What Radiohead Teaches Us About Musical Innovation

By Sam McNerney | July 01, 2012 | 0 comments

What makes a great musician or band great? From an evolutionary point of view, it might come down to pleasure.
Thank You Title IX

By Jill Vialet | June 30, 2012 | 0 comments

An appreciation and some thoughts on the legacy of Title IX as it turns 40
Tips on How to Be an Effective Scientist

By Mark Changizi | June 29, 2012 | 0 comments

The 7 Requirements of All Effective Scientists.
Scratch a Genius and You Surprise a Child

By Michael Michalko | June 28, 2012 | 0 comments

The childlike joy creative geniuses experience in life.
The Art and Science of Play

By Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein | June 27, 2012 | 0 comments

Creative play permeates the lifework of Desmond Morris.
How Hierarchies Kill Creativity

By David Burkus | June 26, 2012 | 0 comments

The natural structure of organizations too often becomes a "hierarchy of no" for creative ideas.
The Artist as Social Entrepeneur

By Ben Irvine | June 25, 2012 | 0 comments

Social progress, like great art, dwells in a sweetspot between political extremes.
The Educational Value of Creative Disobedience

By Andrea Kuszewski | June 23, 2012 | 0 comments

In this age of innovation, even more important than being an effective problem solver, is being a problem finder. It’s one thing to look at a problem and be able to generate a solution; it is another thing to be able to look at an ambiguous situation, and decide if there is a problem that needs to be solved. That’s a skill that isn’t really targeted by traditional teaching methods, and in fact, it is often discouraged. Rule-breaking , to an extent, should be tolerated and encouraged, and yes—even taught. To reach this end, we should be teaching and encouraging creative disobedience.
Will, Skill, Drill: A Conversation with Tim Hurson, author of “Think Better”.

By Milena Z. Fisher, Ph.D. | June 22, 2012 | 0 comments

"Stop thinking that there are magic bullets that will make your people more creative. The notion of quick fixes and instant creativity is actually one of the biggest barriers to developing creative capacity".
A Landmark Monograph in Gifted Education, and Why I Disagree with Its Major Conclusion

By James H. Borland | June 21, 2012 | 0 comments

In 2011, Subotnik, Olszewski-Kubilius, and Worrell published a landmark monograph that should be read by anyone interested in gifted education. However, I find their belief that the field ought to be devoted to encouraging eminence troubling.