Idea To Value - Creativity And Innovation

In this episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with a cornerstone of the creativity research field, Prof Dean Keith Simonton. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis as well as author of some of the most important books and hundreds of pieces of research around genius and creativity. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1Bn #genius #creativity #research In today's wide-ranging interview, we speak about the history of Genius, how creative geniuses produce their best work, and what hope there is for the "normal" people who do not consider themselves to be a genius but want to be more creative. Topics covered in this episode: 00:01:30 - Dean's history in creativity research and how it brought him to studying Geniuses 00:05:00 - Why there are Golden Ages of multiple Geniuses, interspersed by periods of lower creativity, and the importance of predecessors 00:10:00 - The difference between craftsmanship and creativity 00:12:30 - The re