Category Archives: organizational development

Creating the Environment

A few weeks ago, I reported on the launching of a creative environment survey at the organization where I’m doing a systems’ view exploration of creativity. The results are in. Before discussing them, let me step back a bit and … Continue reading

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Creative Environment

I’m exploring how creativity works within a creative organization (see Pulling Back the Curtain for more info). In creativity studies, we can investigate how creativity manifests through looking at “the 4 P’s:” the Creative Person, the Creative Product, the Creative … Continue reading

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Pulling Back the Curtain

What does creativity look like inside a creative organization? How might it be possible to get a snapshot of the internal creative workings of a company that generates creative products (artistic productions, biotech breakthroughs, education/training programs, advertising campaigns, etc.), to … Continue reading

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IBM Global CEO Survey: Leadership, Complexity and Creativity

The recent version of the biennial IBM CEO study brings good news about creativity. In the fourth study of its kind (the series began in 2004, in a very different world), the research team surveyed over 1500 global CEO’s in … Continue reading

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