Midterm Flashcards
definition of change
Movement over time from a current position (P1) to a future position (P2)
definition of creativity
The possess through which new and useful ideas are generated
A contextual, temporal process
definition of innovation
utilization of ideas in solving problems, developing processes, and improving the way we do things in creating new products, services, or organizations.
disruptive innovation
Creates a new market and disrupts the existing market
cognitive factors enhacning creativity
Mental flexibility
Ability to link remote associations
suspension of judgment
Originality of thinking
personality traits of crative people
Sensitive Independent Unconcerned with social norms and social acceptance Risk-taking Self-confidence Proactivity Need for achievement Tolerance of ambiguity Autonomy
defintion of a team
A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.
reasons for joining a team
Security
self -esteem
Power
Individual goal achievement
team development process
Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
factors making teams fail
- blind conformity
- Most teams struggle to pull together the right skills, attitudes, behaviors, and problem-solving styles to achieve adequate team diversity and cohesiveness
blind conformtity
People tend to engage in illogical or bizarre behavior in order to guarantee acceptance.
Aschs experiment
Video we watched where certain people were instructed to say line 2 was the same as line 1 to see if it influenced other people in the room to change their answers
GroupThink
‘The psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses dissent and appraisal of alternatives in cohesive decision-making groups’.
social loafing
‘The tendency for people in a group to slack off’
causes of social loafing
Equity of effort
Loss of personal accountability
Motivational loss due to the sharing of rewards
Coordination loss as more people perform the task
ideal team size
- The output of creative ideas on a per-employee basis decreased as team size increased (Bouchard and Hare, 1970; Renzulli et al. 1974)
- Creative Production Percent (CPP) improves with a decrease in team size until it reaches the group size of two, or dyads
team longetvity
The longer groups have been in existence, the less innovative they become (Katz, 1982)
reframing
Changing our view points, changing perspective to get new ideas
connecting ideas
Creative ideas come from the connection and the combination of the objects or concepts that look irrelevant.
By practicing this, we can be more flexible in our thinking.
10 brainstorming questions to consider
What does the room look like in advance? Who should participate? What is the brainstorming topic? What else should be in the room? How do you start a brainstorming session? What are the rules of brainstorming? What is the brainstorming process? How are the ideas captured? How much time does a brainstorming session take? What do you do when you are done?
cross-pollination of ideas
More diverse and more creative ideas
adding new ides to existing ideas
observation
Look around.
Find something unfamiliar.
Bring it and introduce it to others
first solution fallacay
People tend to pay too much attention to their first ideas.
brainstorming: 4 core tenets
Defer judgment.
Generate lots of ideas.
Encourage unusual ideas.
Combine ideas.
