The creativity diamond - a framework to aid creativity
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Abstract
There are many facets to creativity and the topic has a profound impact on society. Substantial and sustained study on creativity has been undertaken and much is now known about the fun-damentals and how creativity can be augmented. To draw these elements together a framework has been developed called the creativity diamond, formulated based on reviews of prior work as well as consideration of 20 PhD studies on the topics of creativity, design, innovation and product development. The framework embodies the principles that quantity of ideas breeds quality through selection, and that a range of creativity tools can provoke additional ideas to augment our innate creativity. The creativity diamond proposed is a tool consisting of a divergent phase as-sociated with the development of many distinctive ideas and a convergent phase associated with the refinement of ideas. The creativity diamond framework can be used to prompt and help select which tool or approach to use in a creative environment for innovative tasks. The framework has now been used by many students and professionals in diverse contexts.
Date Issued
2022-09-22
Date Acceptance
2022-09-14
Citation
Journal of Intelligence, 2022, 10 (4), pp.1-20
ISSN
2079-3200
Publisher
MDPI
Start Page
1
End Page
20
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Intelligence
Volume
10
Issue
4
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© 2022 by the authors.
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
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Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/10/4/73
Subjects
creativity
creativity process
creativity tools
idea generation and evaluation
thinking
1701 Psychology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-09-22