Ideation & Creativity

5 important questions on Ideation & Creativity

When is a new product creative?

  • Valuable to consumer (use value) and firm (feasible in terms of technology, costs and time)
  • New to the market

Obstacles to new product idea generation:

Group think: ideas that the group will find acceptable
Targeting error (e.g., same demographic targets)
Poor customer knowledge: not enough research
Complexity: the more complex the idea, the better it is
Lack of empathy: high-income managers do not understand the “typical” customer
Too many cooks: internal competition for power and influence

Managing group creativity: 1

Constant switch between individual and team work:
Individual: gathering knowledge, idea generation & elaboration
Team: sharing knowledge & first ideas, brainstorming, discussions, elaborating on ideas
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Managing group creativity: 2

Electronic brainstorming:
• Simultaneous contribution
• No social loafing, anonymously
• Stimulating follow up discussions
• Possible at different locations

Stimulating individual creativity:

• Training (creativity, market, technology, company strategy, etc.)
• Encourage multifunctional cooperation
• Challenging tasks (e.g., competitive teams) \
• Freedom to follow ‘intuition’ (e.g., free time, ‘Flextime’)
• Be tolerant of mistakes & individuality
• Be supportive under stress

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