The Role of Creativity in Organizational Innovation
In recent decades, innovation has become an indispensable element for firms wishing to be competitive. It has undoubtedly become increasingly important for organizations to understand how to stimulate the creative potential of their workforce.
Indeed, there is a consensus that creativity is a key aspect of guaranteeing success in the innovation process. Some have even argued that it is creativity, rather than innovation, that is the true source of competitive advantage for organizations, as it is the basis of their innovative potential. Consequently, employee creativity is a significant treasure trove of innovation, so firms are increasingly attempting to promote individual creativity to remain competitive.
Factors Influencing Creativity in the Workplace
Despite the evident importance of employees' creative contributions, research on the factors influencing creativity in labor environments is still at an early stage. However, it is true that in recent years, significant advances have been made on this question. Specifically, for any individual to be creative, we must consider aspects related to their immediate environment, particularly their work group—an important issue that has not been sufficiently examined in the literature. Although the generation of creative ideas can sometimes be a solitary activity, it is increasingly the case that employees work in teams. Individual creativity is often enacted within teams, where individual creative contributions may be considered a significant input to the team's creative outcome. This implies that the team context plays a critical role in stimulating team creativity.
Understanding Team Dynamics and Creativity
As a consequence, it is critical not only to identify creative employees to enhance creativity in organizations but also to understand how the team context affects the creativity of diverse individuals. This understanding mainly involves analyzing the dynamic interactions among teammates. The members of the work group to which individuals belong—both the supervisor and the other group members—will normally influence their creativity.
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184In recent decades, innovation has become an indispensable element for firms wishing to be competitive. It has undoubtedly become increasingly important for organizations to understand how to stimulate the creative potential of their workforce.
Indeed, there is a consensus that creativity is a key aspect of guaranteeing success in the innovation process. Some have even argued that it is creativity, rather than innovation, that is the true source of competitive advantage for organizations, as it is the basis of their innovative potential. Consequently, employee creativity is a significant treasure trove of innovation, so firms are increasingly attempting to promote individual creativity to remain competitive.
Factors Influencing Creativity in the Workplace
Despite the evident importance of employees' creative contributions, research on the factors influencing creativity in labor environments is still at an early stage. However, it is true that in recent years, significant advances have been made on this question. Specifically, for any individual to be creative, we must consider aspects related to their immediate environment, particularly their work group—an important issue that has not been sufficiently examined in the literature. Although the generation of creative ideas can sometimes be a solitary activity, it is increasingly the case that employees work in teams. Individual creativity is often enacted within teams, where individual creative contributions may be considered a significant input to the team's creative outcome. This implies that the team context plays a critical role in stimulating team creativity.
Understanding Team Dynamics and Creativity
As a consequence, it is critical not only to identify creative employees to enhance creativity in organizations but also to understand how the team context affects the creativity of diverse individuals. This understanding mainly involves analyzing the dynamic interactions among teammates. The members of the work group to which individuals belong—both the supervisor and the other group members—will normally influence their creativity.
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Creativity
Creativity is a complex and diffuse construct that has been defined in various ways. Thus, creativity can be identified with the specific characteristics of products, people, thought processes, or the situation in which it takes place.
No matter how creative a firm may be, if the ideas are generated but never evaluated or converted into new products or services, they are merely interesting artifacts or even an illusion. Value is generated by taking a creative new idea and moving it through a series of stages to produce a new product, service, or business model and launch that new thing into the market.
So, creativity is an ingredient for innovation, with the difference that the latter comprises commercialization and implies the successful implementation of creative ideas. That is, creative ideas provide a basis for innovation emergence, but for innovation to be successfully implemented, it is necessary to have in place or to obtain a wide range of necessary resources, not only political or financial ones but also emotional support and commitment. Therefore, creativity is linked to innovation and is a major forerunner of innovation, but they are different concepts.
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Creativity is a complex and diffuse construct that has been defined in various ways. Thus, creativity can be identified with the specific characteristics of products, people, thought processes, or the situation in which it takes place.
No matter how creative a firm may be, if the ideas are generated but never evaluated or converted into new products or services, they are merely interesting artifacts or even an illusion. Value is generated by taking a creative new idea and moving it through a series of stages to produce a new product, service, or business model and launch that new thing into the market.
So, creativity is an ingredient for innovation, with the difference that the latter comprises commercialization and implies the successful implementation of creative ideas. That is, creative ideas provide a basis for innovation emergence, but for innovation to be successfully implemented, it is necessary to have in place or to obtain a wide range of necessary resources, not only political or financial ones but also emotional support and commitment. Therefore, creativity is linked to innovation and is a major forerunner of innovation, but they are different concepts.
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Fostering Creativity
Bearing in mind the challenges that organizations are facing today, fostering creativity is one of the strategic requirements for long-term success. The confirmation of these relations stresses the importance of an adequate composition of workgroups if firms are to obtain superior creativity from their employees, thanks to a good relationship of collaboration and mutual support between the members.
Consequently, managers should be fully aware that the quality of their exchanges may bring about many positive but also negative effects on individuals that will influence all their activities, especially their performances. Therefore, leaders have to play an active role in encouraging and supporting adequate interactions among their subordinates in the drive to nurture creative efforts.
The authors are María F. Muñoz-Doyague and Mariano Nieto.
Courtesy: Emerald Management First
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Bearing in mind the challenges that organizations are facing today, fostering creativity is one of the strategic requirements for long-term success. The confirmation of these relations stresses the importance of an adequate composition of workgroups if firms are to obtain superior creativity from their employees, thanks to a good relationship of collaboration and mutual support between the members.
Consequently, managers should be fully aware that the quality of their exchanges may bring about many positive but also negative effects on individuals that will influence all their activities, especially their performances. Therefore, leaders have to play an active role in encouraging and supporting adequate interactions among their subordinates in the drive to nurture creative efforts.
The authors are María F. Muñoz-Doyague and Mariano Nieto.
Courtesy: Emerald Management First
From India, Indore
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