Creativity in the Imagination Age

In the imagination age, organizations need to harness the power of creativity and innovation in order to survive and thrive. Grounded in academic and applied research, this book offers invaluable insights into these concepts from an interdisciplinary perspective. Through compelling narratives, the author critically discusses the theories and models that will empower the thinking of researchers, entrepreneurs and leaders. Revealing how the fourth industrial revolution can put our creative minds into play with enormous opportunities to solve problems and make meaning, the book invites us to debate how human and emerging technologies will write the next chapter of human history. It covers philosophical approaches to creativity, the characteristics of creative teams, the components of individual creativity as well as the role of imagination and associative thinking in fostering creativity and innovation.

Highlights the different approaches to imagination including conception, perception and synthesis Offers a new model to unlock personal creativity Unveils how great innovation takes place at the intersection of science, art and design

Autorentext
S M A Moin is Associate Head of Research and Scholarship at Coventry University London, UK. He is an interdisciplinary researcher interested in storytelling, branding, trust, creativity and purposeful leadership. Moin spent 23 years in different industries including navy, media, publishing, and financial services before his third transformation into academia.

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Chapter 1:The Magic and Mystery of the Imagination Age: Where Human Mind Meets Science and Technology.-Chapter 2: Creating a World Out of Our Minds: A Philosophical Perspective of Imagination.- Chapter 3:The Mysterious Ingenuity that Makes Us Humans: Deciphering Creativity through the Lens of Philosophy and Divinity.- Chapter 4: Putting Creative Minds into Play: Innovation at the Intersection of Science, Art and Technology.- Chapter 5: Connecting the Dots: The Inextricable Link between Imagination, Creativity and Innovation.- Chapter 6: Ideation to Impact: The Organisational Culture that Transform Caterpillars into Butterflies.- Chapter 7:Navigating through the Imagination Age: Set the Moral Gyro and Put Humanity on the Helm.