Nourishing Your Own Creativity

Originally presented at CAT on Feb. 20, 2025 by Bart Everson

Academics are required to manifest a great deal of creativity. Teaching, research, service — all may be viewed as a creative acts. Yet we don’t often think in these terms. We invite you to understand creativity as playing a central role in our professional lives. We will dispel unhelpful myths and examine current theories of creativity. A broad array of tips and techniques for enhancing and supporting creativity will be offered. We’ll even take a look at the role of AI in helping or hindering the creative process.

Presentation

• Prezi
• Bonus: some personal thoughts on being a Creative Generalist

Resources

• Fast Company
• Kumar, H., Vincentius, J., Jordan, E., & Anderson, A. (2024). Human Creativity in the Age of LLMs: Randomized Experiments on Divergent and Convergent Thinking (arXiv:2410.03703). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.03703
• Conversation #121: Harsh Kumar on Creativity & AI
• Handout: File:Teaching as a Creative Act + Creativity Tips.pdf

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