# How to Be Creative on Demand Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-be-creative-on-demand Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-be-creative-on-demand.md Podcast: [Harvard Business Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387) Published: 2026-07-19T17:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG4701473283.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG4701473283.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-to-be-creative-on-demand Duration seconds: 325 ## Resource How to Be Creative on Demand 21 Feb 2023 --- Here are ways to reliably create the conditions that make creativity a more predictable occurrence. Based on the HBR article by Joseph Grenny: https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-to-be-creative-on-demand 00:00 People often sort themselves into categories of creatives or non-creatives, but this is wrong. 00:45 You can create the right conditions to be creative following these principles. 01:08 Frame the problem. 01:30 Obey your curiosity. 01:55 Do things that don't interest you. 02:15 Keep a shoebox of experiences and good ideas. 02:34 Invite uncomfortable conversations. 03:00 Focus on creativity when it hits. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Creativity #BeCreative #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2023 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/how-to-be-creative-on-demand/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/how-to-be-creative-on-demand.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.