Selecting for Creativity and Innovation: The relationship between the innovation potential indicator and the team selection inventory

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giles St J. Burch ◽  
Christos Pavelis ◽  
Rebecca L. Port
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Team Selection ◽  
Potential Indicator ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

Fluctuating Open Teams (FLOT) – A New Approach to Boost Team Creativity and Innovation Potential

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Betz ◽  
Paul Czodrowski ◽  
Christina Esdar ◽  
Carl Deutsch ◽  
Norbert Beier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Team Creativity ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The optimism-pessimism ratio as predictor of employee creativity: the promise of duality

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arménio Rego ◽  
Miguel Pina e Cunha ◽  
Dálcio Reis Júnior ◽  
Cátia Anastácio ◽  
Moriel Savagnago
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Status ◽  
Single Moment ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study if the employees’ optimism-pessimism ratio predicts their creativity. Design/methodology/approach In total, 134 employees reported their optimism and pessimism, and the respective supervisors described the employees’ creativity. Findings The relationship between the optimism-pessimism ratio and creativity is curvilinear (inverted U-shaped); beyond a certain level of the optimism-pessimism ratio, the positive relationship between the ratio and creativity weakens, suggesting that the possible positive effects of (high) optimism may be weakened by a very low level of pessimism. Research limitations/implications Being cross-sectional, the study examines neither the causal links between the optimism-pessimism ratio and creativity nor other plausible causal links. The study was carried out at a single moment and did not capture the dynamics that occur over the course of time involving changes in optimism/pessimism and creativity. Future studies may adopt longitudinal or quasi-experimental designs. Practical implications Managers and organizations must consider that, even though positivity promotes creativity, some level of negativity may help positivity to produce creativity. Originality/value This study suggests that scholars who want to study the antecedents of creativity (and innovation) must be cautious in focusing only on the positive or the negative sides of individuals’ characteristics, and rather they must explore the interplay between both poles. Individuals may experience both positive and negative states/traits (Smith et al., 2016), and this both/and approach may impel them to think divergently, to challenge the status quo and to propose “out the box” and useful ideas.

scholarly journals Determinants of Innovation Potential at Universities of the Czech Republic

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-278
Author(s):  
L. Pilař ◽  
J. Pokorná
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Organization Culture ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Efficient Expression ◽  
Innovation Climate ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractScientific research in the sphere of education confirms the fact that the key elements of success are innovation and education. Through the influence of continuous changes, it is necessary to define innovation within the scope of the organization culture and education, which have a significant share on the efficient expression of thoughts leading to the overall development of the organization. The article builds on the research of social network, trust, and innovation and validates the relationship between the 'Trust at the workplace' and 'Innovation climate' in the environment of Czech universities. In connection with the research of determinants of Innovation climate, the article further examines the moderating effect of 'Seniority' on the relationship between the factors of 'Trust' and 'Innovation climate'. Primary data was collected using an electronic survey. An exploratory factor analysis was used for the extraction of factors. Based on the extracted factors the moderation effect was calculated. Conjoint effect of the 'Trust at the workplace' and 'Seniority' has greater impact on the level of Innovation climate than the simple sum of separate effects of individual constructs which can be interpreted as a synergistic effect.

Does strategic planning determine innovation in organizations? A study of Indian SME sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safal Batra ◽  
Sunil Sharma ◽  
Mukund R Dixit ◽  
Neharika Vohra
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Medium Businesses ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

While some researchers argue that strategic planning assists new product development and can be viewed as a framework for innovation, others believe that it restricts creativity and innovation. Despite a literary appreciation that strategic planning is linked to innovation, the nature of this relationship remains ambiguous. In this study, we argue that this relationship is context dependent and contingent on other organizational factors. Data for this study were collected by administering standardized survey questionnaires to entrepreneurs or other senior executives of small and medium businesses in India. Quantitative analysis of data obtained from 162 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector reveals a positive relationship between strategic planning and innovation. This study also establishes a significant positive moderating role of commitment to learning on the relationship between strategic planning and innovation. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Roadmap to Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual PropertyAn Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Jyh-An Lee ◽  
Reto M Hilty ◽  
Kung-Chung Liu
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Legal Subjects ◽  
Human Intellect ◽  
Ip Law ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

This introductory chapter provides an overview of the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP). While human beings have used various instruments and technologies to create and innovate, they themselves have been the main driving force of creativity and innovation. AI puts that into question, raising numerous challenges to the existing IP regime. Traditionally, the “intellectual” part of “intellectual property” refers to human intellect. However, since machines have become intelligent and are increasingly capable of making creative, innovative choices based on opaque algorithms, the “intellectual” in “intellectual property” turns out to be perplexing. Existing human-centric IP regimes based on promoting incentives and avoiding disincentives may no longer be relevant—or even positively detrimental—if AI comes into play. Moreover, AI has sparked new issues in IP law regarding legal subjects, scope, standards of protection, exceptions, and relationships between actors.

Connecting the Dots

2017 ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Olajumoke Ogunsanya
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Collective Creativity ◽  
Connecting The Dots ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

Calls for businesses to act with concern for the environment and society create new operating scenarios in which sustainability concerns must be taken into consideration along with the primary objectives of profitability and competitiveness. These additional obligations contribute to dynamism of the marketplace and make it important for businesses to draw on creativity and innovation to find connections between the unrelated in order to establish new efficiencies that can create competitive advantage and differentiation in the environment they find themselves. The central theme of this chapter is how bisociation informs collective creativity and innovation, and influences sustainability for business organizations competing in an environment that is in a permanent state of flux. This chapter trails a series of concepts to find the relationship between the concept of bisociation, collective creativity and sustainable business practices. The aim is to show how consistent creative thinking and exploration of information in different spaces of thought can proffer innovative solutions organizations require for their long term survival and prosperity.

scholarly journals Attention to ideas! Exploring idea survival in internal crowdsourcing

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fausto Di Vincenzo ◽  
Daniele Mascia ◽  
Jennie Björk ◽  
Mats Magnusson
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Attention Allocation ◽  
Multinational Company ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Elapsed Time ◽  
Systematic Biases ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper analyzes how the distribution and structure of employees' attention influence idea survival in an organizational internal crowdsourcing session.Design/methodology/approachData from an online internal crowdsourcing session carried out within a multinational company with headquarters in Sweden were used to explore how idea attention influenced idea survival.FindingsOur findings indicate that the positive relationship between attention allocation and idea survival is mediated by idea appreciation, i.e. positive comments and suggestions that employees provide in response to ideas. In addition, we find that competition for attention negatively moderates the relationship between idea attention and positive comments. Finally, our results indicate that ideas are more likely to survive if they are submitted earlier in the crowdsourcing process and when the elapsed time since previously posted ideas in the session is longer.Practical implicationsThis study provides organizers of internal crowdsourcing sessions with new insights about factors influencing idea survival and about potential systematic biases in idea selection due to timing and competition between ideas.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature highlighting the relevance of attention-based theory in the context of crowd-based creativity and innovation management.

scholarly journals Is Meaningful Work a Stronger Predictor of Innovation Than Transformational Leadership?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Andrew Kenneth MacLachlan Sedger ◽  
Karl Kilian Konrad Wiener
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Innovative Behaviour ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Creativity And Innovation ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: Innovation is recognised as a key driver of business and economic growth. However, many organisations struggle to implement or encourage innovation successfully. A number of factors, including the demonstration of transformational leadership, have been examined in encouraging innovation behaviour among employees. ‘Meaningful work’ is seen as an additional factor influencing innovation but has received little attention in this field.  Design:  Drawing on both an emerging body of research on meaningful work and a leading model of creativity and innovation in organisations, this exploratory study of 100 Australian adult employees investigated the additional predictive value of both meaningful work and transformational leadership on innovation behavior.Findings: Results showed that meaningful work was positively correlated with, and predicted, innovation, while transformational leadership did not contribute to innovative behaviour.  Implications:This finding has implications for organisations fostering innovation by helping them better understand the impact meaningful work could have on their innovation objectives.Originality:This is one of the first studies examining the relationship between innovation, meaningful work, and transformational leadership in a population of employed adults.

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