Powers of two : how relationships drive creativity / Joshua Wolf Shenk.

• Meeting. "You remind me of Charlie Munger" : matchups and magnet places -- Identical twins from the ends of the earth : the convergence of homophily and heterophily -- "Like two young bear cubs" : the varieties of electric experience -- Confluence. Presence --> confidence --> trust : the stages of confluence -- The turn of faith : the final stage -- "Everybody just get the fuck out" : the psychology of "we" -- "No power in heaven, hell or earth" : creative marriage -- Dialectics. In the spotlight (in the shadows) : the star and the director -- Jokestein and Structureberg : the liquid and the container -- Inspiration and perspiration : the dreamer and the doer -- Turn-taking : generators and resonators -- "Everything's the opposite" : the psychology of dialectics -- The "other" of the psyche : the dialogue of creative thinking -- Distance. Creative monks and Siamese twins : the extremes of distance -- "Somehow we also kept surprising each other" : the varieties of distance -- "Desire for that which is missing" : the erotics of distance -- The infinite game. My most intimate enemy : creative foils -- Luke Skywalker and Han Solo : creative pairs and coopetition -- "We all want the hand" : power clarity and power fluidity -- "I love to scrap with Orv" : conflict -- Varieties of alphas and betas : the Hitchcock paradox -- "What about McCartney-Lennon?" : the dance of power -- Interruption. "Listen, this is too crazy ..." : stumbles -- The paradox of success : wedges -- Failure to repair : why did Lennon-McCartney split? -- The never endings : Did Lennon-McCartney ever split? -- Barton Fink at the Standard Hotel.

• A curator and essayist surveys the inner workings of creative duos, from John Lennon and Paul McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, and describes how their creative techniques can be adapted and used in everyday life. 

Ämnesord

Creative ability.  (LCSH)

Creative thinking.  (LCSH)

Couples.  (LCSH)

Artistic collaboration.  (LCSH)

Teams in the workplace.  (LCSH)

Creativity.  (MeSH)

Cooperative Behavior.  (MeSH)

Artistic collaboration.  (fast)

Couples.  (fast)

Creative ability.  (fast)

Creative thinking.  (fast)

Teams in the workplace.  (fast)

Klassifikation

BF 408 (NLM)