Idea To Value - Creativity And Innovation

In today's episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Dorte Nielsen, founder of the Centre of Creative Thinking in Denmark, and author of The Secrets of Highly Creative Thinkers. See the full episode at https://wp.me/p6pllj-1zv We speak about the successes and challenges she has had in bringing creativity into Danish classrooms. Topics mentioned in this episode: 00:01:00 - How Dorte got started in teaching creativity 00:02:30 - Why creativity training and skills are so important 00:04:00 - The importance of being able to see new connections and how this can be trained 00:07:30 - The brain is plastic, and creativity is a skill that can be taught 00:09:30 - Creativity in schools needs to go beyond art classes. Dorte explains the results of an experiment teaching creativity to primary school students and teachers 00:12:30 - Teachers sometimes see creativity as a negative trait. But through training this can also be improved 00:14:00 - Creativity training resulted in students and staff taking fewer sick