Idea To Value - Creativity And Innovation

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Dr Rob Weiner about the fascinating history of creativity. #history #ancient #greece #rome #creativity #muses See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1Df Dr Weiner is a former Professor teaching creativity (as well as "Lying 101") and author of Creativity and Beyond: Cultures, Values, and Change, which discusses how different cultures have defined and valued the key concept of creativity and how this has changed over time. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:45 - Dr Weiner's history teaching creativity across several universities, and how that has brought him to his current creative outlets 00:06:30 - There was no word for creativity before the 1870s, and it was not in the dictionary before the 1950s 00:09:00 - In ancient times, there was no concept of individual creativity. It was only god who created things 00:11:00 - the ancient perception that "muses" or other external divine spirits were responsible for ideas 00:15:00 - in ancient Greec