R. Keith Sawyer Quotes

United States, Psychologist
April 28, 1960

Robert Keith Sawyer is an American Psychologist. He is the Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an expert on creativity, innovation and learning.

The way you look at the world determines how creative you can be.

R. Keith Sawyer
- World
- Looks
- Creative
In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person's contributions providing the spark for the next. Together, the improvisational team creates a novel emergent product, one that's more responsive to the changing environment.

R. Keith Sawyer
- Work
- Together
- Team

While in the process of executing an idea, creativity happens not with one brilliant flash but in a chain reaction of many tiny sparks.

R. Keith Sawyer
- Ideas
- Creativity
- Sparks
People are more likely to get into flow when their environment has four important characteristics. First, and most important, they’re doing something where their skills match the challenge of the task. If the challenge is too great for their skills, they become frustrated; but if the task isn’t challenging enough, they simply grow bored. Second, flow occurs when the goal is clear; and third, when there’s constant and immediate feedback about how close you are to achieving that goal. Fourth, flow occurs when you’re free to concentrate fully on the task.

R. Keith Sawyer
- People
- Environment
- Get
Successful creators engage in an ongoing dialogue with their work.

R. Keith Sawyer
- Work
- Dialogue
- Creators