Episodes
Sunday May 15, 2022
The Concept of ”Flow” and Creativity in Orthopedics
Sunday May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
In this episode of the Creativity Insights podcast, Tovah and Aliya discuss the concept of "flow" and creativity in orthopedics. The concept of the flow state can be likened to being in the zone or experiencing a freely moving mental river. Flow, a staple of Positive Psychology, was originally explored by Hungarian-American Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Tovah explores the creativity concept of "team flow" in depth. Aliya is drawn to orthopedics because there are so many ways to be creative in the profession. A super-common injury can sometimes require a super-unusual treatment. Every single patient is different, and what works for one patient won't always work for all patients. Orthopedic surgeons are also often accomplished woodworkers, which may involve a closely related skill set.
Monday May 02, 2022
Genius and Independence
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
In this special episode of the podcast, Ethan and Timothy discuss the correlation between human genius and independence, and its cultivation in contemporary society. The creativity crisis, they suggest, has been amplified by too much standardization and not enough quiet moments. They compare notes on the importance of general education in college instruction, and how they led them to more independent, multidisciplinary thinking over time. The life and work of Albert Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci are referenced as truly independent geniuses who benefitted from multidisciplinary pursuits.
Monday May 02, 2022
Creativity in Media Arts & Design and Engineering
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Abby and MacKenzie talk about the importance of storytelling in media arts & design and engineering. They also discuss the unique pressures of project timelines, processes, and lifecycles in filmmaking and engineering projects. Together they talk about struggles related to collaboration, teamwork, and rising up to the needs of project directors' visions.
Monday May 02, 2022
Human-Animal Bonds, Robotic Pets, and Engineering for Creativity
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
Abby and Lea talk about creativity in human-animal bonds and creativity in engineering in this episode of the Creativity Insights podcast. Abby and Lea share their perspectives on the importance of therapy animal training and programming robotic hamsters in inspiring their current professional aspirations.
Monday May 02, 2022
Child Composers and Creativity in Nursing
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
In this episode of the Creativity Insights podcast, Tina and Mackenzie discuss the creativity of child composers in the 18th century and how they mastered musical improvisation. They then turn their attention to creativity among nursing professionals. Tina explains how training for improv is creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition. It combines theory, training, and performance with intuition, communication of emotions, and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous responses of other musicians. Creativity in nursing involves meeting patients where they are at while nurturing their own passions and individual expertise. Mackenzie shares her observations on interviews with nursing professors. She discusses how nurses see patients as more than problems, and show compassion to those in need.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Creativity in Psychology and Poetry
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
In this podcast, Kristina and Georgia talk about Creativity in Psychology and Poetry. Kristina discusses research on genetic factors that are associated with creativity. She suggests that one of the best ways to foster and encourage creativity in American life is to encourage focus and flow in the formative years. Imaginative and creative play is not childish. Indeed, sometimes a fixed curricula at school can be suffocating to a child's creativity. Adults too can teach themselves to be less rigid and logical in their thinking. Georgia explains how poetry is an inherently creative medium for expression. However, the creative limits of short-form poetry and spoken word is an interesting problem. Georgia explains how the rigidities and rules of poetry can serve as unique challenges to the poet.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Carl and Erica talk about Multiple Intelligences and Communications Sciences and Disorders in this episode of the Creativity Insights podcast. Carl explains the model for multiple intelligences created by Howard Gardner in the 1980s. Multiple intelligences suggests that human intelligence is differentiated in several modalities, rather than one generalized intellectual ability. Most people possess multiple modalities and use them in their everyday lives. Erica defines Communications Sciences and Disorders as a major and profession. Thinking about the myriad possible ways to treat a disorder requires a great deal of creativity and problem-solving skill. Erica explains how creativity can increase the possibility space for treatment and rehabilitation activities.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Creativity in Drawing and What It Means to be a Creative Political Scientist
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Grady and Paige interview one another on Creativity in Drawing and Creativity in Political Science. Is drawing a truly subjective experience? Is it something that some people are inherently "better" at than other people? Paige explains how drawing ability can rely on both talent and cultivation. The magic comes from working on your craft in a nurturing environment. Paige describes how she uses her bullet journal to doodle while listening in class and taking good notes. Grady discusses how partisan politics might be addressed through creative management and response. Partisan politics oftentimes is about groupthink and fierce defense of positions, rather than critical and creative thinking and problem-solving. We need to use our creativity to bring people together to solve the grand challenges of our time.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Creativity and Its Relationship to Drug Use and Creativity in Music
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Sophie and Georgia discuss creativity and drugs and creativity among musicians. Sophie explains how drug use and addiction is romanticized in our society. The drug use of Amy Winehouse and Steve Jobs are described, as well as how their experiences may have affected their creative output in the music industry and the computer industry respectively. Psychedelic retreats, increasingly popular in America, are also described. Georgia describes how great musicians "steal" in achieving their ambitions, and this can actually relieve pressure on artists, boost their creativity, and help them find their original voices.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Sports and the Sociology of Creativity
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
It's Sports and Sociology Day on the Creativity Insights Podcast! Developing creativity to enhance human potential in sport is important. Terek and Lea explain how communication is especially crucial to tactical creativity and innovation in team ball sports. Nurturing inspirational leadership is a sometimes overlooked aspect of creative development among players.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
The Maker/DIY Movement & Creativity among Double Bassists
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Grady and Tina discuss the Maker Movement, DIY, and Music Education on the Double Bass. The Maker Movement is contemporary trend that empowers people to be independent inventors, designers, and tinkerers. Grady describes it as a celebration of invention, curiosity, and hands-on learning that empowers producers, consumers, and other creators. Tina talks about the double bass, her life and mentors, and her particular creative musical path.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Burning Questions on Mental Illness and Creativity & Creativity in Theatre Arts
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
In this podcast episode Kristina and Paige join us to talk about research on the relationship between mental illness and creativity, and also some of the ways that theatre majors are especially creative. Some of the questions considered in this episode: A number of notable celebrities suffer from mental illness. Can mental illness contribute to celebrity talent and accomplishments? Does theatre make people creative? Or are creative people inexorably drawn to theatre because it ? Does creative storytelling contribute to novelty in theatrical writing, design, and performance? What are the rules of the theatrical arts and how are they mindfully broken?
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Lucid Dreaming and Cross-Cultural Creativity
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Casey and Aliya discuss lucid dreaming and anthropological research in the field of human creativity. Aliya explains that lucid dreams may not make a person more creative, but lucid dreamers tend to be creative people. Casey notes that anthropologists have studied the experience creativity in cultures across the world. Anthropologist Victor Turner's idea of liminality applies to cultural concepts of creativity. Liminality describes a transitional or threshold moment in a person's life; because it is transitional, the opportunity for creativity in these moments is heightened.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
In this podcast episode, Terek describes how creative interpretation works in the field of history. He explains that collaboration is valuable in understanding and interpreting history, despite a long heritage of working individually. Erica talks about how creative problem-finding and problem-solving are important aspects of exploration in any academic field. Creativity often shows up, she argues, when a problem is approached in a different way. She shares an example related to testing clients in communications sciences and disorders.
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Creativity in Synesthesia, Biology, and Medicine
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
In this Super Bowl episode of the Creativity Insights podcast, Sophie and Mackenzie discuss heightened creativity among synesthetes, and also examples of creative expression in biology and medicine. Syn- denotes together, and -esthesis means perception, so the full definition of the word suggests "human perceptions that are mushed together." Creative outlets for biologists and physicians often involve nature. Chemists are known to enjoy baking, cooking, and beer-making. Orthopedic surgeons gravitate towards hands-on building tasks.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Inspiring Musical Creativity
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Alex Dumouchelle speaks with Jacob Fujioka about the role of rules in inspiring musical creativity. Fujioka argues that limitation breeds creativity through cohesion.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Environmental Systems Theory
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Gabika Watson talks about Environmental Systems Theory. Environmental Systems Theory is a framework for understanding environmental problems as a fundamentally human problem. The theory also encompasses a wide variety of complex systems, including the driving forces behind environmental problems.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Mississippi John Hurt
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Michael Agren talks about the music of Mississippi John Hurt. Hurt was one of the greatest blues musicians of all time. He inspired many legendary guitarists, including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, and "Doc" Watson.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Musical Interlude by Michael Agren
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
A musical interlude by Michael Agren.
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
Law, Government, and ... Boredom?
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
Paige and Saleem talk about creativity in law and government, and also the opposite of creativity -- boredom. What are the four basic types of boredom? Could there be something like "existential boredom"? Why are people bored with the law and governance?
Friday Dec 09, 2016
History, Philosophy, and Flow
Friday Dec 09, 2016
Friday Dec 09, 2016
Ally and Catherine discuss the history of creativity, and the life and work of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. What have researchers discovered about the factors that affect our creativity, and what have they learned about how to stretch our minds in productive, original, or useful ways? How have we thought about the idea of "creativity" over the ages?
Friday Dec 09, 2016
Creativity in Gender, Sexuality, and Theatre
Friday Dec 09, 2016
Friday Dec 09, 2016
Emily and Maria talk about creativity in theatre, as well as the relationship between creativity and gender and sexuality. Theatre people commonly take risks and tend to be very open minded. It's all about self-disclosure and self-expression. Theatre meets the need to create. Can your gender or sexuality or individual agency affect the way you express yourself creatively? How so? What does that mean for theatre in America?
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
Creativity in Ethics, Spirituality, and Forensic Accounting
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
Tuesday Dec 06, 2016
Kelsey and Sarah speak this week about creativity in ethics and spirituality, and creativity in the field of forensic accounting. Can past trauma lead to creative activity? What about criminality? Is taking down the "bad guys" a sort of creative outlet? Forensic accounting deals a lot with ethical dilemmas. Is there a correlation between creative people and lying? Thinking from multiple perspectives is creative, but it can lead to poor decisionmaking and a skewed view of reality.
Monday Dec 05, 2016
Creativity in Children and Social Accounting
Monday Dec 05, 2016
Monday Dec 05, 2016
Saleem and Amy talk about creativity in accounting and creativity in children. How do children benefit from learning about money? Can children learn basic ideas of accounting at a very early age? Is knowledge of mathematics required? What are the misconceptions about accounting? Is it a creative enterprise?
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Creativity in Engineering
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Sarah and Joe talk about creativity in engineering, as well as the general public's perceptions of what it means to be an engineer. What are the stereotypes of the engineer with respect to creativity, and are they accurate?
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Creativity, Drugs, and Writing
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Tess and Catherine talk about the possible links between drugs, writing, and creativity. What do we know about how famous authors used (and misused) drugs to be creative? Does it take creativity to write? What about the creative process in technical writing?
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Creativity in Culinary Arts and Human Generations
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Thursday Nov 17, 2016
Haley and Matthew discuss generational creativity and innovative ideas in the culinary arts. How do the four generations alive today think about their own forms of creative expression? What will the next generation think about their shared or collective creative spirit? Does generational creativity apply to innovations in the culinary arts?
Wednesday Nov 02, 2016
Creativity Across Cultures
Wednesday Nov 02, 2016
Wednesday Nov 02, 2016
Jazmin and Ally speak about creativity across cultures and creativity in international affairs. Intercultural communication is very difficult, and creative expression can help. Listen to Ally share stories of creative solutions in diplomatic and informal situations. Plus, can we rank the creativity of different cultures? Consider Jazmin's critique of the Global Creativity Index (GCI).
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Innovation and International Business
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Kelsey and Jazmin take a look at creativity and innovation, and specifically, at creativity in international business. Creativity plays a role in nearly every aspect of innovation, which involves improving everyday life. International business is more than innovating, however. It requires attention to culture, human desire, and motivation.
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Creativity in Politics and Creative Cities
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
Tuesday Nov 01, 2016
In this episode, Haley and Katie talk about creative cities, dealing imaginatively with urban challenges, and political creativity.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Creative Leadership and Creativity in Business, Math, and Finance
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Tuesday Oct 25, 2016
Successful businesses don't have to be hierarchical. Visionary spirit doesn't always come from the top. Listen to Jocelyn and Kristina explore creativity in groups, and explain how to overcome productivity loss.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Creativity in Advertising and Fashion
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
John and Michael discuss creativity in advertising and the fashion industry. What's the difference between advertising, marketing, graphic design, branding, and public relations? What do advertising and branding have to do with fashion? Is fashion about inspiring creativity? Or is it mostly about business?
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Creativity in Management
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
Tuesday Oct 18, 2016
How should you manage creative people? What should you tell them when assigning tasks? How do you inspire them and help them discover new things? How do you manage people in a specific field? Emily and Tess answer these questions and talk about managing creative people in the hospitality industry.
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Creativity, Psychology, and Mental Illness
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Kristina and Katie discuss the relationship between creativity, psychology, and mental illness. What is a tortured artist? Would they be as creative if they had not had a mental illness? Do we glamorize the connection between creativity and mental disorder? What is the effect of medical treatment on creativity? How is psychology the natural home of creativity? What do they say about the nature-culture debate over the source of creativity?
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Testing Creative Ability and Creativity Among Undeclared Majors
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Creativity testing can have unintended consequences, particularly for undeclared, undecided, and impressionable students. What do creativity tests have to offer? What is the purpose of logic games and riddles as measures of creative problem solving potential, or convergent thinking? How do we test divergent thinking? Listen to Nina and Paige discuss these questions today on the Creativity Insights podcast.
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Creativity in Education
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Thursday Oct 06, 2016
Heather, Tess, and Amy talk about creativity in education from the perspective of teachers and students. How can you inspire a more open and creative environment in the classroom? How can you help students express themselves in ways that work best for them?
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Neuroscience of Creativity and Creativity in Nursing
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Michael and Nina explain the neuroscience of creativity. How does neurocreativity play into the health sciences? What does this mean for creativity in the health professions, and in particular for nurses? Think about it.
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Creativity in the Sciences
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Amy and Matthew talk about creativity in the sciences. Does the notion of a "creativity crisis" apply to chemistry? Where do "new ideas" come from? How are they tested? Why does research in the sciences take so long? What are the misconceptions about creativity in science?
Friday Sep 30, 2016
On Literary Creativity
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Friday Sep 30, 2016
Maria and Heather focus on English and literary creativity. Do writing workshops provide creative direction to aspiring authors? Or do they unduly prune out unique, new contributions?
Thursday Sep 29, 2016
Artistic and Musical Creativity
Thursday Sep 29, 2016
Thursday Sep 29, 2016