Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021) | Team Personality Map

Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021) - Movie

Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021) | Team Personality Map

20/10/2021

Overview

In this second installment of his exploration of creativity, Hermann Vaske looks for factors that inhibit it. He asks artists, activists, and thinkers about things that kill their creativity.

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INTROVERTIntuitiveFeelingJUDGING

Marina Abramović

Wim Wenders

What they bring to the party

Caring, serious, driven by deeply held values, wants to change things for the better, perceptive, insightful, independent, up for the cause, ‘big picture,’ creative, idealistic, planning, follow through.

Not their forte

Difficult to know, complex, values-driven so needs to believe in a project or organisation, emotional but rarely show their emotions, intense, sensitive can get offended, can ignore ‘irrelevant’ facts.

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INTROVERTIntuitiveFeelingPerceiving

Peter Gabriel

George R. R. Martin

What they bring to the party

Creating and maintaining harmony, intensely caring, loyal, dutiful, sensitive, empathetic, insightful, future-oriented, optimistic, positive, prefer possibilities to facts, quietly supportive, values-driven.

Not their forte

Shy so not the centre of attention, complex and difficult to know, can want to maintain harmony at all costs, need meaning in tasks, not detailed or a planner, looks forward rather then ‘here and now.’

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INTROVERTIntuitiveTHINKINGPerceiving

Michel Houellebecq

What they bring to the party

Extremely independent, love big complex problems to immerse in, intellectually curious, flexible, very high standards, works in sporadic bursts of energy, capable of ground-breaking ideas, logical.

Not their forte

Get bored by routine, the mundane or ‘mere’ details, independent and economic so can be difficult to know, dislike chitchat, not a planner, logical, non-emotional, extremly direct, dislike ambiguity.

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ExtravertIntuitiveTHINKINGPerceiving

John Cleese

Malcolm McLaren

What they bring to the party

Verbally quick, creative and love intellectual pursuits and challenges, enthusiastic, bring something different, big picture thinker, creates possibilities and opportunities, curious, fun, communicative.

Not their forte

Dislike of facts and tradition, on the lookout for new possibilities, difficult to pin down, not a planner or organised, needs freedom to act their way, lacks attention to detail, competitive, needs ‘the feed.’

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ExtravertIntuitiveFeelingJUDGING

Willem Dafoe

What they bring to the party

Organised, planning, sorting out people problems, helpful, caring, positive, dependable, likeable, dutiful, committed, hard-working, at the heart of the team, the glue, energetic, enthusiastic.

Not their forte

Can give too much and neglect their own needs, sensitive so can get offended, can try too hard to create harmony, can be overly subjective and lack harder edge, desire to finish can mean controlling.