Recognizing and Extending Creativity

Abstract

Creativity, though integral to organizational success, can be difficult to recognize. At times, creativity’s role may be unclear because it functions as a kind of backdrop that sets the stage for productive behaviors that are not necessarily creative in their own right. When creativity is specifically desired, leaders may find themselves unable to recognize or accept it because it is perceived as incongruent with other priorities. Responding to these critical barriers to making the most of creativity at work, the five papers in this presenter symposium all consider some aspect of how creativity might be better recognized and extended in ways that foster its appreciation. Collectively, the papers provide a deeper look into the challenges facing organizations hoping to leverage creativity and suggest a symbiosis between recognizing creativity and extending it – both within the creativity domain and outward into various organizational settings. Create, Compost, and Conserve: The Relationship Between Creativity and Pro-environmental Behavior Presenter: Poornika Anantha Ramakrishnan; Rotterdam School of Mgmt Presenter: Verena Krause; UCL School of Management Why and How Leaders Overcome a Bias Against Novelty in Bureaucratic Contexts Presenter: Yidan Yin; U. of Southern California -Marshall School of Business Presenter: Jennifer Mueller; U. of San Diego Presenter: Matthias Simmons; U.S. Army Research Institute Presenter: Michele Calton; U.S. Army Research Institute Creative Packaging: Disentangling the Impact of Creative Presentation and Creative Content Presenter: Davide Orazi; Monash U. Presenter: Pier Vittorio Mannucci; Bocconi U. A Dynamic Ontology of Creativity and Standardization in High-stakes Work Presenter: Yuna Lee; Columbia U. Presenter: Robert Litchfield; Washington and Jefferson College Presenter: Lucy L. Gilson; U. of Connecticut Creativity as Composition: A Framework and a Research Agenda Presenter: Spencer Harrison; INSEAD Presenter: Arne Carlsen; BI Norwegian Business School Presenter: Miha Skerlavaj; U. of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business