Why Group Norms Kill Creativity « PsyBlog - The Diigo Meta page

• 15 Sep 09
  

  Carmen Tschofen

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• 14 Sep 09
  

  Jared Stein

  There seems to be a destructive relationship between group conformity, consensus, opinion-sharing, open networking, social media and creativity. Is the answer in promoting individualism, solitude?

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• 05 Sep 09
  

  Tait Johnson

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• 25 Jun 09
  

  Sarah Horrigan

  Creativity is a much coveted asset for a very simple reason: an idea that transcends orthodoxy has the power to bring wealth, fame and status. Commercial, scientific, educational and artistic organisations, therefore, often talk about how they want to foster creativity.
  
  Unfortunately groups only rarely foment great ideas because people in them are powerfully shaped by group norms: the unwritten rules which describe how individuals in a group 'are' and how they 'ought' to behave. Norms influence what people believe is right and wrong just as surely as real laws, but with none of the permanence or transparency of written regulations.

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• 23 Jun 09
  

  amy monaghan

  Collaboration, cooperation, communities of practice, collective intelligence, and similar concepts have become very popular concepts in society, business, and education. Any system of organization must pay utmost homage to the primacy of the individual. Wisdom of the crowds is often misinterpreted as suggesting that people are intelligent when they think together. It’s more accurate to say that people are intelligent when they think alone and that this intelligence is amplified when they connect. It’s a subtle but vital distinction. A homogeneous group is often not very effective at creativity. Individual diversity, connected, produces substantial advances. A group can refine, extend, augment, and even perfect certain concepts and ideas.

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• 22 Jun 09
  

  Todd Suomela

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• 21 Jun 09
  

  Donna DesRoches

  Unfortunately groups only rarely foment great ideas because people in them are powerfully shaped by group norms: the unwritten rules which describe how individuals in a group 'are' and how they 'ought' to behave.

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• 20 Jun 09
  

  susan carter morgan

  Research shows group members equate creativity with conformity.

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  • Research shows group members equate creativity with conformity.
• 18 Jun 09
  

  Chris Bigenho

  Great blog entry that looks at how group norms effect creative thinking.

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• 17 Jun 09
  

  Steve Ransom

  Unfortunately groups only rarely foment great ideas because people in them are powerfully shaped by group norms: the unwritten rules which describe how individuals in a group 'are' and how they 'ought' to behave.

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  • The unwritten rules of the group, therefore, determined what its members considered creative.

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      Steve Ransom on 2009-06-17

      I know this happens in classrooms as well. Teachers encourage creativity only within well-defined (restrictive?) parameters.

  • So if you really covet creativity, then there's one rule you'd be well advised to follow: go it alone.

    
    

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      Steve Ransom on 2009-06-17

      I don't really buy this advice, although I do think that the larger the group, the more difficult it is to remain creative.
• 15 Jun 09
  

  Jose Antonio da Silva

  Research showing that group members equate creativity with conformity

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• 14 Jun 09
  

  Patricia Chin

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• 09 Jun 09
  

  Robert Kamper
  • Unfortunately groups only rarely foment great ideas because people in them are powerfully shaped by group norms: the unwritten rules which describe how individuals in a group 'are' and how they 'ought' to behave. Norms influence what people believe is right and wrong just as surely as real laws, but with none of the permanence or transparency of written regulations.
  • So if you really covet creativity, then there's one rule you'd be well advised to follow: go it alone.
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  Unfortunately groups only rarely foment great ideas because people in them are powerfully shaped by group norms: the unwritten rules which describe how individuals in a group 'are' and how they 'ought' to behave. Norms influence what people believe is right and wrong just as surely as real laws, but with none of the permanence or transparency of written regulations.

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  Steve Mackenzie
• 08 Jun 09
  

  Borne Mace

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  Steve Ransom on 2009-06-17
  I know this happens in classrooms as well. Teachers encourage creativity only within well-defined (restrictive?) parameters.
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  Steve Ransom on 2009-06-17
  I don't really buy this advice, although I do think that the larger the group, the more difficult it is to remain creative.

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