Many books have been written on creativity. Here are two more, in Dutch: 'Oh, wat zijn we creatief', based on research done by a Dutch financial paper and consultancy Trompenaars Hampden-Turner. About 850 people answered questions on corporate creativity. Outcome: most respondents saw themselves to be more creative than they are in reality: on a scale from 1 to 10, people ranked themselves a 7.3, while actually they only scored a 6.3 according to the researchers. Not a very positive outcome for Dutch Corporate Creativity, I would argue. Next to the research the book contains interviews with people on creative issues. Also with partner Adriaan Kukler and myself on our initiative to rate creative companies in order to make them more investor ready and to look into the possibilities of setting up a tailormade bank/financial institution for creativity.
Other book is called Art & Leadership by the Baak management centre. Also a series of interviews, essays and columns on creativity. Also with an article by myself on how Holland could become a true 'nation of creation'.
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