Have you wondered what characterizes the creative knowledge processes in groups working with developing innovative ideas? Well, look no further! The answer is: Polyphonic Imagination! This is a multivoiced stimulation of fantasy in groups - and this is enabled in a group climate with curiosity, openness, and respect.. Read more: Ness, I. J., & Søreide, G. E. (2014). The Room of Opportunity: Understanding phases of creative knowledge processes in innovation. Journal of Workpla

Are you a leader in an organization? Or are you perhaps a teacher aiming to orchestrate your classroom in a way that stimulates creativity? Research on how creativity can be facilitated shows that - in order to enable innovative idea development in multidisciplinary groups, the leaders facilitated the creative processes through what I have chosen to call “Polyphonic Orchestration”. By this, I refer to the way the leaders stimulated imagination and the development of innovativ

Have you ever wondered why cross-disciplinary work is so difficult? We all know that harvesting the knowledge of many different people can help us to develop more innovative ideas. The typical traditional "silo-thinking" can inhibit finding new solutions in which we utilize braoder knowledge from differente people. Still, it is easier said than done. SO; how can cross-disciplinary group work succeed?? In study two, main findings indicated that when group members from differen

As a researcher I thrive in settings in which I can explore creativity and innovation and how people interact and learn in various contexts. Parts of my reserach focus has been on Organizational creativity - which is a precondition of innovation. Consequently, organizational creativity is a field that is becoming more and more important in organizations aiming to survive and thrive in our complex knowledge society. Organizational creativity can be defined as “the creation of