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Enhancing Creativity In Organizational Teams: Development Of The Spark Program, Kimberly Morehead
Enhancing Creativity In Organizational Teams: Development Of The Spark Program, Kimberly Morehead
Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects
Organizational teams have experienced unprecedented change since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—such as frequent changes in leadership, increased turnover, and shifting to full-time remote work—which have impacted their ability to form lasting creative connections. This project addresses the challenge of the above changes by introducing a creativity-boosting program called The Spark, designed to help organizational teams remain inspired, connected, and energized throughout times of change. Following an overview of the rationale for this project and a review of the pertinent literature, the process plan is provided in detail. The project resulted in a program structure based on the Torrance …
The Role Of Play In Fostering Creativity And Purpose, Caitlin Quarrington
The Role Of Play In Fostering Creativity And Purpose, Caitlin Quarrington
Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection
While play is a universal experience that transcends age, discipline, and location, it is often understood to be a juvenile experience and is not intentionally pursued into adulthood. However, play has positive benefits for people of all ages; it can drive intrinsic motivation, increase creativity, and build a sense of meaning and purpose in both individuals and teams. Building on existing understandings of play and creativity, this Synthesis develops a transdisciplinary Play-Flow Intervention Model that leverages play as an intervention at two critical points during the flow cycle to alleviate struggle and expedite movement towards flow. Integrating play during periods …