What Causes a Creative Hot Streak? A New Study Found That It Often Involves These Two Habits

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Jackson Pollock, Untitled (Green Silver) ca. 1949. Collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, gift, Sylvia and Joseph Slifka, 2004, ©2018 the Pollock-Krasner Foundation

Is there a magic formula that can lead an artist to a “hot steak” of creativity? There just might be, says a new study from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

The secret involves experimenting with a wide range of subjects, styles, and techniques before perfecting a specific area of one’s craft—what the authors describe as a mix of exploration and exploitation.

“Although exploration is considered a risk because it might not lead anywhere, it increases the likelihood of stumbling upon a great idea,” the study’s lead author, Dashun Wang, said in a statement. “By contrast, exploitation is typically viewed as a conservative strategy. If you exploit the same type of work over and over for a long period of time, it might stifle creativity. But, interestingly, exploration followed by exploitation appears to show consistent associations with the onset of hot streaks.”

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