Does Thinking About Moving Make You More Creative?

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Scientific American has just added more to the debate about expats and creativity. An article published on July 21 indicates that psychological distance makes us more creative. According to the article, An Easy Way to Increase Creativity, psychological distance affects how we represent things mentally. The distance can be geographic or temporal.

Are Expats More Creative?

According to Cliff Kuang in an article at Fast Company, the answer is YES! In an academic study using MBA students, those who had lived outside of their home country performed better on a test of creativity than those who had not expatriated. The author concludes that a business wanting to hire people