Kick-Starting Organizational Creativity
The last few years has demonstrated a steady rise in the need and demand for creativity and innovation in the business sector. Foreign competition has created a new business reality where rapid change and surpassing client expectations are the norm. Global markets, once the exception, are now the rule for most every market. Economic, technological and political changes are occurring with such speed that hat is considered state-of-the-art today, is already obsolete tomorrow.
Staying competitive in this new business environment means that organizations must create strategies for nurturing and facilitating continuous creativity and innovation in the employees they have. Without the development of these skills, foreign competition will continue to surpass local enterprise, taking with it a large percentage of the available market share.
The results is a realization that the art f imitation is no longer a viable means of achieving or gaining global competitiveness. Organizations are now faced with the challenge of functioning creatively, not just occasionally, but all the time! The difference between success and failure in this new marketplace is the ability to identify hidden opportunities and subsequently, to develop innovative strategies for bringing them to fruition. The question is, how can management achieve this lofty goal?
Below is a list of 33 simple strategies and concepts for increasing personal and organizational creativity. These are real ideas that have been implemented for stimulating: human resource development, organizational structure, and physical environment and design.
Just remember, “… creativity is not a spectator sport”. you have to try the ideas out in order to get results. Good luck and happy creativity!
Human Resource Development 1. Develop a “psychological” climate where trust i [Read more →]
