Michael Ackerbauer – Creativity and Teams

Our 32nd episode of the Creative Flow: Thinkers and Change Agents Podcast Series features Michael Ackerbauer, Ph.D., a business transformation leader in the IBM Client Engineering organization who received his Ph.D. in Creative Leadership for Innovation and Change from the University of the Virgin Islands. He shares his recent dissertation research on team creativity preferences and social style behaviors, as well as insights from helping numerous teams apply the creative process.  Mike discusses how he uses FourSight and Creative Problem Solving to help explain how teams interact and how they can improve. With over 20 years in the field, he focuses on teaching people about creativity and the creative process, and his work at IBM involves helping teams develop a reusable creativity process.  Learn about his views on the future of creativity using artificial intelligence to augment human imagination and be more efficient, not to replace human creativity. He feels the focus must be on helping people become open and aware of their innate capacity for creativity and their own versatility to work with others.  Don’t miss this discussion of creative flow in rock balancing, researching, and writing from a thought leader who excels in research. Find our podcast today on all of your favorite platforms.