This podcast explores creativity as a fundamental human capacity and a way of engaging with possibility in everyday life. More than an individual trait, creativity is a social and cultural process shaped by traditions, language, values, and shared practices. The conversation highlights how creativity depends on not-knowing, curiosity, and the ability to connect imagination with action.

Vlad also addresses common misconceptions such as the Romantic-era notion of the “mad genius” and reframes creativity as an ordinary, accessible, and transformative force. It looks at how creative work emerges from difference and gaps between perspectives, and how embracing these gaps can foster communication, play, humility, and care.

Cultivating creativity through playfulness, psychological safety, experimentation, and openness to multiple viewpoints is key. Creativity is both a mindset and a way of being that helps individuals and communities navigate complexity and expand what becomes possible. 

If we were all a bit more creative..? We'd care more for each other. And if we're not creative, we'd be harming ourselves in not helping others.  

Tips on becoming more creative include

• Be more playful and fun. Add flavor and color to life. 
• Provide the safety for something to go wrong. 
• Black belt for creatives- listen and role play with those who are marginalized 

Dr. Vlad Glaveanu

Full Professor of Psychology, Business School, Dublin City University

Director, DCU Centre for Possibility Studies

Adjunct Professor, Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology, University of Bergen

Possibility Studies Network, President

Possibility Studies and Society, Journal Editor
The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible, Editor
Possibility Studies: A Manifesto, Author

The Global Creativity Initiative Podcast is a scholarly commitment to sharing creativity and specifically creative process for problem solving (aka life) with all of humanity. Visit our website to learn more about The Global Creativity Initiative. Write to us at [email protected]