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In today's evolving landscape, creativity and innovation are vital for success. This approach emphasizes the importance of diverse thinking styles—combining analytical and intuitive processes—to cultivate groundbreaking ideas. Aalto University's School of Science highlights the need for design thinking and co-creation, encouraging collaboration between students, researchers, and industry experts. By embracing the unexpected and challenging existing routines, businesses can create sustainable innovation and develop original solutions. This journey requires commitment, exploration, and an openness to failure as a step toward progress.
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Rethinking Business Models:Creativity Inspired Innovation Dr Peter Kelly School of Science, Aalto University
Innovationis the actof introducing something new
Creativityis an ability to thinkup and designnew inventions, produce works of art, or solve problems in new ways, or develop an idea based on an original, novel or unconventionalapproach
Innovation Force Index 2010 Source: The Rise of the CreativeMasses (Innovation Inside)
To get to a more innovative place we need to creatively explore
Analytical Thinkers Why? • Show me the proof • What do I tell the press? • NDA NO
Embracing Intuitive Thinking Chief Creative Officer (publishing) Chief Experience Officer (banking & Starbucks) Chief Imagination Officer (Fast Company) Chief Exploration Officer (oil & gas and …)
Companies Like Profitable Routines 13weekreporting cycles
The natural bias is towardsincrementalinnovation ofnew & improved routines
Apple vs Nokia
Don’t discard routines challengethem and Creatively explorenew ones
creativity is context inspired
Inspiring Creativity in Companies • CEO as Chief Exploration Officer • Free up exploration time • Get out of the routine arena (the office) • Outsiders bring fresh perspectives • Entrepreneurs as allies not antagonists • Work with students on multidisciplinary challenged based projects (new products, new concepts)
Inspiring Creativity in Catalysts • Encourage proponent lead due diligence • Support co-creation efforts that create innovation between research, new venture and established business communities • Failure as a success criteria • “Stuff we don’t know” compartment
Inspiring Creativity in HEIs • Idea studios in addition to lecture theatres • Develop multidisciplinary applied initiatives and problem or challenge focused programs • Encourage surprise (and sustained) encounters between companies, catalysts, researchers, alumni and students
Creativityis the road less traveled but one we need to explore to get to abetterand more innovativeplace
Thank you ! peter.kelly@aalto.fi