Capitalizing on Creativity at Work

Edited by Miha Škerlavaj, Professor, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway and Adjunct Associate Professor of Management, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics (FELU), Slovenia, Matej Cerne, Associate Professor, School of Business and Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Anders Dysvik and Arne Carlsen, Professors, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway

'Capitalizing on creativity requires a nuanced understanding of the people, the processes, and the ideas that drive innovation. This book provides a multi-dimensional view of what we know about creativity at work that allows the reader to not only delve deeply into a single aspect but allows readers to examine this topic from different perspectives and levels. The individual chapters provide state-of-the-art insights, but the framework of this text produces a resource which is truly greater than a sum of its parts. A timely integration of contemporary thinking about how to capitalize on creativity at work.' --Jim Berry, UCL School of Management, UK'In their book, Capitalizing on Creativity at Work, Miha Skerlavaj, Matej Cerne, Anders Dysvik and Arne Carlsen have produced an exhaustive and engaging text that will be essential reading for all researchers interested and fascinated by creativity as a core and essential process at all levels of organising, from the individual to organisational levels and beyond. Taking us on a journey through approaches to creativity at work, they provide us with a process perspective and an integrated framework that is both novel and useful. This is an important contribution to the field and one that will have an enduring impact not only to research and theory, but also on practice and especially, innovation policy.'--Tyrone Pitsis, Leeds University Business School, UK

• Contents:1. Capitalizing on creativity: on enablers and barriersMatej Černe, Arne Carlsen, Miha Škerlavaj and Anders DysvikPART I WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES?2. Job design at the crossroads: from ‘creative’ jobs to ‘innovative’ jobsTomislav Hernaus3. The flow of creativity for idea implementationDarija Aleksić, Miha Škerlavaj and Anders Dysvik4. Idea implementation and cultural intelligenceSabina Bogilović, Miha Škerlavaj and Sut I Wong HumborstadPART II WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS TEAMS?5. This idea rocks! Idea championing in teamsMatej Černe, Robert Kaše and Miha Škerlavaj6. Should our heart rule our head? Team innovation through intuition and rationalityJana Krapež Trošt and Miha Škerlavaj7. Fueling, curating, connecting and fascinating: why and how creativity provokes curiositySpencer Harrison8. Social-contextual forces and innovative work: a motivational climate perspectiveChristina G.L. NerstadPART III WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS LEADERS?9. Supportive supervision: a crucial factor for unlocking the potential of highly creative ideas perspectiveMatej Černe, Miha Škerlavaj and Anders Dysvik10. Economic and social leader–member exchange, and creativity at workRobert Buch and Bård Kuvaas11. Everything in moderation: authentic leadership, leader–member exchange and idea implementationMatej Černe, John Sumanth and Miha ŠkerlavajPART IV WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS ORGANIZATIONS?12. Creativity that works: implementing discoveryArne Carlsen and Liisa Välikangas13. Designing and implementing innovative business modelsIvan Župič and Alessandro Giudici14. Idea implementation as a relational phenomenon: a social network perspectiveSaša Batistič and Robert Kaše15. Proactive employee behaviors and idea implementation: three automotive industry casesJanez Hudovernik, Miha Škerlavaj and Matej Černe16. Design thinking workshops: a way to facilitate sensemaking and idea development across organizational levelsIngo Rauth and Anja Svetina Nabergoj17. Business model evolution and the growth of innovative new ventures: evidence from the Italian systemAndrea Tracogna, Bernardo Balboni and Guido Bortoluzzi18. Beyond creativity: implementing innovative ideas through human resource managementHelen Shipton, Karin Sanders, Tim Bednall, Veronica (Cai-Hui) Lin and Naiara Escribá-Carda19. Organizing for co-creation and multi-polar learning communitiesMaja Lotz and Peer Hull Kristensen20. Making innovations work locally: the role of creativityAntonella La Rocca, Adeline Hvidsten and Thomas Hoholm21. From breakthroughs in knowledge to integration in medical practicesBjørn Erik Mørk and Thomas HoholmPART V WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS INNOVATION POLICY-MAKERS?22. Adjusting national innovation policies to support open and networked innovation systemsMarko Jaklič and Aleš Pustovrh23. Government ideation systemsPeter Parycek, Ralph Schoellhammer and Judith Schossböck24. Creation of a social media social ventureBenedicte BrøggerPART VI WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?25. Succeeding with capitalizing on creativity: an integrative frameworkMiha Škerlavaj, Anders Dysvik, Matej Černe and Arne CarlsenIndex