Commentary on the Functional Creativity Model: Its Application to Understanding Innovative Deception

Walczyk, Jeffrey J.; Griffith-Ross, Diana A.

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“…It is commonly perceived that newcomers to a domain may be more creative than experts because they are unhindered by locked modes of thinking. Although this may be true in some cases, research shows that to conceptualize creative solutions to problems, an individual needs expertise in the problem domain (Walczyk & Griffith‐Ross, ). Experience and expertise provide individuals a framework for interpreting, gathering, and acting on information (Mumford et al., ; Taylor & Greve, ).…”

Section: The Multi‐level Drivers Of Creativity In Terrorist Organizatmentioning

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Malevolent Creativity in Terrorist Organizations

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Hunter

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Journal of Creative Behavior

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Terrorist organizations are both imitative and innovative in character. While the drivers of imitation have been extensively modeled using concepts such as contagion and diffusion, creativity and innovation remain relatively underdeveloped ideas in the context of terrorist behavior. This article seeks to redress this deficiency by presenting a conceptual framework with which we can understand the complex nature and multiple drivers of creativity and innovation within terrorist organizations. The overriding questions we address are: what factors spark creativity and innovation within terrorist organizations, and are there particular organizational traits that increase an organization's propensity to be creative and innovative? Using insights from industrial and organizational psychology and aided by illustrative examples and case studies from the history of terrorism, we aim to show that the multiple drivers of creativity and innovation are identifiable. By providing a conceptual framework that explores these key issues, we suggest that a much clearer research agenda for these issues may emerge. We conclude with a discussion concerning how our framework can help inform counter-terrorism practices.Keywords: creativity, malevolent, terrorism, innovation.Terrorist organizations are both imitative and innovative in character. Organizations espousing vastly different ideologies and goals frequently replicate a perceived successful tactical or technological innovation established by another organization. This process has been extensively modeled using concepts such as contagion (Bloom, 2005;Dugan, LaFree, & Piquero, 2005;Midlarsky, Crenshaw, & Yoshida, 1980;Moghadam, 2008) and diffusion (Bonneuil & Auriat, 2000;Braithwaite & Li, 2007;Horowitz, 2010). However, careful examination of creativity and innovation within the context of terrorism still remain underdeveloped with notable exceptions from Jackson et al. (2005), Dolnik (2007), and Rasmussen and Hafez (2010). This article seeks to redress this deficiency by presenting a conceptual framework to aid in understanding the complex nature and multiple drivers of creativity and innovation within terrorist organizations. The overriding questions that guide our analysis are: what factors spark creativity and innovation within terrorist organizations and are there particular organizational traits that increase a terrorist organization's propensity to be creative and innovative? Using insights from social, cognitive, industrial/organizational, educational psychologies and the broader organizational behavior literature, applied to illustrative examples from the history of terrorism, we aim to show that although it is nearly impossible to predict the precise onset of specific innovations within terrorist organizations, given the correct information, it may be possible to predict a terrorist organization's capacity for creativity. Our focus therefore is concerned with the process, behaviors, and organizational capabilities that precede the onset of a terrorist innovation...

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Section: The Multi‐level Drivers Of Creativity In Terrorist Organizatmentioning

confidence: 99%

Malevolent Creativity in Terrorist Organizations

Gill

Horgan

Hunter

et al. 2013

Journal of Creative Behavior

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“…De onderzoekers veronderstellen dat de reden waarom zoveel mensen in meer of mindere mate oneerlijk zijn in de wereld, te maken heeft met het creatiever worden na onethisch handelen, waardoor ze met meer verklaringen kunnen komen voor het onethisch handelen, wat weer meer oneerlijkheid bevordert. De hierboven genoemde onderzoeken uit de ethiek in relatie tot creativiteit laten zien dat de effecten die creatief onethisch handelen kan hebben grote impact kunnen hebben op de samenleving (Benjamin & Simon;Walczyk & Griffith-Ross, 2008). De ethiek werpt geen nieuw licht op creativiteit, maar door het benaderen van creativiteit vanuit onethisch handelen, kunnen bepaalde bevindingen worden ondersteund (Gino & Wilthermuth, 2014).…”

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Creativiteit als kritische factor voor het verhogen van motivatie en leerprestaties

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5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine: An Ego-Dissolving Endogenous Neurochemical Catalyst of Creativity

Germann

2019

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5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (acronymized as 5-MeO-DMT) is sui generis among the numerous naturally-occurring psychoactive substances due to its unparalleled ego-dissolving effects which can culminate in a state of nondual consciousness (which is phenomenologically similar to transformative peak experiences described in various ancient contemplative traditions, e.g., Advaita Vedānta, Mahāyāna Buddhism). The enigmatic molecule is endogenous to the human brain and has profound psychological effects which are hitherto only very poorly understood due to the absence of scientifically controlled human experimental trials. Its exact neuronal receptor binding profile is a matter of ongoing scientific research, however, its remarkable psychoactivity is presumably mediated via agonism of the 5-HT2A (serotonin) receptor subtype. Anthropological/ethnopharmacological evidence indicates that various cultures utilized 5-MeO-DMT containing plants for medicinal, psychological, and spiritual purposes for millennia. In this paper we argue that this naturally occurring serotonergic compound could be fruitfully utilized as a neurochemical research tool which has the potential to significantly advance our understanding of the cognitive and neuronal processes which underpin cognition and creativity (downregulation of the default-mode network, increased neuronal functional connectivity, etc.). An eclectic interdisciplinary perspective is adopted, and we present converging evidence from a plurality of sources in support of this conjecture. Specifically, we suggest that 5-MeO-DMT has great potential in this respect due to its incommensurable capacity to completely disintegrate self-referential cognitive/neuronal processes (viz., "ego death"). The importance of unbiased systematic scientific research on naturally occurring endogenous psychoactive compounds is discussed from a Jamesian radical empiricism perspective and potential scenarios of abuse are discussed (particularly in the context of military torture).

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Commentary on the Functional Creativity Model: Its Application to Understanding Innovative Deception

Cited by 7 publications

References 15 publications

Malevolent Creativity in Terrorist Organizations

Malevolent Creativity in Terrorist Organizations

Creativiteit als kritische factor voor het verhogen van motivatie en leerprestaties

5-Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine: An Ego-Dissolving Endogenous Neurochemical Catalyst of Creativity

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