How to Develop Your Creative Identity at Work: Integrating Personal Creativity Within Your Professional Role

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O. Velcu-LaitinenHow to Develop Your Creative Identity at Workhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8680-7_2

2. Definitions of Personal Creativity

Oana Velcu-Laitinen¹  

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Helsinki, Finland

 

The Outside-In View: How Researchers Study Creativity

Among creativity researchers, one standard definition is that it is the ability to make unusual connections and engage in specific habits that lead to novel, useful, and surprising outcomes (e.g., ideas, projects, initiatives, products).¹ Hence, creativity can refer to a type of thinking, a process, and an outcome. Let’s take a detailed look at each of these.

Creativity As a Type of Thinking

Creativity is a type of thinking ...