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Teresa Amabile is a renowned psychologist known for her contributions to the fields of organizational behavior and creativity research. Born on June 15, 1950, she currently holds the position of professor at Harvard Business School. Amabile's research focuses on how work environments can foster creativity in employees, providing valuable insights into the innovation process and the enhancement of organizational creativity.

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“People can certainly be creative when they're under the gun, but only when they're able to focus on the work.”

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“Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation.”

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“People are the least creative when fighting the clock... Time pressure stifles creativity because people can't deeply engage with the problem.”

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“People are most creative when they care about their work and they're stretching their skills.”

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“To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate - useful and actionable. It must somehow influence the way business gets done by improving a product, for instance, or by opening up a new way to approach a process.”

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“The best way to help people to maximize their creative potential is to allow them to do something they love.”

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“People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself.”

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Book:Growing up creative: nurturing a lifetime of creativity

Source: Growing up creative: nurturing a lifetime of creativity

“Creativity is the generation and initial development of new, useful ideas. Innovation is the successful implementation of those ideas in an organization. Thus, no innovation is possible without the creative processes that mark the front end of the process: identifying important problems and opportunities, gathering relevant information, generating new ideas, and exploring the validity of those ideas.”

“To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate—useful and actionable.”

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“The successful implementation of creative ideas within an organization.”

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Born: June 15, 1950
Known for: Professor
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