Gaining Acceptance and Approval:
The Hard Part of Creativity
Thomas Edison once said, "Society is never prepared to receive any inventions. Every new thing is resisted, and it takes years for the inventor to get people to listen to him before it can be introduced."

Creative Leader or Leader of Creativity?
In his book, When You're Asked to Do the Impossible: Principles of Business Teamwork and Leadership from the U.S. Army's Elite Rangers, Anthony Le Storti describes the difference between a "creative leader" and a "leader of creativity."

Creativity in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
It is probably the case that, when most people think of creativity, they think in terms of problem solving or the arts. In the former, a "gap" exists in a situation, and only a novel solution will fill it. In the latter, finding new and effective ways of expressing oneself or giving form to aesthetic concepts presents an ongoing challenge.

Go Slow to Go Fast:
A "Secret" of Creativity Experts
What Experts Do?
There has been some very interesting research done on the subject of expertise. This research can be viewed as addressing two important questions.
What makes a person an expert?
How do experts go about their work?

Seeing is Believing:
A Trap in Strategic Decision Making
Perception, Models and Decision Making
"I'll believe it when I see it." This statement is a fairly common expression that makes sense to most people. It is taken to mean that the (skeptical) speaker will accept the reality of some phenomenon only if he/she comes to have some personal experience of it.

Meeting Great Minds
I have been the beneficiary of some very good fortune. In my role as director of Gwynedd-Mercy College's Center for Creative Studies and as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Creativity Association, I have had the opportunity to meet and learn from some very creative people. And this assessment of their ability is not merely a matter of subjective judgment. The individuals to whom I refer are Nobel Laureates, inductees of the National Inventors' Hall of Fame, and internationally acclaimed experts in their fields.

Roundtable Meeting Take-Aways
Understanding Creativity to Enhance Innovation
The following is a summary of the presentation by Tony Le Storti, executive consultant for IDEATECTS, who was the guest facilitator for this Roundtable. Exploring the nature of creativity, one can note that creativity seems to exist in two categories. Viewed as a process, creativity is the cognitive process by which new ideas are formed, evaluated, and actualized.

For Creative Insight, Take a Mental Leap
Are You Creative?
Creativity often seems mysterious or magical. Because it is so wondrous, most people feel that it must be some special quality that "creative people" have. Many would say that they do not know how to think creatively. But creativity is a natural ability, and we are all potential inventors and discoverers. We just may need a little help in focusing our thinking.

Nurturing the Creative Mind
As a parent, how far would you go to nurture the creative potential of your child? Suppose the child showed a strong interest in photography and indicated they would like to earn a merit badge in filmmaking, would you buy then a camera? If it was affordable, most parents probably would.

Creativity Under Pressure
In his new book, When You're Asked to Do the Impossible: Principles of Business Teamwork and Leadership from the U.S. Army's Elite Rangers, Anthony Le Storti describes how to select, forge and lead "special action teams" that can take on the most difficult of challenges. Below is an excerpt from the book that describes how the edge of chaos can be a great "zone" for creativity.