Introduction
This is a course about how to manage idea work and organizational creativity to achieve excellence in change, innovation and development projects in organizations.
We start from three premises: 1) that creativity is important in all industries and organizations, 2) that creativity can be thought of as practices for generating, shaping, communicating, and handling ideas idea work, and 3) that the such practices are collective as much as individual and can be systematically improved.
The course offers students novel and tested hands-on practices for managing idea work and organizational creativity. Students will learn from discussion of rich international cases from practice leaders, from new theory as well as joint work on real cases and a series of practical games and tools. You will be challenged to discover and cultivate those creative practices in which you yourself can thrive, manage at your best and be valuable to others.