Tuesday
Feb152011
The Darker Side of Creativity - Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest - Harvard Business Review
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 01:51PM 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.