Transformational Creativity: The Link between Creativity, Wisdom, and the Solution of Global Problems
Abstract
:1. What Is Transformational Creativity?
2. Kinds of Creativity
Unidentified Creativity—Type 1
3. Transactional Creativity
3.1. Inert Creativity—Type 2
3.2. Fully Transactional Creativity—Type 3
4. Transformational Creativity
4.1. Self-Transformational Creativity—Type 4
4.2. Other-Transformational Creativity—Type 5
4.3. Fully Transformational Creativity—Type 6
5. Pseudo-Transformational Creativity
5.1. Self-Destructive Pseudo-Transformational Creativity—Type 7
5.2. Other-Destructive Pseudo-Transformational Creativity—Type 8
5.3. Fully Destructive Pseudo-Transformational Creativity—Type 9
6. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kind of Creativity | Category Identification | Definition |
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Unidentified | Type 1 | The individual is never identified as creative despite their creative potential |
Transactional Creativity | The individual is expected to perform in a creative way in exchange for being identified or employed | |
Inert Creativity | Type 2 | The individual fails to act creatively even though they were identified as creative or hired because they were deemed to be creative |
Fully Transactional Creativity | Type 3 | The individual gives back creatively in exchange for having been identified as, or employed to be creative |
Transformational Creativity | The individual seeks to make positive, meaningful creative change for a common good | |
Self-Transformational Creativity | Type 4 | The individual transforms themselves creatively but does not seek to transform others |
Other-Transformational Creativity | Type 5 | The individual creatively transforms others but not themselves |
Fully Transformational (Self + Other Utilized) Creativity | Type 6 | The individual creatively transforms both themselves and others |
Pseudo-Transformational Creativity | The individual pretends to produce creative transformation while seeking only to use their creativity to advance themselves | |
Self-Destructive Pseudo-Transformational Creativity | Type 7 | The individual, in seeking creatively to advance themselves, destroys themselves in the process |
Other-Destructive Pseudo-Transformational Creativity | Type 8 | The individual, in seeking creatively to advance themselves, destroys others in the process |
Fully Destructive Pseudo-Transformational Creativity | Type 9 | The individual, in seeking creatively to advance themselves, destroys themselves and others |
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