Innovation isn’t a lightning strike; it’s a skill that can be grown within your team. A key driver for this growth is the environment you cultivate.
According to research from Darden, the following dimensions significantly affect creativity in the workplace, and all but one have a positive impact.
To improve your team’s creative output and problem-solving, focus on enhancing these cultural elements:
Freedom: Give your team the independence to experiment with new things.
Idea Support: Protect new, unconventional ideas from being shot down too early.
Risk-Taking: Build a high tolerance for uncertainty, which empowers people to try new things.
Playfulness & Humor: These are essential for generating new ideas outside of formal brainstorming sessions.
Idea Time: Allow people ample time to elaborate on new ideas, just as Google’s “20 percent time” led to innovations like Gmail and Google AdSense.
The one factor to reduce? Conflict. Emotional tension can lead to stress and burnout, which actively decrease creativity.
Which of these dimensions presents the biggest opportunity for your organization’s growth?
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