The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast
The Global Creativity Initiative Network shares academic research for practical insights, information and application of our human superpower. Creativity is within all of us. We can and must learn to become more creative. If you haven't heard, creativity is now one of the most important skills of our time. And if you're not sure about all this 'creativity stuff,' we've got you covered. Our team gets it. We're here to translate the scholarly field of creativity into every day, accessible language and tools for all humanity. Example: The Reisman Center for Translational Research on Creativity and Motivation does exactly this. The frcenter.net provides easily available modules, tools and assistance for the development of creativity in education, professional life and yes, everyday creativity every day. Together is better.
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The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast
Creativity is Difference
This podcast explores creativity as a fundamental human capacity and a way of engaging with possibility in everyday life. More than an individual trait, creativity is a social and cultural process shaped by traditions, language, values, and shared practices. The conversation highlights how creativity depends on not-knowing, curiosity, and the ability to connect imagination with action.
Vlad also addresses common misconceptions such as the Romantic-era notion of the “mad genius” and reframes creativity as an ordinary, accessible, and transformative force. It looks at how creative work emerges from difference and gaps between perspectives, and how embracing these gaps can foster communication, play, humility, and care.
Cultivating creativity through playfulness, psychological safety, experimentation, and openness to multiple viewpoints is key. Creativity is both a mindset and a way of being that helps individuals and communities navigate complexity and expand what becomes possible.
If we were all a bit more creative..? We'd care more for each other. And if we're not creative, we'd be harming ourselves in not helping others.
Tips on becoming more creative include
- Be more playful and fun. Add flavor and color to life.
- Provide the safety for something to go wrong.
- Black belt for creatives- listen and role play with those who are marginalized
Dr. Vlad Glaveanu
Full Professor of Psychology, Business School, Dublin City University
Director, DCU Centre for Possibility Studies
Adjunct Professor, Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen
Possibility Studies Network, President
Possibility Studies and Society, Journal Editor
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible, Editor
Possibility Studies: A Manifesto, Author
The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast is a scholarly commitment to sharing creativity and specifically creative process for problem solving (aka life) with all of humanity. Visit our website to learn more about The Global Creativity Initiative. Write to us at gci.creativitypodcast@gmail.com
