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When trying to enhance creativity, does honesty just get in the way?
Some seem to think so.
Lynne Vincent of The
Conversation UK reports that “being dishonest can actually promote creativity.”
A study by Francesca Gino and Scott Wiltermuth showed that
participants who had cheated on a specific task subsequently performed better on a test of creativity than those who hadn’t cheated.
Because dishonesty often involves the breaking of societal rules, this very rule-breaking allows people to then “flout convention and expectations.” History is filled with examples of creative leaders who became successful by deviating from the straight and narrow.
Vincent also reports that people who self-identify as creative “may feel more entitled” than those who don’t. These feelings
of entitlement tend to promote the taking of “creative risks that they otherwise may have shied away from.”
Resources
http://theweek.com/article/index/273682/the-dark-side-of-creativity
Copyright January 7, 2015 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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