TY - RPRT A1 - Deckert, Carsten T1 - Tensions in Creativity - Using the Value Square to Model Individual Creativity T2 - CBD Working Paper Series N2 - The definition of individual creativity is based on a tension between novelty on the one side and usefulness respectively appropriateness on the other side. The paper explores how this tension pervades the stage and componential theories of creativity. To achieve this, the so called value square (“Wertequadrat”) developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998)is used which balances a value with its countervalue to analyze creativity. The author identifies tensions of action and inaction, expertise and mindfulness, precision and ambiguity as well as immersion and detachment permeating the creative process and the components of creativity. As a conclusion a morphological box for creativity is presented which allows one to show which combination of characteristics of the tensions support different stages of creativity. Furthermore implications for development and time management are discussed. Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18209 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282875608_Tensions_in_Creativity_-_Using_the_Value_Square_to_Model_Individual_Creativity VL - 2 PB - Cologne Business School CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Deckert, Carsten A1 - Scherer, Anke T1 - The Dao of Innovation: What European Innovators Can Learn from Philosophical Daoism JF - Kindai Management Review N2 - A central question for managers in charge of innovation is to what extent creativity and inno-vation can be controlled and supervised, or whether they just have to be set free and allowed to take shape. In assessing this dilemma the authors conclude that there is a contradiction of action versus inaction on the personal level as well as a contradiction of control versus loss of control on the organizational level. What European innovators can learn from philosophical Daoism is an attitude that allows a process to just develop “naturally” and refrains from prem-ature interference with the intention to permanently be in control. In business structures that judge everything according to its usefulness, i.e. profitability for the company, a look at the laid-back attitude of Daoism where usefulness and uselessness are relative qualities might relief the pressure on people to perform in a premeditated way. Innovation can be supported, but creativity cannot be forced. It can only be allowed to happen when control, interference, and action are balanced out with non-interference, and go-with-the-flow. This attitude in not an excuse for stressed-out managers to neglect their duty, but a time honoured worldview of one of the oldest civilizations in the world that can give them the sovereignty to “get out of the way” and let innovation happen. Y1 - 2017 VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 105 EP - 118 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Deckert, Carsten T1 - Tensions in Creative Products - Using the Value Square to Model Functional Creativity T2 - CBS Working Paper Series Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18078 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305900610_Tensions_in_Creative_Products_-_Using_the_Value_Square_to_Model_Functional_Creativity VL - 4 PB - Cologne Business School CY - Köln ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Deckert, Carsten T1 - Tensions in Corporate Creativity T2 - Book of Papers N2 - The standard definition of creativity is based on a tension between originality and effectiveness. Borrowing from the wave-particle duality in physics one could say that there is an originality-effectiveness duality at work for creativity. The paper explores how this tension pervades Amabile's (1997) componential theory of organizational creativity with the components organizational motivation, management practices (including work assignment and work control) and resources. As a method the so called value square (" Wertequadrat ") developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998) is used which balances a value with its countervalue. The author identifies a tension of corporate tradition and corporate change for organizational motivation, a tension of skills and challenges for work assignment, a tension of management by control and management by loss of control for work control as well as a tension of organizational efficiency and organizational slack for resources. Additionally different implications of these tensions for the resistance of a company to creativity, for an organizational climate conducive to creativity as well as for resource allocation in creative endeavours are discussed. KW - Components of Creativity KW - Corporate Creativity KW - Organizational Creativity Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-18065 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313010955_TENSIONS_IN_CORPORATE_CREATIVITY SP - 79 EP - 86 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Deckert, Carsten T1 - On the Originality-Effectiveness Duality of Creativity: Tensions Concerning the Components of Creativity JF - Business Creativity and the Creative Economy N2 - The standard definition of individual creativity is based on a tension between originality on the one side and effectiveness (usefulness and appropriateness) on the other side. In this article this tension is called the originality-effectiveness duality of creativity. The article explores how this duality pervades the componential theories of creativity. To analyze the components of creativity with regard to their tensions, the so called value square (“Wertequadrat”) developed by Helwig (1967) and Schulz von Thun (1998) is used. The value square explains each component as a dynamic equilibrium and shows how a positive value is balanced with its positive countervalue. Tensions of mindfulness, precision and ambiguity, as well as immersion and detachment are identified permeating the components of creativity. This article explores the implications these tensions have for creativity research and for businesses in a creative economy. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18536/bcce.2016.10.2.1.07 VL - 2 IS - 1 SP - 70 EP - 82 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Deckert, Carsten T1 - Ecological sustainability of material resources – Why material efficiency just isn’t enough JF - uwf UmweltWirtschaftsForum Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-016-0419-2 VL - 24 IS - 4 SP - 325 EP - 335 PB - Springer ER -