Research Design Connection Creativity and Practicality – Alone and Together
A team led by Glaveanu has studied the implications of working with others or alone on creative and practical thinking. Their findings have implications for the sorts of spaces (individual/for use by two people/etc.) provided in a variety of settings, for example, and also for managing the design process, for instance. The researchers report that, “the aim of this article is to examine the creative process in the case of individuals and dyads in relation to the originality and practicality of their ideas… [data gathered] suggested that people working together might prefer practical ideas. This preliminary evidence of a possible ‘practicality effect,’ we speculate, has something to do with the fact that practical ideas are easier to communicate and validate when collaborating. As such, creativity is not necessarily hindered by working with other people but takes on a different orientation (i.e., toward the feasible).” Vlad Glaveanu, Alex Gillespie, and Marciej …
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