Creativity

Outsiders can spark change by seeing what others miss, offering fresh ideas that need support to thrive.

Relying on generative AI tools to boost human efficiency can lead to more homogenous, less-original work outputs.

Generative AI is already affecting how creative professionals work. Prepare now for more disruption.

To get employees with not-invented-here syndrome to open up to new ideas, companies may have to incentivize or push them.

Image- and text-generation tools are helping innovation groups improve ideation and creativity and gain market insights.

On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, developer and author Patrick Hebron discusses using AI tools enhance software design.

On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Wonder Dynamics’s cofounder discusses an AI tool that enables faster, more cost-effective animation.

The way many companies run innovation contests needs improvement. Structure the contests to match organizational goals.

Digital collaboration can steer innovators down a disruptive or incremental path, depending on how they use the tools.

Research finds fear of failure could keep an innovator from launching a new creative endeavor after an early success.

Many R&D employees pursue underground side projects. Surfacing such innovations can reap benefits for their employers.

A new wave of clinical research on promising uses for psychedelic drugs points to potential opportunities for business.

New research upends the assumption that criticism always impedes creative brainstorming.

Kartik Hosanagar’s AI-powered startup aims to help new voices find their way into film and TV.

The next wave of social innovation is coming from employee-led initiatives.

A global study of online hackathons offers best practices for designing virtual ideation sessions.

Wikipedia’s creation required the determined efforts of an unconventional, original thinker.

MIT SMR’s winter issue looks at why teams work (or don’t), plus innovation, supply chains, and data for AI.

Collaborating remotely can improve creativity in ways that many teams didn’t realize pre-pandemic.

Sparking creative cultures, three lessons for smart leaders, and better job interviewing.