Creative and Innovative Thinking

Running Head: CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE THINKING
Creative and Innovative Thinking

CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE THINKING 1
Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Maintenance of the Climate and Culture of Creativity and Innovative Thinking in the
Department......................................................................................................................................2
Convincing the new Head of Department (HOD)...........................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE THINKING 2
Introduction
Creativity can be defined as the ability of conceiving something unpredictable, unique and
original. It must be exciting, expressive and imaginative (Zhou, 2015). It is a min- blogging and
brainstorming activity in which an individual thinks beyond the imagination for the purpose of
bringing something worthwhile. On the other hand, innovation is closely tied to creativity. In
other words, it puts those creative ideas into action whose outcomes are expected to be positive.
Innovation is the act of applying new ideas for the purpose of creating value for government,
business organizations and society. The dependence of the innovative thinking is on the kind of
innovation in question (Perry- Smith & Mannucci, 2017).
According to the given scenario, the Head of Department (HOD) has decided to leave due to
some personal reasons. Now the department has been taken over by the HOD of different
division who is not easily open to great ideas, is conservative and scared of disappointing the
CEO. Moreover, the CEO is not in favor of the ‘wild ideas’ coming from this department.
However, these wild ideas have always achieved success. This report provides the manner in
which our department can get the new HOD on our side along with maintaining the climate and
culture of creativity and innovative thinking in the department.
Maintenance of the Climate and Culture of Creativity and Innovative Thinking in the
Department
Since the HOD will not be cooperative in the initial stages, there is a strong need that all the
colleagues themselves maintain the climate and culture of creativity and innovative thinking in
the department. After taking certain steps, the new HOD will also be on our side and he will also
contribute towards the creating and innovating thinking skills. For this purpose, the new HOD is
required to be convinced regarding the advantages of adopting creative and innovative thinking
skills in the division. The development of creative culture in the workplace is a time consuming
process and therefore requires the support and open- mindedness of the management, in addition
to this, they are required to be less judgmental to the suggestions offered by the team.
Thinking like the Enemy- In order to stand out of the competition, the organization needs to
think differently by way of generating a number of ideas along with putting them on offense. Our