The Darker Side of Creativity - Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest - Harvard Business Review

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 01:51PM
Ralph Kerle in Creativity, Dan Ariely behav, behaviours, creativity, ethics, morals

Professors Francesca Gino and Dan Ariely offer this controversial view of creative beahviour and thinking.

Creativity is a common aspiration for individuals, organizations, and societies. Here, however,
we test whether creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a creative personality and
creativity primes promote individuals’ motivation to think outside the box and that this increased
motivation leads to unethical behavior.

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Article originally appeared on The Creative Leadership Forum - Collaborate - Create - Commercialise & Transformational Change (http://thecreativeleadershipforum.com/).