Wilma Koutstaal Ph.D.

About

Wilma Koutstaal, Ph.D., is a psychology professor at the University of Minnesota and the author, with Jonathan Binks, of Innovating Minds: Rethinking Creativity to Inspire Change (Oxford University Press, 2015). Her earlier book, The Agile Mind, won the 2012 William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. An AAAS Fellow, she received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Harvard University.

Books by Wilma Koutstaal Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Creative Emotional Re-Interpretation and Insightful Change

Making the connections between emotional reappraisal, creative insight, and humor.

Getting Creative by Striving for Excellence vs. Perfection

Striving for excellence—but not for perfection—is positively linked with creative idea generation and openness to experience.

Boosting Entrepreneurial Success Through Decision Weaving

Combatting entrepreneurial uncertainty and complexity through decision weaving.

The Creative Cliff Illusion: What It Is and What to Do About It

Don't give up on your creative search too soon.

Time Pressure and the Trying Trajectory of Team Creativity

It's important to recognize the many forms of project time and how they influence team creativity.

It's important to recognize the many forms of project time and how they influence team creativity.

Innovative Leaps and Loops in Idea Space

The breakthrough power of bridging from novelty to the known.

The breakthrough power of bridging from novelty to the known.

Creative Imagination: Inside and Outside the Head

The many forms of creative imagination.

The many forms of creative imagination.

Putting Forgetting to Creative Work

Forgetting or unlearning to promote positive change.

Forgetting or unlearning to promote positive change.

Personality and Change: Is Our Personality Really Fixed?

How fixed is our "personality," really?

How fixed is our "personality," really?

Team-to-Team Innovation Learning in Science

Changing cultures and expectations to advance creative scientific progress.

Changing cultures and expectations to advance creative scientific progress.