Infos zum Thema kreativität

“If you want people to work together effectively, these findings reinforce the need to create architectures that support frequent, physical, spontaneous interactions,” Kohane says. “Even in the era of big science, when researchers spend so much time on the Internet, it’s still so important to create intimate spaces.” when coauthors were closer together, their papers tended to be of significantly higher quality. The best research was consistently produced when scientists were working within ten metres of each other Jobs soon realized that it wasn’t enough simply to create an airy atrium; he needed to force people to go there. He began with the mailboxes, which he shifted to the lobby. Then he moved the meeting rooms to the center of the building, followed by the cafeteria, the coffee bar, and the gift shop. Finally, he decided that the atrium should contain the only set of bathrooms in the entire building. (He was later forced to compromise and install a second pair of bathrooms.) “At first, I thought this was the most ridiculous idea,” Darla Anderson, a producer on several Pixar films, told me. “I didn’t want to have to walk all the way to the atrium every time I needed to do something. That’s just a waste of time. But Steve said, ‘Everybody has to run into each other.’ He really believed that the best meetings happened by accident, in the hallway or parking lot. And you know what? He was right. I get more done having a cup of coffee and striking up a conversation or walking to the bathroom and running into unexpected people than I do sitting at my desk. Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer#ixzz1mIOPBD00

Ein weiterer Beitrag des Buchs beschreibt, wie stark das Verhalten und Erleben von innovativen Teams durch die jeweiligen Räume beeinflusst wird, in denen sie sich aufhalten. Eine experimentelle Untersuchung zeigt: Je nach Arbeitsumgebung sind die Ergebnisse am Ende hochgradig innovativ oder erzeugen nur mittelmäßige Resultate. Um eine Vorhersage zu ermöglichen, wie sich Menschen bei unterschiedlichen Raumgestaltungen fühlen und verhalten werden, entwickelte das Forscherteam ein einfaches Analyseschema, das sich in ersten Tests gut bewährt.

Kreative und innovative Mitarbeiter werden in Unternehmen oft ausgebremst. Eine neue Studie zeigt, dass sich das zunehmend ändert. Mehr und mehr Unternehmensführer erkennen: Querdenker sind keine Querulanten – obwohl sie zuweilen die Routine stören.