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The Creative Person and
the Creative Context
ECCI XII conference
September 2011
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D.
Quality of Life Research Center
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, CA
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CSIKSZENTMIHALYI. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

1. Small “c” or private creativity,
which enriches one’s life without
necessarily being recognized
2. Big “C” or public creativity, which
changes the way a culture sees the
world, understands how it works, or
goes about living.
©Csikszentmihalyi 2004

• Is rare
• Is socially valued
• Is pursued to completion
©Csikszentmihalyi 2004

Drucker’s 7 Sources of
Innovation
1. The Unexpected (Both Good and Bad)
2. Incongruities (Disconnects)
3. Process Needs
4. Industry & Market Structure
5. Demographics
6. Changes in Perception & Values
7. New Knowledge

1.General Model
Culture
Selects
C
B
D
Domains
A
E
F
Transmits
Information
E
B
C
Society
C
B
Fields
A
Produces
Novelty
Persons
A
Genetics &
Environment

2.The Organization
Selected
Organizational
Culture
Knowledge
Procedure
Traditions
Transmitted
Market
Management
Novelty
Individual
Worker
Labor
Pool

3.The Person
Retention
Domain
Learning
Knowledge
Field
Standards
Expectations
Innovation
Cognition
Motivation
Personality

Personality Characteristics Of Creative Individuals
“Complexity”
1. Great energy, vitality, “bounce” ---- Ability to rest, sleep at will.
2. Smartness, convergent thinking ---- Naiveté, childishness, divergent
thinking.
3. Playfulness, openness to experience ---- Discipline, responsibility.
4. Imagination, fantasy ---- Reality oriented.
5. Extroverted, sociable ---- Introverted, solitary.
6. Ambitious, proud, competitive ---- Humble, selfless, cooperative.
7. Sensitive, feminine ---- Adventurous, masculine.
8. Traditional, conservative ---- Rebellious, iconoclastic.