flow of original ideas. But again, the research raises doubts about this. Inhibition. Freeloading.

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