Monday 4 November 2013

Perspective Taking, Diversity & Creativity

According to research findings, heterogeneous teams perform more creatively than homogeneous teams. This seems to be particularly true when they engage in perspective taking. In other words, taking perspectives of teammates and investing cognitive energy in understanding one's teammates' approaches seem to enable diverse teams to bring out their creative potential by engendering a comprehensive evaluation of the ideas and integrating the different perspectives.









Hoever, I. J. (2012) Diversity and Creativity. In Search of Synergy. Rotterdam: ERIM PhD Series in Research in Management

Artwork by Javier Pérez via

12 comments:

  1. These are really something, very, very inventive. Thanks for sharing, Laura!

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    1. ... aren't they? I'm quite impressed by the ideas, too. Thank you, Kenneth!

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  2. Excellent artwork! Works indeed nicely with the post's content, thanks for sharing Javier Pérez talent with us, Laura.

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    1. Somehow Perez shows perspective taking, too. And creativity, of course. Thank you for your lovely comment, Tim!

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  3. Abbie Winterburn4 November 2013 at 15:58

    You never fail to surprise me! These mixed technique pieces are exactly my cup of tea.

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