"Creativity is not a Team Sport": Improvides interviews Prof Vincent Walsh on neuroscience of creativity
A 20-minute video interview on the topic of creativity: "Prof Vincent Walsh on neuroscience of creativity".
The title quote comes about 12 minutes in, discussing brainstorming and what a poor tool it is for creativity and coming up with solutions:
[There's] a very long and well-established literature in psychology that getting groups of people together is no way to come up with ideas. Creativity is not a team sport. What you're looking for is somebody's individual, intellectual trunk to make new connections and come up with something new....
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http://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/21qgiv/creativity_is_not_a_team_sport_improvides/
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