If the challenge is far beyond their skill level, they tend to get frustrated; if it's far below their skill level, they tend to get bored. Leaders need to strike the right balance. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
The desire to do something because you find it deeply satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest levels of creativity, whether it's in the arts, sciences, or business. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
Creativity is the generation and initial development of new, useful ideas. Innovation is the successful implementation of those ideas in an organization. Thus, no… — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
Creativity takes a hit when people in a work group compete instead of collaborate. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate—useful and actionable. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
When people believe that every move they make is going to affect their compensation, they tend to get risk averse. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
Most people aren't anywhere near to realizing their creative potential, in part because they're laboring in environments that impede intrinsic motivation. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
“If you want to foster great inner work life, focus first on eliminating the obstacles that cause setbacks. Why? Because one setback has more… — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
To be creative, an idea must also be appropriate - useful and actionable. It must somehow influence the way business gets done by improving… — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
If you facilitate your subordinates' steady progress in meaningful work, make that progress salient to them, and treat them well, they will experience the… — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
“But if the testing is decoupled from the programming task, if it is done by someone else, that programmer cannot enjoy an immediate uptick… — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
The best way to help people to maximize their creative potential is to allow them to do something they love. — Teresa Amabile Copy Share Image
