Openness

Open-mindedness is the willingness to listen

to and consider opposing or contradictory views.

http://www.destination-innovation.com/articles/are-you-open-minded/

Highly open-minded people are very

motivated to learn.
http://areadocenti.eco.unicas.it/virili/old/ApprofondimentiCO/BarrickMount%20PP91%20The%20Big%20Five
%20personality%20dimensions%20and%20job%20performance%20-%20a%20meta-analysis.pdf

Openness is highly related to creativity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKcu_ztYCtk

What creative personalities are. 6 examples:

Curious.
Intrinsicly motivated.
Autonomous.
Flexible.
Sensitive.
Playful.
http://crell.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Publications/CRELL%20Research%20Papers/EVillalba_creativity_EUR_web.pdf

Exposure to different cultures

promotes openness to new perspectives, and
offers access to diverse ideas.

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-085.pdf

Living abroad and being immersed in a culture

different from ones own promotes creative
problem solving.
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-085.pdf

People, who simultaneously identify with their

home and host cultures while abroad, come up
with more ideas than their counterparts who identify
with just one culture.
http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2012/08/29/taking-a-job-overseas-do-it-right/

Increased openness tends to predict

better health and a longer life.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=life-satisfaction-linked-to-personality-change

People in low power distance countries

score higher on openness to experience than
people in high power distance countries.

http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/awei/courses/folder.2008-11-03.1677181083/hofstede%20mccrae%20cross%20cult%20res%202004.pdf, p. 73.

People who score high on openness are likely to feel

the most chills while listening to music.

http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/09/10-magical-effects-music-has-on-the-mind.php

Idea for people who are very open-minded:

Regulate your bouts of creativity.

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2012-spring/53312/how-to-become-a-better-leader/

Idea for people who are not very open-minded:

Challenge yourself.

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2012-spring/53312/how-to-become-a-better-leader/

Further inspiration
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Listening-tips-1485898