Innovators

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David W. Galenson (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago)

Innovators

David W. Galenson (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago)

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Oxford University Press Inc
27 March 2025

Social, group or collective psychology; Development economics; Economic history; Business innovation

When in their lives are innovators most creative, and why? This book summarizes more than two decades of research prompted by this question. The result is an authoritative statement of a new unified theory of creativity, that overturns both popular and scholarly beliefs about the sources of human inventiveness.

David Galenson shows that there are two distinctly different kinds of creativity in virtually every discipline. They result from very different goals and methods, and each produces a specific pattern of discovery over the life cycle.

Conceptual innovators make bold leaps to formulate new ideas. The most radical conceptual innovations are made by brash young geniuses, who often lose their creativity thereafter. Great conceptual innovators analyzed in this book include Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Orson Welles, Sylvia Plath, Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, and Steve Jobs.

Experimental innovators make discoveries gradually and unobtrusively, through careful observation and generalization. They gain knowledge over time, and make their greatest contributions late in their lives. Great experimental innovators considered in this book include Paul Cezanne, Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, Robert Frost, Alfed Hitchcock, John Coltrane, and Warren Buffett.

From analysis of the careers of scores of artists, scholars, and entrepreneurs, this book provides a new understanding of the creative processes of great innovators, and reveals the systematic patterns that underlie the two life cycles of creativity. It will be of interest to anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of the sources of human creativity.

By: David W. Galenson (Professor of Economics Professor of Economics University of Chicago)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780197745618
ISBN 10: 019774561X
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 27 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Galenson is Professor of Economics, University of Chicago and Academic Director, Center for Creativity Economics, Universidad del CEMA, Buenos Aires. He is the author of several books, including Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity.

Reviews for Innovators

The various chapters in the book offer a comprehensive examination of innovatorsacross diverse domains. * Riccardo Puglisi, Journal of Cultural Economics *