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Creative spaces, innovative minds: Why our work environment matters

Creative spaces, innovative minds: Why our work environment matters. November 15, 2011 London Council for Adult Education. About Me. Education & Background Research: Creativity-fostering behaviours Teachers perceptions of their environment Human Ingenuity Research Project

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Creative spaces, innovative minds: Why our work environment matters

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  1. Creative spaces, innovative minds: Why our work environment matters November 15, 2011 London Council for Adult Education

  2. About Me • Education & Background • Research: • Creativity-fostering behaviours • Teachers perceptions of their environment • Human Ingenuity Research Project • Apprenticeship Retention and Completion • My Passion: • Understanding effective learning & work environments (cognitive and physical)

  3. Order of Events • Exercise • Inner work life • Positive Emotions • Creativity • How can we develop and encourage workplace creativity and talent?

  4. Exercise • Think about one recent event that happened at work and that stands out. • Describe it on paper. Note: you will be asked to share this event with a small group, so please don’t describe anything you do not wish to share.

  5. Inner Work Life • IWL is the dynamic interplay of perceptions, emotions and motivations that individuals experience as they react to and make sense of the events of their workday • It is inner because it goes on inside each person • It is central to your personal experience, but usually imperceptible to others

  6. Exercise • In small groups, discuss: • Was the event positive, negative, or neutral? • What connection does it have to your daily routine? • Does it speak to any internal personal qualities, or external environmental factors?

  7. Inner Work Life has Three Components: • Personal qualities • Perceptions (thoughts, cognitions) • Emotions (feelings) • Motivation (drive)

  8. IWL is also influenced by: • Environment • External/ physical environment (space, materials, locations) • Relationships • Coworkers, supervisors, the public

  9. Emotions and Performance When the going gets tough, the tough get going OR You have to love and enjoy what you do in order to make things happen

  10. What Fosters Creativity? • Creativity is the capacity to harness intellectual and social capital – turning it into novel and appropriate things • Fueled by a positive inner work life, good relationships, and a supportive environment • Significantly influenced by: • Mood • Progress

  11. Why does it pay to be Creative? • People who are highly creative are able to mould and improve their jobs to fit their own way of doing things • If individuals have the opportunity to be creative they report higher levels of job satisfaction • Creativity is strongly related to higher self-reports of well-being, which is in turn related to better overall health

  12. Task Characteristics Influencing Creativity • Skill variety and challenge • Task identity • Task significance • Autonomy • Performance feedback • Clear goals • Appropriate resources Oldham & Cummings, 1996

  13. Characteristics Influencing Creativity Visible Progress Nourishment Respect Encouragement Emotional Support Affiliation • Small Wins • Breakthroughs • Forward Movement • Goal Completion

  14. How do we make creative learning environments? • Take into account Inner Work Life • Understand your own emotions and the factors that motivate you • Celebrate Progress • Breakthroughs, new ideas, understandings, goal completion • Pay attention to the psychological and physical environment • Resources, respect, recognition, support & expertise

  15. References & Good Reads Amabile, T., & Kramer, S. (2011) The progress principle: Using small wins to ignite joy, engagement, and creativity at work. Harvard Business Press. Florida, R. (2005) The flight of the creative class: the new global competition for talent. Harper Business, New York. Johnson, S. (2010). Where good ideas come from: The natural history of innovation. New York: Riverhead. Oldham, G. R. & Cummings, A. (1996). Employee creativity: Personal and contextual factors at work. Academy of Management Journal, 39, 677-688. West, M. & Rickards, T. (1999). Innovation. In M. A. Runco & S. Pritsker (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of creativity (Vol. 2, pp. 45-55). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

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