Want to Be Creative AND Successful? Understand the Nature of Creativity — And Success

Want to Be Creative AND Successful?Stephen J. Dubner, author of Think like a freak, tells you how.

There’s an irony in trying to get people to do their best work — but particularly to try new things and to innovate — in that very often the kind of characteristics that are common to someone who will have a good new idea have no overlap with the characteristics that are common to someone who’s really good at presenting in meetings. So it’s kind of like the difference between like sales and R&...