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Creativity and Complexity in Cross Functional Teams
Cross functional collaboration, when individuals attempt to integrate their diverse knowledge backgrounds into synergistic solutions, is the intersection of a complex set of factors researched in a variety of fields: psychology, management. social psychology, computer science, design, architecture, and many … Continue reading
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Exploring the Role of Boundary Spanning in Distributed Networks of Knowledge
Knowledge sharing and creation are considered key processes leading to innovation and organizational performance. Several organizational initiatives have focused on building communities of practice in order to create a platform where employees can share experiences and insights. The focus in … Continue reading
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Fostering Collective Creativity
People tend to think of creativity as a mysterious solo act, and they typically reduce products to a single idea. However in complex product development, creativity involves a large number of people from different disciplines working effectively together to solve … Continue reading
W.L.Gore: Lessons from a Management Revolutionary
First, we don’t want to operate in a hierarchy, where decisions have to make their way up to the top and then back down. We’re a lattice or a network, not a hierarchy, and associates can go directly to anyone … Continue reading
The Fabric of Creativity
Gore is a strikingly contradictory company: a place where nerds can be mavericks; a place that’s impatient with the standard way of working, but more than patient with nurturing ideas and giving them time to flourish; a place that’s humble … Continue reading
The Dark Side Of Creativity
… this doesn’t mean creativity is always ethical. Creativity comes from humans, and humans are complex. Creative people are the most complex of them all. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that creativity has a dark side. You don’t … Continue reading
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The Bias Against Creativity – Why People Desire But Reject Creative Ideas
Read People often reject creative ideas even when espousing creativity as a desired goal. To explain this paradox, we propose that people can hold a bias against creativity that is not necessarily overt, and which is activated when people experience … Continue reading
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Characteristics of Creative Organizations
Characteristics of Creative Organizations 24 characteristics, from “balance planning with improvising” to “value fun as part of the creative process”. 1. balance planning with improvising 2. use the unknown as a resource (do not avoid it) 3. creativity is a … Continue reading
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