Creativity and Innovation: towards a European Network: Report of the First European Conference on Creativity and Innovation, ‘Network in Action’, organized by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research TNO Delft, The Netherlands, 13–16 December 1987

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages xxi-xxi
Climates for Creativity and Innovation: Building a Context for Meaning....Pages 1-3
Implementation of Innovation — A Case Study from the Food Industry....Pages 5-11
Improving Corporate Climates for Creativity: Learning from Four Interventions....Pages 13-14
Generation of Ideas by Managers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria....Pages 15-17
Modelling Firms as Communicators with and Interpreters of Foreign Business Environments....Pages 19-23
Company Creativity and Innovation....Pages 25-29
A New Model for Creativity....Pages 31-42
Some Guidelines, Constraints and Ideas....Pages 43-43
Managing Creativity in Organizations — Why does It Fail?....Pages 45-51
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Structured Innovation Approaches....Pages 55-56
Innovation and Vision....Pages 57-62
The Role of Normative Information in Innovation Management....Pages 63-73
Innovation can be Learned — Some Issues in Designing a Large Scale Norwegian Innovation Program (N.I.P)....Pages 75-78
The Arduous Process of Technical Innovation — A Technician’s View....Pages 79-85
Implementing Innovation: Teaching the Process for Implementation within Organizations....Pages 87-90
Innovation Management Consulting — A Philips Case....Pages 91-92
Organizing Innovation in Emerging Technologies....Pages 93-100
Innovation in Work Design....Pages 101-106
‘Inno-Weak’: Using an Organization’s Weakness as a Spring-Board for Innovation....Pages 107-110
Systematic Search for Product Ideas....Pages 111-126
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Criteria for Market Oriented Product Development....Pages 127-128
Structured Innovation Through Continuous Interaction Between the User, Intermediaries and the Manufacturer....Pages 129-140
Looking for Ideas in a Consumer Market....Pages 141-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Problem-Solving and Creativity Techniques....Pages 151-154
concept~building....Pages 155-165
Practical Ways of Stimulating the Brain in Problem Solving Processes....Pages 167-172
Creative Product Scale: Applications in Product Improvement....Pages 173-177
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Vision Building and Imagery....Pages 181-182
Personal Vision Building....Pages 183-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
The Role of Computers, Simulations & Games....Pages 189-190
Awareness Game on Innovation Processes....Pages 191-195
Development of Morphological Solutions Using a Personal Computer Program....Pages 197-200
Starcatcher, a Selection Tool....Pages 201-202
Computers and Creativity — A Case Study....Pages 203-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-207
Creative People....Pages 209-210
The Third Dimension of Leadership — Change-Centered....Pages 211-222
Creativity in Teyler....Pages 223-224
How to Combine Management Roles and Creativity....Pages 225-229
Measuring Barriers to Creativity....Pages 231-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Educating for Creativity....Pages 239-243
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Creative Education; Using Project Work in University Training....Pages 245-249
Effects of Creative Problem Solving Training on Communication Behaviours in Small Groups....Pages 251-256
Concepts of Creativity....Pages 257-262
Entrepreneurship Education: How Can We Deal with Creativity?....Pages 263-270
Stimulating Creativity and Innovations by Methodical Design....Pages 271-279
Organizational Creativity: Another Approach....Pages 281-283
A Curriculum for a European Course on Creativity and Innovation....Pages 285-289
Thinking Patterns: Origins and Survival Value....Pages 291-295