How (not) to kill creativity; With thanks to Teresa M. Amabile – Part 1

With the Digital Circle (DC) elections now done and dusted I felt it was timely to jot down my thoughts about encouraging creativity as its is broadly linked. Further stimulus arrived on Monday by way of a tweet from one of the newly elected members of the steering group. While this post isn’t aimed specifically at the work of that fine institution, there are parallels to some of the ideas raised. DC is involved in the business of supporting digital creativity in all forms after all. I am drawing shamelessly from the work of Teresa M. Amabile as well as on my own experiences from various roles.