Mark Batey
@drmarkbatey.bsky.social
Creativity, Innovation, Culture & High Performance | Director of the Master of Sport Directorship (MSD) | Associate Prof at Man Met Uni | https://linktr.ee/Markbatey
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Mark Batey
@drmarkbatey.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi Bluesky… 👋 I’m a father, husband, doggo dad, foodie, music loving, junior and disability cricket coaching, #psychologist… with a deep geekiness for all things #creativity, #innovation and high performance… and coffee! ☕️
#academic #academicchatter #psychology #justjoined #newbie
#academic #academicchatter #psychology #justjoined #newbie
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'A 2021 study estimated that UK academics contribute $391 million worth of unpaid labour annually through peer reviewing alone. These non-cash contributions are essential to the functioning of the scholarly publishing system yet are often overlooked in discussions about cost and value.'
We must break the link between publisher revenue and article volume
Volume-driven publishing pushes up costs and threatens research integrity. We need new agreements with healthier incentives, says Anna Vernon
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
'A 2021 study estimated that UK academics contribute $391 million worth of unpaid labour annually through peer reviewing alone. These non-cash contributions are essential to the functioning of the scholarly publishing system yet are often overlooked in discussions about cost and value.'
⚽️ Creativity and Innovation for High Performance with Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club ⚽️
Delighted to lead a #Creativity and #Innovation Workshop with the senior team members of @officialbha.bsky.social last week.
Delighted to lead a #Creativity and #Innovation Workshop with the senior team members of @officialbha.bsky.social last week.
April 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
⚽️ Creativity and Innovation for High Performance with Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club ⚽️
Delighted to lead a #Creativity and #Innovation Workshop with the senior team members of @officialbha.bsky.social last week.
Delighted to lead a #Creativity and #Innovation Workshop with the senior team members of @officialbha.bsky.social last week.
Highlights from our paper on the conditions for Mental Toughness in Women's ⚽️
Published in PLOSOne - doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Published in PLOSOne - doi.org/10.1371/jour...
April 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Highlights from our paper on the conditions for Mental Toughness in Women's ⚽️
Published in PLOSOne - doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Published in PLOSOne - doi.org/10.1371/jour...
With Brighton and Hove Albion FC ☺️⚽️ Update incoming next week 🔥@officialbha.bsky.social #ChallengeTheEstablishment #TheSeagulls #InnovationForPerfomance
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With Brighton and Hove Albion FC ☺️⚽️ Update incoming next week 🔥@officialbha.bsky.social #ChallengeTheEstablishment #TheSeagulls #InnovationForPerfomance
Helping Empower Innovation in Local Government
We all know the landscape for government innovation is pretty tough…
So I gave a keynote for government leaders
🧵 👇
We all know the landscape for government innovation is pretty tough…
So I gave a keynote for government leaders
🧵 👇
March 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Helping Empower Innovation in Local Government
We all know the landscape for government innovation is pretty tough…
So I gave a keynote for government leaders
🧵 👇
We all know the landscape for government innovation is pretty tough…
So I gave a keynote for government leaders
🧵 👇
Out today for the #FieldofPlay2025 Sports Analytics Conference. Wonderful to catch up with our @msd-mmu.bsky.social students and grads, meet some old friends… and looking forward to networking and making some new ones. Lots of takeaways for data and innovation #everydayisaschoolday #alwayslearning
March 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Out today for the #FieldofPlay2025 Sports Analytics Conference. Wonderful to catch up with our @msd-mmu.bsky.social students and grads, meet some old friends… and looking forward to networking and making some new ones. Lots of takeaways for data and innovation #everydayisaschoolday #alwayslearning
Currently waaay too tired after staying up waaay too late to watch some the Formula 1 practice @f1tv.bsky.social
spongebob squarepants is standing on a wooden floor with the words `` me '' written on his face .
ALT: spongebob squarepants is standing on a wooden floor with the words `` me '' written on his face .
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Currently waaay too tired after staying up waaay too late to watch some the Formula 1 practice @f1tv.bsky.social
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Welcome to Pathocracy:
February 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Welcome to Pathocracy:
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David Lynch was a magician who believed his own magic, and he made others believe it, too, Joshua Rothman writes. Read his reflections on Lynch’s creative process and inner world.
David Lynch’s (Possible) Realism
His movies were dreamlike. But what if life is a dream?
www.newyorker.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
David Lynch was a magician who believed his own magic, and he made others believe it, too, Joshua Rothman writes. Read his reflections on Lynch’s creative process and inner world.
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New study finds enhanced creativity in autistic adults is linked to co-occurring ADHD rather than autism itself (N=352). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
New study finds enhanced creativity in autistic adults is linked to co-occurring ADHD rather than autism itself (N=352). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Still science in 2024: "Our figure 2 shows this result clearly. Please scroll down 30 PAGES to see it..."
PS with @curvenote.com journals, inline figures can go full-width, and any reference to a figure shows it in a hover popup.
PS with @curvenote.com journals, inline figures can go full-width, and any reference to a figure shows it in a hover popup.
January 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Still science in 2024: "Our figure 2 shows this result clearly. Please scroll down 30 PAGES to see it..."
PS with @curvenote.com journals, inline figures can go full-width, and any reference to a figure shows it in a hover popup.
PS with @curvenote.com journals, inline figures can go full-width, and any reference to a figure shows it in a hover popup.
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Much-anticipated for 2025! We are so thrilled that our 10th annual meeting of SfNC will be taking place in Paris! Our theme, "Creativity and Changing Brains", is an exploration of how creativity influences and is shaped by changes in the brain. Abstracts are open until Jan 17th: t.co/CoVLsIGFDg
January 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Much-anticipated for 2025! We are so thrilled that our 10th annual meeting of SfNC will be taking place in Paris! Our theme, "Creativity and Changing Brains", is an exploration of how creativity influences and is shaped by changes in the brain. Abstracts are open until Jan 17th: t.co/CoVLsIGFDg
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Don't miss from Dr. Keith Sawyer: Is creativity connected to mental illness, psychedelic drugs, or autism? Listen to the interview with DR. ANNA ABRAHAM, a neuroscientist and leading creativity researcher on THE SCIENCE OF CREATIVITY podcast
keithsawyer.com/bio/podcast....
keithsawyer.com/bio/podcast....
Keith Sawyer | Creativity, Collaboration, and Learning
Keith Sawyer is one of the country's leading scientific experts on creativity. His 2013 book Zig Zag identifies the 8 stages of the creative process.
keithsawyer.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Don't miss from Dr. Keith Sawyer: Is creativity connected to mental illness, psychedelic drugs, or autism? Listen to the interview with DR. ANNA ABRAHAM, a neuroscientist and leading creativity researcher on THE SCIENCE OF CREATIVITY podcast
keithsawyer.com/bio/podcast....
keithsawyer.com/bio/podcast....
Possibly unpopular opinion… Don’t really see why you need a dress code for chess… (or most jobs for that matter)
Facing a public relations checkmate, the International Chess Federation surrendered and allowed world champ Magnus Carlsen to wear jeans at the World Blitz Championship in New York City.
Chess champion returns to tournament after being fined for wearing jeans
Magnus Carlsen had quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to change out of a pair of jeans, violating the dress code.
www.nbcnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Possibly unpopular opinion… Don’t really see why you need a dress code for chess… (or most jobs for that matter)
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Complaining about Lincolnshire and then it gifted me one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen
December 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Complaining about Lincolnshire and then it gifted me one of the most beautiful sunsets I've ever seen
Delighted to attend the launch of the new Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport at the @manmetuni.bsky.social #InstituteOfSport - a dedicated research centre in partnership with the UK Institute of Sport
December 4, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Delighted to attend the launch of the new Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport at the @manmetuni.bsky.social #InstituteOfSport - a dedicated research centre in partnership with the UK Institute of Sport
Looking forward to one of my fave days of the year… travelling down to the #RoyalAirForce #TedderAcademy of #Leadership for my annual masterclass on creativity and innovation with the Senior Leadership Development Programme 🚀🚀🚀
November 28, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Looking forward to one of my fave days of the year… travelling down to the #RoyalAirForce #TedderAcademy of #Leadership for my annual masterclass on creativity and innovation with the Senior Leadership Development Programme 🚀🚀🚀
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"Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results" w @ken-lxl.bsky.social
and braingpt.org. LLMs integrate a noisy yet interrelated scientific literature to forecast outcomes. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/8
and braingpt.org. LLMs integrate a noisy yet interrelated scientific literature to forecast outcomes. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/8
November 27, 2024 at 2:13 PM
"Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results" w @ken-lxl.bsky.social
and braingpt.org. LLMs integrate a noisy yet interrelated scientific literature to forecast outcomes. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/8
and braingpt.org. LLMs integrate a noisy yet interrelated scientific literature to forecast outcomes. nature.com/articles/s41... 1/8
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Successful innovations usually come from people who have no business "being creative"
The biggest myth is that creativity belongs to artists and "creative types". 👇🏻🧵
The biggest myth is that creativity belongs to artists and "creative types". 👇🏻🧵
November 24, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Successful innovations usually come from people who have no business "being creative"
The biggest myth is that creativity belongs to artists and "creative types". 👇🏻🧵
The biggest myth is that creativity belongs to artists and "creative types". 👇🏻🧵
A truly transformational exec masters programme for leaders in sport 👇
The MSD is a unique Masters qualification, educating international sports leaders to innovate, collaborate, share best practice and govern within sport. We are proud to be creating the Future Leaders of Sport!
#msd #masterofsportdirectorship #sportmasters #sportingleaders #SportingDirector
November 22, 2024 at 7:16 PM
A truly transformational exec masters programme for leaders in sport 👇
Delighted to share this study on non-cognitive factors in elite female cricketers
Expanding my #research interests beyond #creativity and #innovation to include high #performance factors
Focussed on women playing #cricket in the ECB competition - The Hundred
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Expanding my #research interests beyond #creativity and #innovation to include high #performance factors
Focussed on women playing #cricket in the ECB competition - The Hundred
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Hitting boundaries: Contract type, playing experience, non-cognitive skills, and sport anxiety in elite women cricketers
This paper examined the psychological impact of contextual influences (i.e., contract type and playing experience) on sport anxiety in elite women cricketers participating in The Hundred. A sample of ...
journals.plos.org
November 20, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Delighted to share this study on non-cognitive factors in elite female cricketers
Expanding my #research interests beyond #creativity and #innovation to include high #performance factors
Focussed on women playing #cricket in the ECB competition - The Hundred
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Expanding my #research interests beyond #creativity and #innovation to include high #performance factors
Focussed on women playing #cricket in the ECB competition - The Hundred
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Gave up on twitter a while back… looking for accounts about #science #psychology #creativity #innovation and #sportmanagement (Odi and Wicket photo just because ☺️🐶🥰)
November 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Gave up on twitter a while back… looking for accounts about #science #psychology #creativity #innovation and #sportmanagement (Odi and Wicket photo just because ☺️🐶🥰)
Hi Bluesky… 👋 I’m a father, husband, doggo dad, foodie, music loving, junior and disability cricket coaching, #psychologist… with a deep geekiness for all things #creativity, #innovation and high performance… and coffee! ☕️
#academic #academicchatter #psychology #justjoined #newbie
#academic #academicchatter #psychology #justjoined #newbie
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Hi Bluesky… 👋 I’m a father, husband, doggo dad, foodie, music loving, junior and disability cricket coaching, #psychologist… with a deep geekiness for all things #creativity, #innovation and high performance… and coffee! ☕️
#academic #academicchatter #psychology #justjoined #newbie
#academic #academicchatter #psychology #justjoined #newbie