The Science of Creativity
Welcome to THE SCIENCE OF CREATIVITY, your home for insights and inspiration about art, design, and invention. Your host is Dr. Keith Sawyer, one of the world's leading experts on creativity, art, and design. Dr. Sawyer is a tenured university professor who has published 20 books about the science of creativity, including his new book LEARNING TO SEE: INSIDE THE WORLD'S LEADING ART AND DESIGN SCHOOLS. Our goal is to inspire you with stories of brilliant creators and world-changing inventions. You’ll learn about the latest psychological research and gain insights about creativity that will help you reach your full creative potential.
In addition to LEARNING TO SEE, Dr. Sawyer is the author of the award-winning books GROUP GENIUS and ZIG ZAG. He is the author of EXPLAINING CREATIVITY, known as "the creativity bible." His books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and he gives keynote talks about creativity around the world. He even has his own creativity card deck, the ZIG ZAG Creativity Cards (available on Amazon).
THE SCIENCE OF CREATIVITY is published every other Tuesday.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Kit White: 101 Things to Learn in Art School
Kit White is the author of the international best-selling book 101 Things To Learn In Art School, which is based on his experience as a professor of art for 21 years at the Pratt Institute in New Yor…
Dr. Ellen Winner: The Psychology of the Arts
Ellen Winner is a retired Professor of Psychology at Boston College and Senior Research Associate at Harvard's Project Zero. She’s one of the world's leading experts in the psychology of art. She's s…
Dr. Erica Halverson: How the Arts Can Save Education
Dr. Erica Halverson is one of the world’s leading experts in arts education. She’s a trained actor who’s founded two successful acting programs for school children, one in Chicago and one at her curr…
Dr. Mike Sharples: Artificial intelligence and creative writing
Dr. Mike Sharples has been studying computers and creativity for over 40 years. He’s an expert in education, technology, and innovation. In the 1970s, he was one of the first people to argue that com…
Dr. Kenan Sahin on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Today’s episode is about creativity and entrepreneurship. Our guest, Dr. Kenan Sahin, founded several companies that are known for their technological innovation. His first company, Kenan Systems, so…
Messier: Build a Daily Creative Habit
Messier is a smartphone app designed with input from a team of scientific advisors including one of today’s guests, Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, and also Dr. James Kaufman, who was the guest in episod…
Bob Mankoff, Cartoonist and New Yorker editor
For over 40 years, Bob Mankoff has been a driving force of comedy and satire at some of the most honored publications in America, including The New Yorker and Esquire. He has devoted his life to disc…
Josh Linkner: Author, Entrepreneur, Innovation Consultant
Josh Linkner is an innovation consultant, keynote speaker, venture capitalist, author, and entrepreneur. He’s been a professional jazz musician since high school, he attended the Berklee College of M…
James Kaufman, Psychologist and Creativity Researcher
Dr. Sawyer interviews the legendary creativity research Professor James Kaufman, of the University of Connecticut. Dr. Kaufman is an influential researcher who’s published 50 books and hundreds of sc…
Danah Henriksen: The Creative Power of Transdisciplinary Thinking
In this episode, Dr. Sawyer talks with Professor Danah Henriksen of Arizona State University. Dr. Henriksen and Dr. Sawyer are the co-authors of the book Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human I…
Tony Wagner: Transforming Education
Today’s guest is Dr. Tony Wagner, a globally recognized expert in education, creativity, and learning. Dr. Wagner was at Harvard for over 20 years and he’s published seven books about education. In t…
The Creative Classroom: Innovative Teaching for 21st-Century Learners
How do you teach students how to be creative? In this episode, you'll learn what research has to say about teaching for creativity. The surprising message is that we need to completely change the way…
Toy Story: How Toy Story Was Created
Toy Story is one of the best loved movies of all time. Released in 1995, it was the first fully digitally animated feature film. The Toy Story creation story is filled with surprising twists and turn…
Monopoly: Invention through Collaboration
Monopoly is the bestselling boardgame of all time. In this episode you’ll learn how Monopoly was invented. Until the truth came out, in the 1970s, we used to believe that a man named Charles Darrow c…