So how do we foster a culture of creativity and encourage innovation in our team and throughout our entire organization?
Below are 7 tips to help you create a culture of innovation and creativity:
Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked a lot about the need for change and innovation in our ministries. But if we are going to benefit from innovation, we can’t depend only on ourselves to come up with new ideas. We need to engage our team to be innovators. So how do we foster a culture of creativity and encourage innovation in our team and throughout our entire organization? Below are 7 tips to help you create a culture of innovation and creativity:
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Creativity does not come naturally. New ideas, solutions, and approaches to problem-solving require times of solitude and reflection. In short, you need time to think. Margaret Wheatley, an author and consultant in the field of strategic planning, summed it up best: “innovation requires thinking and thinking requires time.” So assuming you have set aside some time to think, what do you do with that time? Below is a formula for innovative problem solving. It includes four questions made up of just eight letters: Me?– the personal question It? – The structural question Us? – The relational question Ah!? – The strategic question |
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