Index
A
Abumrad, J.
Academy Awards
Adjacent possible
Adler, J.
Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA)
Agreement
Aiken, H. H.
Air technology
Alternate use tests
Alto
Amabile, T.
American Psychological Association (APA)
American Red Cross
Anastasoff, J.
Ancient Greeks: beliefs of, about creativity; development of myths by; eureka moments of; muses of
Android mobile phone
Animators
Ankle injuries
Annus Mirabilis (Einstein)
Anthropology research
APA. See American Psychological Association
Apple
Apple Stores
Applied Imagination (Osborn)
Archimedes
Arguments
ARPA. See Advanced Research Project Agency
Art
Arthur, W. B.
Artists
Associative thinking
Athletes
Atlassian
AT&T
Automobile paint
B
Backpack tool
Bain, A.
Baird, B.
Basecamp tool
Basketball players
Bass, R.
BBDO
Beat the Dealer (book)
Beer industry
Bell, A. G.
BellKor's Pragmatic Chaos
Bernard, E.
Bernard of Chartres
Bias
Big Five. See Five-factor model of personality
Bingham, A.
Bird, B.
Blank slates
Bohlin, P.
Bookmarks
Bootlegging policy
Boredom
Boston Beer Company
Boston Consulting Group
Bow Jones
Brains: components of; mapping of; size of
Brainstorming: after market research; benefits of; collaboration in; conflict and; in creative process; definition of; effective methods for; examples of; improper technique for; power of; research on; rules for; shortcomings of
Brainstorming Myth: description of; effects of
Brandis, J.
Breed Myth: description of; integration of personnel and; persuasiveness of, in organizations; reliance on; studies related to
Broadway productions
Brown, T.
Budweiser
Burch, G.
Bush, V.
Business school students
C
Calculus
Calliope
Cameras
Campbell, J.
Campfire chat room
Canby, M.
Cancer treatment
Canfield, D.
Capital
Catmull, E.
Centre of the Mind
CEO: decision making by; selection of
Change, fear of
Chaucer, G.
Chemistry
Children Now
Children's Movement of California
Christianity
Civic engagement
Class 1 and 2 disagreements
Clio
Cognitive constraints
Cohesive Myth: description of; origin of; problems with
Collaboration: in brainstorming; conflict in; environment for; goal of; importance of; Lone Creator Myth and; versus noncollaboration; in organizational structures; of outside experts
Columbia University
Combinatorial evolution
Commissioned artwork
Compensation, financial
Componential model of creativity
Computers, filmmaking and
Confabulation
Conflict: brainstorming and; in collaboration; creative environments and; diversity and; end products and; to enhance creativity; examples of; personality in; types of
Connecticut Twin Registry
Constraints: benefits of; examples of; ill effects of; need for; problem solving and; research on; self-imposed; types of
Constraints Myth: description of; people's acceptance of; rationality of
Continual improvement
Continuum
Convergent thinking
Coors
Cornell University
Corning
Cost constraints
Craft brewing revolution
Creative environment: brainstorming and; for collaboration; conflict and; examples of; myths about; people's conception of
Creative industries
Creative processes, stages of
Creative professions
Creatives: brain structure of; measurement of personality of; in organizational structure; stereotypes about; versus suits
Creativity: ancient Greek beliefs about; conflict to enhance; definition of; as divine gift; effects of expertise on; empirically proven model of; influences on; innovation's relationship to; origin of; people's perception of; versus repetitiveness
Creativity-relevant processes: description of; learning of
Credit, for ideas
Criticism: brainstorming and; end products and; plussing of; research on
Cross-functional work
Crowdsourcing
Csikszentmihalyi,M.,
Customer observation
Cyberknife treatment
D
Da Vinci, L.
Dailies
Dante
Darwin, C.
David (Michelangelo)
Davies, R.
DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative
Dealer meetings
Deci, E.
Delacroix, E.
Density, measure of
Design thinking
Diffusion tensor imaging
Digital cameras
Dimmler, E.
Disagreements
DISC
Disney, W.
Disraeli, I.
Divergent thinking ability: in creative process; research on
Diversity, of thought; conflict and; innovation and; of inventors; in laboratory research; in theater
Dizygotic twins
Domain constraints
Domain-relevant skills: description of; importance of. See also Expertise
Dorsey, J.
Drew, D.
Dunbar, K.
DuPont
E
Edible Schoolyard project
Edison, T.
Einstein, A.
Elaboration
Elaboration rate
Eli Lilly
Elixir
Emotional conflict. See Interpersonal conflict
Engineers
Englebart, D.
Enlightenment
Entrepreneurship: fears related to; great idea and
Epic poems
Epiphanies
Erato
Erdos, P.
Ethnographers
Ethnography
Eureka Myth: creative stages and; description of; incubation period and; sudden inspiration and; telling stories about
Evaluation: apprehension about; importance of
Evernote
Evolutionary theory
Experimenting, at work
Expert Myth: age and; description of; examples of; key to combating; quantity versus quality and
Expertise: age and; effect of, on creativity. See also Domain-relevant skills
Extrinsic motivation: description of; effects of; to enhance intrinsic motivation
F
Factory work
Families, genetics of
Farming
Fast Company magazine
Feature creep
Feedback
Fellowships
Filaments
Finding Nemo (film)
First chorus
Five-factor model of personality (Big Five)
Fixed form
Flash Gordon serials
Floor cleaning products
Ford, H.
Fortune magazine
Franklin, B.
Fraternal twins
Fried, J.
Friedel, R.
“The Frost King” (Keller)
Fry, A.
Fulton, R.
Fun workplace
Fuse Corps
G
Galileo
Galperin, N.
Gans, L.
Gates, B.
General Motors
Genetics: description of; research on
Genius
Genius grants
Gilmore, G.
Goldberg, J.
Gordon, A.
Gore, R.
Gore, W. L.
Gore-Tex
Grafman, L.
Grants
Graphical user interface (GUI)
Gravity, force of
Gray, E.
Gray matter
Guilford, J. P.
Guitar strings
Guns
Gutenberg, J.
H
Hack weeks
Hack-a-thons
Haiku
Haiti
Hansson, D. H.
Harmonic telegraph
Harvard Business Review,
Health care environment
Heineken beer
Henry V (Shakespeare)
Henry VI plays (Shakespeare)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Campbell)
Hierarchical structure
Hierarchy of no
Highrise tool
Historiometric method
HMS Scylla,
HMS Terrible,
Humanities scholars
Humboldt State University
I
Icons
Ideas, generating. See Brainstorming
Ideas, great: combining; externalization of; inspiration for; in model of creativity; new myths about; originality of; rejection of; sharing of; source of; to start a business; uncertainty and
Ideation rate
Identical twins
IDEO
The Iliad (epic poem)
Ill-structured problems
Imported beer
“Improvement in Electric Lights” (Edison)
Improvisation
Incentive Myth: creative work and; description of; examples of people departing from; history of; intrinsic motivation and; research on
Incentives: effective structuring of; ill effects of; purpose of; structuring of
The Incredibles (film)
Incubation effect
Incubation stage: description of; function of; prolonged; requirements for; studies of
Industrial era
Inferno (Dante)
InnoCentive
Innovation: creativity's relationship with; design thinking and; diversity and; organizational structure and; source of
INSEAD
Insight stage
Inspiration, sudden: stories for; triggers for
Institute for Personality Assessment and Research (IPAR)
Intellectual conflict. See Task conflict
Intellectual property
International Design Excellence Awards
Interns
Interpersonal conflict
Intrinsic motivation: description of; enhancement of; Incentive Myth and; studies of
Inverted-U function
IPAR. See Institute for Personality Assessment and Research
iPhone
The Iron Giant (film)
IRS
Israel, P.
IV bags
J
J. Walter Thompson
Jehl, F.
Job growth
Jobs, S.
Johnson, D.
Johnson, K.
Johnson, S.
Jordan, M.
Judgment
“Just Do It” slogan
K
Kauffman, S.
Keller, H.
Kelley, T.
King Hiero
Koch, J.
Kodak
Krulwich, R.
Kurosawa, A.
L
Laboratory research
Landfills
Lasseter, J.
Lattice organizational structure
Lauterbur, P. C.
Lavoie, J.
Leaders, organizational
Learning, commitment to
Led Zeppelin
Leibniz, G.
Les Neufs Soeurs (Masonic lodge)
Libin, P.
Lichty, L.
Lightbulb
Lisa computer
Lone Creator Myth: current companies defying; description of; effects of; examples of; popularity of; studies of
Louis Koch Lager
Lowry, N.
Lucas, G.
Lucasfilm
Lucky 7 Lounge
M
MacArthur Fellowship
MacArthur, J. D.
MacHeads
Macintosh operating system
Maier, N.
Malian Peanut Sheller
Marino, J.
Market research
Marlowe, C.
Martin Bionics
Martin, J.
Masking tape
Mathematics
Matrixed organization
May, M.
McKinsey & Company
McKnight, W.
Media
Mednick, S.
Memory
Mendonca, L.
Menlo Park
Michelangelo
Microbiologists
Microsoft
Miller beer
Millet, J.-F.
Model T
Monozygotic twins
Motivation: importance of; incentives for; studies of; types of
Mouse, computer
Mousetrap Myth: description of; falsehood of; rejection and; in the sciences; uncertainty and bias and
Mousetraps
Moveable type
Movie streaming
Movie studios
Muckers
Mueller, J.
Mueller, W.
Multiples, phenomenon of
Murder boards
Muses: description of; development of; warnings about; worship of
Museums
Musicals
Mutual Fun system
Myers, D.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Myths: definition of; development of; function of; new types of; stubborn belief in; in Western society
N
NASA
National Public Radio
Nature, versus nurture
Naval gunnery
Navone, V.
NBA players
Necessity
Nemeth, C.
Netflix
New York City
New York Public Radio
Newton, I.
Newton, Massachusetts
Nike
Nonprofit organization
Notes
Novels, writing
Nurture, versus nature
O
Oberlin College
Observations
The Odyssey (epic poem)
Ogburn, W.
Openness to ideas
Operating systems
Oral-B Glide
Organizational structure: collaboration in; creatives versus suits; examples of; to integrate creatives and suits; restructuring of
Originality Myth: description of; examples of; measures related to; technology development and; truth about
Osborn, A.
Owens, D.
P
Painting cars
Paintings
Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Paris, France
Passion. See Task motivation
Pattern-recognizing algorithms
Pauling, L.
Payroll processing
Peanuts
Personal computers
Personality; in conflicts; measurement of; new creativity myths about; research on
Pets.com
Pharmaceutical companies
Phase Zero
Photocopier
Physics researchers
Pixar Animation Studios
Plagiarism
Plastic waste
Plato
Playwrights
Plussing
Poetry
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Poncairé, H.
Porter, C.
Post-it Note
Practicality
Pratt Institute
Preparation
Presidential addresses
Pricing constraints
Principles of Management classrooms
Printing press, invention of
Problem solving: constraints and; taking a break from; websites for
Problems, defining
Procter & Gamble
Product development
Productivity
Progress prizes
Prosthetic devices
Prototypes
Psychology research
PTFE. See Polytetrafluoroethylene
Pygmalion system
Q
Q
Quetelet, A.
R
Race to the Top goals
Radiation therapy
Radiolab program
R&D departments
Recommendation algorithm
Reebok
Remote associates test (RAT)
Repetitive work
Research
Reward systems. See Incentives
Reznikoff, M.
Ribbon
Ries, E.
Risk-averse people
Risk-takers
Rite-Solutions
Robertson, J.
Robotics technology
Roosevelt, T.
S
Sacramento Unified School District
Sales
Salk, J.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
San Francisco
Sandpaper
Savings Bonds
Sawyer, R. K.
Science, field of: Lone Creator Myth in; Mousetrap Myth in
Scientific method
Scott, P.
Screenwriting
Secrecy
Seekers
Selective forgetting
Self-imposed constraints
Semco
Semler, A. C.
Semler, R.
Service projects
Shakespeare, W.
Sharing ideas
Shelling peanuts
Ships
Shoes
Silicon Valley Talent Partnership
Silver, S.
Simonton, D. K.
Simplicity
Sims, P.
Sims, W. S.
Sistine Chapel
Sketchpad system
Skunky beer
Sloan, A.
Slogans
Small-world network
Small-world quotient
Smith, A. R.
Smithsonian
Social capital
Social environment: description of; importance of
Social scientists
Socolow, D. J.
Socrates
Solvers
Sonnets
Sony
Spazdaq features
Spirit
Spiro, J.
Square
Square Wallet
“Stairway to Heaven” (Led Zeppelin)
Stanford University
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (film)
Star Wars (film)
Starr, J. W.
Steam engines
Stereotypes
Steve Jobs Building
Stock markets
Stokes, P.
Stolen ideas
Stukeley, W.
Suits: brain structure of; versus creative types; in organizational structure
Super Bowl ads
Sutherland, I.
Sutton, R.
Swiffer product line
T
Takeuchi, H.
Talent constraints
Tamburlaine the Great (Marlowe)
Task conflict
Task motivation: description of; importance of
“Taurus” (Spirit)
Tax code
Taylor, B.
Taylor, F.
Teams, importance of
Teflon
Telegraph
Telephone, invention of
Telescope, invention of
Thamyris
Theater
Theologians
37signals
This American Life (radio program)
Thomas, D.
Three-dimensional models
3M
Tin Toy (film)
Tinker time programs
Tivoli Gardens
Tohoku University
Top management
Toy Story (film)
Traditional professions
Traits. See Genetics; Personality
Troilus and Criseyde (Chaucer)
Twain, M.
Twins
U
Uncertainty
Universal Peanut Sheller
University of Amsterdam
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
University of Sydney
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Patent Office
USA Today newspaper
Uzzi, B.
V
Van Gogh, V.
Variability and Creativity Lab
Variability constraints
Variety magazine
Venture capital
“Of Venture Research” (Burch)
Voltaire
W
W. L. Gore & Associates
Walmart
Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney World
Wandering mind
Washington University
Water displacement
Waters, A.
Watson, T.
Webber, A. L.
Western Union
Wharton School of Finance
White matter
Wieden, D.
Wieden+Kennedy
Windows operating system
Wired magazine
X
Xerox
Y
Young mind phenomenon
Z
Zaccai, G.
Zany companies
Zindler, J.