Creative Thinking and Innovative Capacity
Studies
Readings
Nahavandi, A. (2015). The art and science of leadership (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Chapter 4, “Individual Differences and Traits,” pages 115–116 (the section on “Creativity”).
Furr, N., & Snow, D. (2015). The Prius approach. Harvard Business Review, 93(11), 102–109.
Pisano, G. P. (2015). You need an innovation strategy. Harvard Business Review, 93(6), 44-54.
Derecskei, A. (2016). How do leadership styles influence the creativity of employees? Society and Economy, 38(1), 103–118.
Lu, J. G., Hafenbrack, A. C., Maddux, W. W., Eastwick, P. W., Wang, D. J., & Galinsky, A. D. (2016). “Going out” of the box: Depth of intercultural romantic relationships and friendships predicts creativity, workplace innovations, and entrepreneurship. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 571–576.
Medvedeva, T. A. (2012). Developing an innovative style of thinking and innovative behavior. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 25(3), 261–272.
Mumford, M., Waples, E., Antes, A., Brown, R., Connelly, S., Murphy, S., & Devenport, L. (2010). Creativity and ethics: The relationship of creative and ethical problem-solving. Creativity Research Journal, 22(1), 74–89.
Raynor, M. E. (2011). Disruption theory as a predictor of innovation success/failure. Strategy and Leadership, 39(4), 27–30.
Tomofumi, T., & Junichi, T. (2015). Disruptive innovation: A case of full mold casting. Annals of Business Administrative Science, 14(2), 109–126.
Vele, C. (2016). Using effective leadership to enhance creativity. Annals of the University of Oradea, Economic Science Series, 25(2), 272–280.
Wikhamn, B. R., & Knights, D. (2016). Associations for disruptiveness: The pirate bay vs. spotify. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 11(3), 40–49.
Creative Thinking and Innovative Capacity
Activity Instructions
Post your response to the following question:
Why do we need creative thinking to build innovative capacity and to enhance the ability of leaders to achieve new and creative outcomes? Include as part of your answer your proposed best way to do this.
