Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-332) and index
What are ideas, and where do they come from? -- Seeing the forest and the trees: varying our levels of abstraction -- Staying the course and letting go: varying our degrees of mental control -- Making, finding, and improvising -- Past to future, future to future: innovating together over time -- Ever-renewing goals and keeping our aims in view -- A concepts guide
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Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity To Inspire Change offers a perspective, grounded in science, that allows us to achieve both individual and collective creative goals. Wilma Koutstaal and Jonathan Binks draw upon extensive research from brain, behavioral, and organizational sciences to present a unique five-part "thinking framework" in which ideas are continually refined and developed. Beyond scientific research, Innovating Minds also describes the everyday creative challenges of people from all walks of life, offering insights from dancers, scientists, designers, and architects