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Is your personality linked to your creativity? Survey says...

  Chris Grivas (pictured on left) and Gerard Puccio (on right), our associates in the Pacific Northwest and Buffalo, respectively, recently had some of their research published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal.  Their research focused on "Examining the Relationships between Personality Traits and Creativity Styles."  In their study, they compared results from the DiSC and FourSight assessments.  (You can also read about FourSight at the N&I Newsletter archives)

The strongest conclusion was that, "Based on the relationships between the [FourSight] Clarifier preference and the DiSC it would seem that problem clarification is associated with tendencies to be cautious, careful, analytical, accurate and tactful. In contrast, those who express strong preference for the idea generation stage of the creative process are likely to show such traits as willingness to challenge prevailing thought, need for change and attraction to variety."

Other less-strong relationships are detailed in the full journal article, which can be purchased on the page with the full article abstract.

Meanwhile, congratulations Gerard and Chris!

Finding Fixes For Gnarly Global Problems

 
Global Climate Change. Poverty. AIDS. Slavery. War. Water. Nukes.

What if there was a way to really go after these issues? Might it be possible to leverage the internet fueled changes in human connectivity to help? Is there a way to tap into the global creative mind? Might we be able use the newfound interest in improving innovation skills as a way to create innovative solutions to these difficult to solve global issues?

There just might be.  And it's possible that the Global Challenge Institute will be an organization that energizes some real solutions. "But how?" you ask. Read on...

Global Innovation Challenge Survey Says We Should Be Chinese Parents. Huh?

Which to you is more important for innovation, a) math & computer science or b) creative problem-solving? 

The November 23, 2009 issue of Newsweek shares the results of the Newsweek-Intel Global Innovation Survey, and it showed some startling differences between perceptions of people in different countries.  One statistic that jumped off the page at me was the disparity between what American and Chinese parents say are the most important skills their children will need to drive innovation.  The American parents said it was "Math and Computer Sciences" (52% versus 9% of Chinese parents).  The Chinese parents said it was "Creative Approaches to Problem-Solving" (45% versus 18% of American parents). 

This struck a chord, because in America, too many blue-ribbon panels on innovation, made up of governement and/or business leaders focus on math & computer science as THE cure-all for innovation.  But that is simply not enough. Math & computer sciences, as important as they are (and as much as we need to improve these skills in the US), are only a subset of creative problem-solving/creative process skills. 

Dante's Inferno and Driving Business Innovation

How do you sustain innovation in a challenging economy? Jonathan Vehar and Bob Eckert recently spoke with Julie Sue Auslander from Fast Company on Dante, The Doors and seven ways to grow your business during these challenging times.

Read what they have to say: http://bit.ly/LightMyFire

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