Being Spontaneous in Conversations, The Holding Space for Creativity, + How Change Emerges from Dissatisfaction

It was a pleasure to spend over an hour with one of the leading scientific experts on making groups smarter than the sum of its parts - Colin M. Fisher.

If you enjoyed this wide-ranging interview on creativity, groups, emotional distress, writing books, and more, do the following.

1. Read his Substack

2. Read his new book

And if you missed prior live Substack conversations, catch the recordings:

• Social Status Cannot Be Satisfied (Unlike the Pursuit of Power) with

  Will Storr

• The Psychology of Mind Viruses, Misinformation, + Problems at Colleges with

  Matthew Facciani

• Healthy relationships, narcissism, and the psychology of evil - Video+transcript of a conversation with

  Nathalie Martinek PhD

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Todd B. Kashdan is the author of several books including The Upside of Your Dark Side (Penguin) and The Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively (Avery/Penguin) and Professor of Psychology and Founder of The Well-Being Laboratory at George Mason University.