New impressions, inputs and information trigger our minds and make us come up with new ideas. These ideas can remain fleeting thoughts in the minds of individuals, or they can take direction and turn into innovation that creates real organizational value. It depends on you as a leader. Read on and get inspired.
Creativity and innovation in the organization is a management task and depends not only on the talent of the creatives, but on the framework and leadership you provide. You have a big influence on the direction in which your employees' ideas develop.
Creativity leadership isn't about putting on new thinking hats and creating exciting dialogues that can take your organization to new heights. Some workplaces need new ideas, some need ideas to be prioritized, and some need good ideas to be implemented to create a more creative work environment. And all of this requires creativity management.
Tool: From ingenuity to innovation
According to Juelsbo, Bäckström & Tanggaard (2015), to ensure that your employees' ideas develop into innovation, you need to lead your employees through the following three-step rocket from ingenuity to innovation:
Step 1: Make room for ingenuity
The first step you need to guide your employees through is resourcefulness. Being resourceful is about being able to react in an innovative and value-creating way in situations where it's needed. It's about your employees' ability to come up with new ways of acting when they find themselves in situations where the way they usually act no longer works. Your employees are resourceful when coming up with new solutions, ideas and dealing with unfamiliar issues. At this stage, all ideas have potential and this is where the first seeds of real innovation are planted.
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