Networked Creativity: How optimal experience shapes creative networks
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1) The document discusses how optimal creative experiences can shape creative networks through the concept of "networked flow", which is when a group becomes highly productive and creative ideas flow freely as members become synchronized both behaviorally and neurophysiologically. 2) It explores how creative networks form and evolve over time, with certain groups exhibiting higher levels of "flow" through close listening, equal participation, and spontaneous communication, which can boost their creative performance. 3) Studies examined how social interactions and emotional contagion within student collaboration networks were related to their reported flow states and creativity over time, finding that teams with more tightly-knit and synchronized networks tended to be the most creative.
Networked Creativity: How optimal experience shapes creative networks
- 1. 1 Networked Flow: How optimal experience shapes creative networks Creative Networks: Models, Methods and Applications Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, 22 Novembre 2019 Andrea Gaggioli Research Unit on Psychology of Creativity and Innovation
- 2. What is the key to group creativity?
- 3. Perspectives on creativity Individual Social
- 4. Individual vs collective creativity Au Cafe Guerbois, Manet, 1869
- 5. What is the key to group creativity?
- 6. How do creative networks form and evolve? Socrates Aristotle Chu Hsi Wittgenstein Heidegger
- 7. Group flow: a transformative creative experience • Flow: a positive state of mind in which the perception of high challenges in the task at hand is coupled with high personal skills • Group flow: a “collective state of peak performance”, when a group is in sync and creative ideas are “flowing” • Group flow has been investigated in unstructured teams, such as improvisional theatre and jazz ensambles
- 8. Gaggioli, A. et al. (2013). Networked Flow: Towards an Understanding of Creative Networks. Springer, New York Entrainment Social presence Networked Flow Networked flow: the process
- 9. Le persone hanno una tendenza innata a sincronizzare emozioni, stati cognitivi e comportamenti durante le interazioni sociali Getting in synch with others - at the behavioral and/or neuro-physiological level
- 10. Studying entrainment in joint action Coco M.I., Badino L., Cipresso P., Chirico A., Ferrari E., Riva G., Gaggioli A., D’Ausilio A. (2017) Multilevel behavioral synchronization in a joint tower-building task. IEEE T Cogn Develop Syst, 9(3), 223-233.
- 11. Does entrainment boost dyadic creativity? Gaggioli A, et al. Effects of interpersonal sensorimotor synchronization on dyadic creativity: Gender matters. Front. Psychol. 2019;9:1–12.
- 12. WE-INTENTION The intense feeling of sharing one’s own goals and emotions with others
- 13. Le persone hanno una tendenza innata a sincronizzare emozioni, stati cognitivi e comportamenti durante le interazioni sociali Networked flow à a “collective state of peak performance”, when a group is in sync and creative ideas are “flowing”
- 14. 1. A compelling, shared goal 2. Close listening 3. Use “yes, and…” to keep it moving forward 4. Complete concentration and full attention 5. A sense of being in control 6. Blending egos 7. Equal participation 8. Familiarity 9. Constant, spontaneous communication 10. Consider the potential for failure The 10 keys to networked flow K. Sawyer, 2007
- 15. Creative networks and emotional contagion • A creative network attracts new members through a mechanism of “emotional contagion” • Since “emotional energy” is embodied in symbols like words and images, experiences such as reading and even reflecting upon others’ thoughts, have the power to influence an individual’s emotional energy
- 16. ¨ We examined the creative collaboration process of student groups engaging in a blended learning environment ¨ We used longitudinal social network analysis (over 12 weeks) to examine group interactions and social presence over time, and related these to self- reported flow states and creativity performance Gaggioli, A., et al. (2014) The creative link: Investigating the relationship between social network indices, creative performance and flow in blended teams. Computers in Human Behavior. Study: Networked Creativity in Learning
- 17. Gaggioli, A., et al. (2014) The creative link: Investigating the relationship between social network indices, creative performance and flow in blended teams. Computers in Human Behavior. Study: Networked Creativity in Learning
- 18. Evolution of group structure
- 19. Evolution of group structure: high-flow teams …these teams were also the most creative
- 20. Key takeaway points • Creativity can be thought as a networked process • Optimal team creativity is achieved when people reach a group mind (“networked flow”) • Challenge: can creativity be «contagious»? Does it spread over networks?
- 21. More to explore…
- 22. Thanks!