Creativity

Spotting structural similarities between unrelated concepts can help leaders break out of mental ruts and spark innovation.

Without traditional credentials, established networks, or experts’ stamp of approval, the outsider’s journey is often uphill: Along the path to the Nobel, Karikó was demoted and kicked out of her lab space at the University of Pennsylvania, and she was actively discouraged from pursuing work on mRNA.

Simple decisions about how to use collaboration tools can set teams on a path toward either incremental or breakthrough innovations.

A study of writer’s block may explain why some people find it hard to build on initial creative successes.