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Creativity – the Angel or Devil in the Innovation Eden
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this paper is to scrutinize the implementing an innovation work model in workplaces in regard to creativity. The main contribution is to discuss how creativity is understood in a commonplace innovation context today and to develop a deepened understanding of creativity and its constituents. In our case, it is the element of criticism that is underlined concerning the creative process. In order to enable sustainable and fruitful participatory innovation, in an everyday struggle for innovations, creativity needs to be practiced as the revitalizing potential and diversity-affirming force – sometimes not so pleasant – that is to be expected based on what definitions and descriptions suggests. With the support of examples from previous research and with reference to creative destruction that has been present in regard to change, in philosophy and national economics, since the nineteenth century, we argue that this rarely happens because of the way implementing participatory innovation processes is described, motivated and conducted. In short: In this presentation, we want to underline the importance of a critical element in creative processes aiming for innovations. We do this with support from voices withing contemporary projects and philosophy. INTRODUCTION Today, the idea of innovation has become something like an engine, in different parts of society, for economic growth (politics, finance, management, consulting, education etc.). Within this spirit, for example, management and consultants have established an innovation implementation chorus that chants: “We want societal growth, for this we need to have attractive workplaces, for this we need a creative climate, and for this, we need idea generation!” It is important to note, that the logic is not the issue here. The practical application’s treatment of creativity is the problem. By practical application, we mean the participatory processes the management introduce, in our example an innovation work model, for the employees at four workplaces in the healthcare sector, in order to build a creative climate. Saying that the logic is not the issue here, mean that we are not addressing the logic per se. It does not mean that the logic could be an issue, although it is not in the scope of this presentation. We argue that the practical use of the logic, on the level of management that strives to address the workplace climate, by means of idea generation, conflicts with the human beings creative efforts within the workplaces. Accordingly, the practical problem in this paper is: The ongoing activities in the name of establishing a creative climate, that has become commonplace in organizations within businesses as well as the public sector; and that these activites, that strive to increase the creativity among the co-workers, do not always acknowledge the critical aspects that coexist with a notion of creativity in a process struggling for innovation. The idea of struggle, as we shall se, becomes important in the perspective we want to disclose. Today, these practices unfold a misunderstanding of creativity and creative behavior, i.e., how creativity is expressed, and also tend to bring tension into workplaces where innovation processes are being implemented. Employees who perceive that they indeed are creative, i.e., that they often provide suggestions to improve their work situation, cannot see their initiatives being confirmed by management and gets frustrated when management calls them to become creative. This problem is paradoxical, as the aim of the management is |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
