In management literature ‘culture’ is often muddled with ‘climate’, but the difference can be likened to a tree: climate is the observable parts above ground and culture is the roots hidden below ground.
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High performance people, teams and organisations are never satisfied with the status quo - instead, they nurture a ‘climate’ for innovation. This post looks at the impact climate has on innovation, and how it can be improved.
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This study investigated the effects of group training in problem-solving style (using VIEW) on future problem-solving performance and found that performance can be improved using VIEW, particularly when there is a focus on group dynamics.
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This report explores the productive potential of using VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style to help deal with the key dynamics of teamwork, particularly teamwork for transformation.
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This paper focuses on the systemic nature of creativity and the role of business schools in stimulating and enhancing organisational creativity. The concept of ‘ba’ represents a shared creative environment.
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This paper looks at a unique inter-disciplinary master’s in creativity and innovation and explores whether design is a sufficient metaphor for enduring success, using the Roman God Janus to symbolise creative change.
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We know that leadership plays an important role in establishing a climate for job satisfaction and that climate also influences organisational innovation, but what leadership behaviours influence the creation of climate - both positively and negatively?
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If you don’t have a healthy climate, then you will not have the appropriate conditions for effective teams, departments and organisations. Recent research suggest the main role of leadership is to create climate.
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