Creative Tension

Creative tension is the gap between current reality and desired goals that fuels innovative problem-solving and idea generation.

More Innovation Glossaries

Learning Culture

A learning culture is a workplace that actively promotes learning through various activities, courses, and resources. Aims to improve and progress.

Low Risk

Minimal levels of both possible negative consequences and possible positive outcomes. The stakes are low.

Service Innovation

Service innovation creates customer value by enhancing customer experience via new services, and/or service delivery channels and processes.

Top Creative Tension Resources

Creative Ideas - Are too many bold ideas killing your creativity?

Creative Ideas - Are too many bold ideas killing your creativity?

A new objective creativity metric suggests that the percent of time you are told to pull back your creative ideas because they are too big and bold may determine the creativity in an organization.

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Creative Direction - 8 Ideas for When Creativity Is Too Easy or Hard

Creative Direction - 8 Ideas for When Creativity Is Too Easy or Hard

This article provides four strategies for when creativity seems easy or impossible, and offers ways to push yourself outside of your comfort zone to produce exceptional creative work.

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Creative Ideas - Creativity and Tension with Luke Sullivan

Creative Ideas - Creativity and Tension with Luke Sullivan

Copywriter and creative director Luke Sullivan emphasizes the importance of cultural tensions in generating creative ideas for advertising.

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Creative Inspiration Clicks via the Gal Friday - Marianne's Memes

Creative Inspiration Clicks via the Gal Friday - Marianne's Memes

A blog writer shares their thoughts on a range of innovation-related articles and topics, including ways to boost creativity and thought-provoking ideas.

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