Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
@z-i-pringle.bsky.social
Author, The Creativity Choice: https://tinyurl.com/thecreativitychoicebook
Speaker. Yale faculty.
Speaker. Yale faculty.
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The Creativity Choice is OUT!
Today is publication day for a very long project; it translates the science of what comes between an idea and the finished product, to help you get from there to here.
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Today is the day! The Creativity Choice is out! Starting to see pictures in the wild. Some book bites in my latest newsletter. That I hope get people wanting to come for more:
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Grateful for The Creativity Choice in the wild around the world, from Serbia to Sweden, from the UK to Paraguay...
#creativity #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #gratitude
#creativity #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #gratitude
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Grateful for The Creativity Choice in the wild around the world, from Serbia to Sweden, from the UK to Paraguay...
#creativity #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #gratitude
#creativity #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #gratitude
Full week of gratitude. Cannot wait for the final season of Stranger Things. The Creativity Choices visiting the Barbie Pond in Washington, DC, as we count down to new episodes.
#creativity #gratitude #StrangerThings
#creativity #gratitude #StrangerThings
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Full week of gratitude. Cannot wait for the final season of Stranger Things. The Creativity Choices visiting the Barbie Pond in Washington, DC, as we count down to new episodes.
#creativity #gratitude #StrangerThings
#creativity #gratitude #StrangerThings
Why are we drawn to art? I recently listed to the podcast episode in which @ezraklein.bsky.social interviewed Patti Smith. In my opinion, the conversation was fundamentally about giving thanks
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Why are we drawn to art? I recently listed to the podcast episode in which @ezraklein.bsky.social interviewed Patti Smith. In my opinion, the conversation was fundamentally about giving thanks
What if a college honors program was designed around creativity? This is what The John Martinson Honors EDGE program at Montclair State University is doing and I am honored to serve on its advisor board.
#creativity #education #honorsprogram #teaching #learning #booksky
#creativity #education #honorsprogram #teaching #learning #booksky
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
What if a college honors program was designed around creativity? This is what The John Martinson Honors EDGE program at Montclair State University is doing and I am honored to serve on its advisor board.
#creativity #education #honorsprogram #teaching #learning #booksky
#creativity #education #honorsprogram #teaching #learning #booksky
For the Learning and the Lab conference, I wanted to share science translated into actionable items for educators. Here is a micro-action creativity starter pack
#creativity #education #learning #skills #inspiration #emotions
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#creativity #education #learning #skills #inspiration #emotions
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How to Teach (and Learn) Creativity
Step 1: Small changes
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
For the Learning and the Lab conference, I wanted to share science translated into actionable items for educators. Here is a micro-action creativity starter pack
#creativity #education #learning #skills #inspiration #emotions
open.substack.com/pub/creativi...
#creativity #education #learning #skills #inspiration #emotions
open.substack.com/pub/creativi...
How to spark #creativity in #education? 1st step: learn what creativity is, what it is not, and what we can expect on the way to realizing creative goals.
Chat about The Creativity Choice on the Spark Creativity Teacher podcast.
#learning #emotions
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Chat about The Creativity Choice on the Spark Creativity Teacher podcast.
#learning #emotions
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The Spark Creativity Teacher Podcast | ELA: 393: Research-Based Practices to Ignite Creativity, with Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
We know employers want creative thinkers. We know creative thinking is necessary to solve the problems we see everywhere in our world. We know we want our students to learn to be more creative. ...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How to spark #creativity in #education? 1st step: learn what creativity is, what it is not, and what we can expect on the way to realizing creative goals.
Chat about The Creativity Choice on the Spark Creativity Teacher podcast.
#learning #emotions
sparkcreativity.libsyn.com/393-research...
Chat about The Creativity Choice on the Spark Creativity Teacher podcast.
#learning #emotions
sparkcreativity.libsyn.com/393-research...
The theme of the just completed Learning & the Brain conference was teaching whole students. Educational leaders know that this is the only way to have true learning.
#creativity #thriving #wellbeing #engagement #education #EducationalLeadership
#creativity #thriving #wellbeing #engagement #education #EducationalLeadership
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The theme of the just completed Learning & the Brain conference was teaching whole students. Educational leaders know that this is the only way to have true learning.
#creativity #thriving #wellbeing #engagement #education #EducationalLeadership
#creativity #thriving #wellbeing #engagement #education #EducationalLeadership
Great time at the Learning & the Brain conference in Boston. From #curiosity to #creativity to #thriving whole learners
Great to see The Creativity Choice in great company thanks to Toadstool Bookshop and @alranbooks.bsky.social #books #booksky
Great to see The Creativity Choice in great company thanks to Toadstool Bookshop and @alranbooks.bsky.social #books #booksky
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Great time at the Learning & the Brain conference in Boston. From #curiosity to #creativity to #thriving whole learners
Great to see The Creativity Choice in great company thanks to Toadstool Bookshop and @alranbooks.bsky.social #books #booksky
Great to see The Creativity Choice in great company thanks to Toadstool Bookshop and @alranbooks.bsky.social #books #booksky
Love seeing The Creativity Choice in the wild. On this cold November day, a picture from a warmer one a few weeks ago at the Harvard Bookstore.
#booksky #books #creativity
#booksky #books #creativity
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Love seeing The Creativity Choice in the wild. On this cold November day, a picture from a warmer one a few weeks ago at the Harvard Bookstore.
#booksky #books #creativity
#booksky #books #creativity
When people ask me what is the target audience for my book, The Creativity Choice, I have multiple levels of the answer.
#creativity #innovation #curiosity #work #leadership #emotions #coaching @booksky.bsky.social
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#creativity #innovation #curiosity #work #leadership #emotions #coaching @booksky.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
When people ask me what is the target audience for my book, The Creativity Choice, I have multiple levels of the answer.
#creativity #innovation #curiosity #work #leadership #emotions #coaching @booksky.bsky.social
www.gayleallen.net/cm-300-zoran...
#creativity #innovation #curiosity #work #leadership #emotions #coaching @booksky.bsky.social
www.gayleallen.net/cm-300-zoran...
It was an honor to speak about The Creativity Choice in the context of work and leadership at the Yale School of Management .
I walked the audience through the lesser discussed portions of the creative process:
#creativity #innovation #work #leadership #emotionalintelligence
I walked the audience through the lesser discussed portions of the creative process:
#creativity #innovation #work #leadership #emotionalintelligence
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It was an honor to speak about The Creativity Choice in the context of work and leadership at the Yale School of Management .
I walked the audience through the lesser discussed portions of the creative process:
#creativity #innovation #work #leadership #emotionalintelligence
I walked the audience through the lesser discussed portions of the creative process:
#creativity #innovation #work #leadership #emotionalintelligence
Very much looking forward to speaking at the
@learningandtheb
conference in Boston. The theme is teaching thriving, social, curious, and critical thinkers.
#creativity #learning #education #curiosity #criticalthinking
You can check out the program:
www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-5...
@learningandtheb
conference in Boston. The theme is teaching thriving, social, curious, and critical thinkers.
#creativity #learning #education #curiosity #criticalthinking
You can check out the program:
www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-5...
Learning & the Brain
Learning & the Brain
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November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Very much looking forward to speaking at the
@learningandtheb
conference in Boston. The theme is teaching thriving, social, curious, and critical thinkers.
#creativity #learning #education #curiosity #criticalthinking
You can check out the program:
www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-5...
@learningandtheb
conference in Boston. The theme is teaching thriving, social, curious, and critical thinkers.
#creativity #learning #education #curiosity #criticalthinking
You can check out the program:
www.learningandthebrain.com/conference-5...
Hint about what to expect in The Creativity Choice?
Mindset meets Grit, but for creativity.
#creativity #books #booksky #mindset #grit #emotions #confidence
Mindset meets Grit, but for creativity.
#creativity #books #booksky #mindset #grit #emotions #confidence
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hint about what to expect in The Creativity Choice?
Mindset meets Grit, but for creativity.
#creativity #books #booksky #mindset #grit #emotions #confidence
Mindset meets Grit, but for creativity.
#creativity #books #booksky #mindset #grit #emotions #confidence
Surprisingly, the science of creativity did not investigate what would happen to our creative potential and how we use it if we practiced creative thinking.
#creativethinking #creativity #learning #growth #personaldevelopment
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#creativethinking #creativity #learning #growth #personaldevelopment
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The analogy game
From small acts to creativity habits
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November 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Surprisingly, the science of creativity did not investigate what would happen to our creative potential and how we use it if we practiced creative thinking.
#creativethinking #creativity #learning #growth #personaldevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/creativi...
#creativethinking #creativity #learning #growth #personaldevelopment
open.substack.com/pub/creativi...
What do we know when we know a creative person? This is one of the oldest questions in #creativity studies. We have learned much. About traits of creative individuals (openness to experience! and beyond!), their cognitive #abilities, #values and #motivation. And we are ready to ask more questions.
#NowAvailable 'Creators: What Makes Individuals Creative', edited by @z-i-pringle.bsky.social, introduces a new model of creative individuals, exploring their traits, values, motivations, and cognitive processes. #CreativityStudies @hss.springernature.com
➡️ link.springer.com/book/9783032091741
➡️ link.springer.com/book/9783032091741
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What do we know when we know a creative person? This is one of the oldest questions in #creativity studies. We have learned much. About traits of creative individuals (openness to experience! and beyond!), their cognitive #abilities, #values and #motivation. And we are ready to ask more questions.
Among top 10 skills for 2025 the World Economic Forum lists 5 creativity-related ones. But skills are not a goal in themselves. We need to transform them into action. What do we need to put creativity skills to work?
#creativity #emotions #emotionregulation #skills #futureofwork #education
#creativity #emotions #emotionregulation #skills #futureofwork #education
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Among top 10 skills for 2025 the World Economic Forum lists 5 creativity-related ones. But skills are not a goal in themselves. We need to transform them into action. What do we need to put creativity skills to work?
#creativity #emotions #emotionregulation #skills #futureofwork #education
#creativity #emotions #emotionregulation #skills #futureofwork #education
The Untangle podcast is perfectly named for a discussion about creativity. It is far from linear.
This conversation was a 45 min grand tour of the creative process I describe in The Creative Choice... thread...
#creativity #innovation #creativeprocess
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This conversation was a 45 min grand tour of the creative process I describe in The Creative Choice... thread...
#creativity #innovation #creativeprocess
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Turning Ideas to Action: How Your Mindset Impacts Creativity. With Zorana Ivcevic Pringle.
Podcast Episode · Untangle · 06/10/2025 · 47m
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October 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Untangle podcast is perfectly named for a discussion about creativity. It is far from linear.
This conversation was a 45 min grand tour of the creative process I describe in The Creative Choice... thread...
#creativity #innovation #creativeprocess
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
This conversation was a 45 min grand tour of the creative process I describe in The Creative Choice... thread...
#creativity #innovation #creativeprocess
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Creativity exists on four levels (not just one) 📊
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "Psychologists distinguish these four levels of creativity."
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "Psychologists distinguish these four levels of creativity."
October 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Creativity exists on four levels (not just one) 📊
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "Psychologists distinguish these four levels of creativity."
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "Psychologists distinguish these four levels of creativity."
Looking forward to sharing the lessons about the emotional side of creativity, from empathy and self-compassion to frustration and self-doubt at the Designing for Empathy summit.
#creativity #emotions #emotionalintelligence #art #fashion
#creativity #emotions #emotionalintelligence #art #fashion
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Looking forward to sharing the lessons about the emotional side of creativity, from empathy and self-compassion to frustration and self-doubt at the Designing for Empathy summit.
#creativity #emotions #emotionalintelligence #art #fashion
#creativity #emotions #emotionalintelligence #art #fashion
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What if doubt is actually the good part? 🤔
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "There is no removing doubt. You can get better at coping with it"
Maddox: "Wouldn't certainty just kill the magic?"
Think about it.
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "There is no removing doubt. You can get better at coping with it"
Maddox: "Wouldn't certainty just kill the magic?"
Think about it.
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
What if doubt is actually the good part? 🤔
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "There is no removing doubt. You can get better at coping with it"
Maddox: "Wouldn't certainty just kill the magic?"
Think about it.
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "There is no removing doubt. You can get better at coping with it"
Maddox: "Wouldn't certainty just kill the magic?"
Think about it.
Reposted by Zorana Ivcevic Pringle
Creativity isn't what you think it is 🧠
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "when we think about creativity, we first go too big—Einstein, Steve Jobs, Coco Chanel. but creativity is much more."
Psychologists identify FOUR levels of creativity...
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "when we think about creativity, we first go too big—Einstein, Steve Jobs, Coco Chanel. but creativity is much more."
Psychologists identify FOUR levels of creativity...
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Creativity isn't what you think it is 🧠
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "when we think about creativity, we first go too big—Einstein, Steve Jobs, Coco Chanel. but creativity is much more."
Psychologists identify FOUR levels of creativity...
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle (@z-i-pringle.bsky.social) from Yale: "when we think about creativity, we first go too big—Einstein, Steve Jobs, Coco Chanel. but creativity is much more."
Psychologists identify FOUR levels of creativity...
Join us at the Mindful Leader Summit in Washington DC later this week. I will be speaking about creativity not as a trait but a decision leaders make every day. Registration link:
#leadership #mindfulness #emotionalintelligence #creativity
www.mindfulleader.org/mindful-lead...
#leadership #mindfulness #emotionalintelligence #creativity
www.mindfulleader.org/mindful-lead...
Mindful Leader Summit
Unlock your leadership potential and a thriving people-centric organization at the Annual Mindful Leader Summit this Fall in Washington D.C.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Join us at the Mindful Leader Summit in Washington DC later this week. I will be speaking about creativity not as a trait but a decision leaders make every day. Registration link:
#leadership #mindfulness #emotionalintelligence #creativity
www.mindfulleader.org/mindful-lead...
#leadership #mindfulness #emotionalintelligence #creativity
www.mindfulleader.org/mindful-lead...
What key insights about #creativity are we missing when we focus only on inspiration? The Creativity Choice
@hachettelibrary.bsky.social
uncovers how to take the ideas and make them real. Takeaways thread...
#inspiration #emotions #AI
podcast.toddhenry.com/the-creativi...
@hachettelibrary.bsky.social
uncovers how to take the ideas and make them real. Takeaways thread...
#inspiration #emotions #AI
podcast.toddhenry.com/the-creativi...
The Creativity Choice
In this episode, we dive deep into what it really means to choose creativity, rather than simply waiting for inspiration to strike. We open with the fascinating ori…
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September 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What key insights about #creativity are we missing when we focus only on inspiration? The Creativity Choice
@hachettelibrary.bsky.social
uncovers how to take the ideas and make them real. Takeaways thread...
#inspiration #emotions #AI
podcast.toddhenry.com/the-creativi...
@hachettelibrary.bsky.social
uncovers how to take the ideas and make them real. Takeaways thread...
#inspiration #emotions #AI
podcast.toddhenry.com/the-creativi...
A colleague introduced me in ChatGPT pics before a talk. What this act of everyday creativity did:
1️⃣ Fun for her
2️⃣ It made me smile, 3 hands, oddly critical look at art, and all
3️⃣ It set the mood of openness for the talk
#creativity #wellbeing #relationships
1️⃣ Fun for her
2️⃣ It made me smile, 3 hands, oddly critical look at art, and all
3️⃣ It set the mood of openness for the talk
#creativity #wellbeing #relationships
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A colleague introduced me in ChatGPT pics before a talk. What this act of everyday creativity did:
1️⃣ Fun for her
2️⃣ It made me smile, 3 hands, oddly critical look at art, and all
3️⃣ It set the mood of openness for the talk
#creativity #wellbeing #relationships
1️⃣ Fun for her
2️⃣ It made me smile, 3 hands, oddly critical look at art, and all
3️⃣ It set the mood of openness for the talk
#creativity #wellbeing #relationships
One of my favorite events of the year, Designing the Empathy summit in New York.
If you are a museum professional or academic or entrepreneur working to create understanding and care, this is the place and a community for you.
#conference #empathy #empathymatters
If you are a museum professional or academic or entrepreneur working to create understanding and care, this is the place and a community for you.
#conference #empathy #empathymatters
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
One of my favorite events of the year, Designing the Empathy summit in New York.
If you are a museum professional or academic or entrepreneur working to create understanding and care, this is the place and a community for you.
#conference #empathy #empathymatters
If you are a museum professional or academic or entrepreneur working to create understanding and care, this is the place and a community for you.
#conference #empathy #empathymatters