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Teresa M. Amabile is an American scholar and professor known for her research on creativity, motivation, and innovation in the workplace.
Known for: Managing The Creative Process
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Managing The Creative Process
This book explores how managers can effectively lead and nurture creativity within organizations. Teresa M. Amabile, a leading researcher in creativity and innovation, presents frameworks for understanding the creative process, the role of motivation, and the environmental factors that influence creative performance. The work emphasizes practical strategies for fostering creative thinking and managing teams engaged in innovation.
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Understanding the Nature of Creativity
Creativity is fundamentally about producing something novel and useful. It need not be revolutionary each time; even incremental changes count when they open new possibilities. In my research, I found that many people mistakenly define creativity as a rare burst of genius. In truth, it is often the ...
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The Creative Process: Stages and Flow
Scholars have long described creativity as a process with four stages: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. Through empirical observation, I found that this framework holds true in organizational contexts as well. During preparation, individuals gather information, define problem...
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About Teresa M. Amabile
Teresa M. Amabile is an American scholar and professor known for her research on creativity, motivation, and innovation in the workplace. She has served as a professor at Harvard Business School and authored numerous influential works on how organizational environments affect creative performance.
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