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Category Archives: Doing the Thing

  1. Creativity as a Collective Activity

    July 3rd, 2019 by Krystyna C. Laycraft | Doing the Thing, Finding Your Tribe, Issue 7: Creating the Self, Positive Disintegration |

    Krystyna Laycraft tells the story of founding a school in Poland after the collapse of Communism, showcasing the role of individual choices within meaningful relationships.

  2. The Creative Intelligence Agency A Conversation with a CIA Creativity Instructor

    March 6th, 2019 by Jessie Mannisto | Doing the Thing, Issue 6: Ways Forward, The Life of the Mind |

    The Central Intelligence Agency isn’t the sort of place that draws a lot of self-described “creative spirits.” But according to the 9/11 Commission, their presence is sorely needed. How can the CIA—and other highly convergent, formal bureaucracies—best make use of those employees who feel like square pegs in round holes?

  3. How to Thrive in Our Dopaminergic Society—and Maybe How to Rescue It An Interview with the Authors of The Molecule of More

    January 19th, 2019 by Jessie Mannisto | Doing the Thing, Issue 5: Connecting to Dabrowski's Theory, The Life of the Mind |

    Dopamine is about making the future better than the present. That makes contentment hard for dopaminergic people—which includes those people we call gifted and creative—to find contentment. Is there anything we can do about it? Jessie sat down with the authors of The Molecule of More to get their take.

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