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ISPIM Innovation Conference 2018 — Stockholm, Sweden, June 17-20 2018
CREATIVELY DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEADERS:
LEARNER’S FEEDBACK ON METHODOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY
DETLEF REIS BRIAN HUNTXAVIER PARISOT
CREATIVITY
Integrity
Global thinking
Influence
Openness
Dedication
Sustainability
Humility
Fairness 12%
12%
26%
26%
28%
30%
35%
52%
60%
Top Leadership Qualities of Global CEOs
IBM GLOBAL CEO STUDY 2010
Working beyondBorders
Insights from the Global Chief Human Resource Officer Study
IBM GLOBAL CHRO STUDY 2011
But 2 out 3 CHROs admitted that they can’t deliver and don’t know how to develop creative leaders effectively.
““The learning initiatives that enable this objective [=developing creative leaders]
must be at least as CREATIVE as the leaders
they seek to foster. —IBM Global CHRO Study 2011
I CAN LEARNHOW TO BE
LIKE THEM, TOO!
Can businesspeople be developed into CREATIVE
leaders through a structured method and a
related experiential pedagogy that is both
effective and CREATIVE? And to what extent?
CREATIVELY DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEADERS:LEARNER’S FEEDBACK ON METHODOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY
RESEARCH ?: CAN CREATIVE LEADERS BE DEVELOPED EFFECTIVELY AND CREATIVELY?
OUR RESEARCH APPROACH
• Theoretical Foundation
• The Genius Journey Method of Creative Leadership Development
• Research Design & Methodology
FINDINGS: LEARNERS’ FEEDBACK ON METHODOLOGY & PEDAGOGY
• Effectiveness of Methodology (Genius Mindsets etc.)
• Effectiveness & Creativity of Pedagogical Tools
• Impact on Confidence & Competence of Creative Leaders
CONCLUSION
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON CREATIVE GENIUS
GENIUS & CREATIVE LEADER BIOGRAPHIES
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
LEARNING THEORIES
CREATIVELY DEVELOPING
CREATIVE LEADERS
CREATIVELY DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEADERS:LEARNER’S FEEDBACK ON METHODOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY
THEORETICAL FOUNDATION
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING (KOLB)DEVELOPMENT-CENTERED PARADIGM (DCP; MCCUDDY & REEB-GRUBER (2008)ACTION LEARNING
Training Businesspeople in Structured Innovation: Uncovering the Innovation Learner’s Experience
Detlef Reis1
Thinkergy Limited, 1001-2 Albion Plaza, 2-6 Granville RoadTsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong E-mail: [email protected]
Brian Hunt2
Bangkok, Thailand E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: This exploratory empirical paper is research-driven because it ventures into new territory: We investigate the learning experience of business professionals undergoing a training program in structured innovation. The paper tracks how the beliefs, feelings and competencies of learners of creativity and applied innovation evolve over the duration of the training program. We also examine the learners’ perceptions of the efficacy of this systematic approach towards innovation.
Part 1 establishes the need to elucidate the learner experience and efficacy of training programs in innovation. The second part briefly summarises learning theories as they pertain to the current context of learning creativity and innovation. After discussing the chosen research design in part 3, we present the empirical findings and map out what learners experience as they journey through a training in structured innovation. The final part discusses how these findings may provide guidance for innovation trainers and invite future research directions.
Keywords: Innovation Education, Learner’s Experience, Innovation Method, Creative Confidence; Innovation Training.
This paper was presented at The ISPIM Innovation Summit 2016, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 4-7 December 2016. The publication is available to ISPIM members at www.ispim.org.
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1 Dr Detlef Reis is the Founder and Chief Ideator of Thinkergy Limited, the Innovation and Ideation Company in Asia (http://www.thinkergy.com). He is also an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Knowledge-Management and Innovation South-East Asia (IKI-SEA), Bangkok University in Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University.
He is also the creator of four proprietary innovation methods used by Thinkergy: The innovation process method X-IDEA; the innovation people profiling method TIPS; the innovation culture transformation method CooL - Creativity UnLimited; and the creative leadership method Genius Journey. Dr Reis has written his first two creativity books titled “X-IDEA: The Structured Magic of Playful Innovation” and "Genius Journey. Developing Authentic Creative Leaders for the Innovation Economy", both of which are currently under review with Wiley US (and targeted for publication in Q2.2017 and !4.2017).2 Now retired, Dr Brian Hunt was formerly Assistant Dean (Quality Assurance) and Assistant Professor at the College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He now researches and writes academic books on management.
® Thinkergy, X-IDEA, TIPS, CooL-Creativity Unlimited, and Genius Journey are (registered) trademarks of Thinkergy.
© The X-IDEA Innovation Method and Toolbox is a registered copyright of Dr. Detlef Reis / Thinkergy 2009-16.
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Teaching Business Creativity to Young Professionals: Course Design, Pedagogy, and Methodologies
Detlef Reis
Mahidol University and Thinkergy Limited, Hong Kong
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
In a recent study by IBM (2010), top executives of the world‘s leading organizations ranked creativity as the most important leadership trait in the innovation economy (Canton, 2007); in a follow-up study one year later (IBM, 2011), however, top Human Resources professionals of the same organizations admitted lacking insights on how businesspeople can effectively acquire creative skills. This paper provides an answer to this open question by introducing the design and underlying pedagogy and methodology of a business creativity course taught to young business and management professionals. Purpose-designed, the course is part of the third trimester of a Master‘s degree in Management. This paper describes the business creativity course, analyzes its contents and outlines key features from the perspective of the underlying pedagogy. It also notes novel and exciting features of the course and explains how these features relate to the course pedagogy and methodology. By combining theory and practice in an attempt to derive better theory and better practice (as advocated by Raelin, 2007), the paper offers guidelines for the design and effective delivery of courses in business creativity. As such, this paper follows a descriptive research design, which is deemed appropriate given that it reports of a new development in the field of designing courses to successfully teach creativity to business professionals (Zigmund, 2003). The paper is structured into four parts. The first part introduces the context and concepts of business creativity. Part two discusses the underlying pedagogy and rationales required to successfully teach creativity to businesspeople, and then introduces a course on a master in management program designed to comply to the identified success criteria. Part three of the paper describes in detail how the said course unfolds over the 12-week timeline, thereby identifying its contents, special activities and assignments and elaborating on attributes of the course design and its inherent pedagogy. The concluding fourth part summarizes the key benefits of the chosen design approach, offers guidelines for designers and educators of courses in business creativity, and makes suggestions for future research to investigate the learner‘s experience as well as the efficacy of the chosen approach. Keywords: Creativity Education, Business Creativity, Structured Innovation
Reis (2015)Reis & Hunt
(2017)
Reis (2019, upcoming) Genius Journey Trilogy
GENIUS JOURNEYWHAT’S IT?
WHAT?
HOW?
WHY?
GENIUS JOURNEY is:
• An experiential, action-oriented creative leadership development method that enables creative leader candidates to reconnect with their personal creativity
• by teaching them the creative mindsets & routines of geniuses & creative leaders
• so that they can transform themselves into authentic creative leaders who drive and thrive in the innovation economy.
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10
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8 9
Very Strongly Disagree | Strongly DisagreeRather disagree | Neither nor | Ratther agreeStrongly Agree | Very Strongly Agree
VALUE provided by Genius Journey Method (10+1 Destination Stops)
ENJOYMENT of Genius Journey Method (with its 10+1 Destination Stops)
Creative leadership can be taught with the help of a formal CL method
Creative leaders can be developed through training, exercises & application.
Creative leaders can be developed through study of mindsets of other creative leaders/geniuses.
Creative leadership can be improved by cultivating certain mindsets and cognitive skills.
Creative leaders are not born, they develop over time.
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
70.7%
85.4%
82.9%
78.0%
85.4%
75.6%
82.9%
29.3%
14.6%
17.1%
19.5%
14.6%
22.0%
17.1%
0%
0%
0%
2.5%
0%
2.4%
0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MEAN
6.29
5.98
5.95
6.22
6.37
5.93
N = 41
6.15
LEARNERS’ FEEDBACK ON THE EFFICACY OF THE GENIUS JOURNEY METHOD CREATIVE LEADERS CAN BE DEVELOPED!
“I felt great. I am glad I enrolled in the course, I
personally interested in self-development and biography of
successful people. This course has been designed in such a way to
respond to my self-development step by
step”
“Dr. Detlef’s Genius Journey has modelled me
into becoming a much better and productive all-round
person.”
SAMPLE DEMOGRAPHICS
53%
47%
Nationalities
Gender Distributions
OUR RESEARCH DESIGNHEURISTIC-EXPLORATORY APPROACH
MIXED QUANTITATIVE & QUALITATIVE SURVEY DESIGN
★ 7-POINT LIKERT SCALES★ DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
★ OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS★ QUALITATIVE COMMENTS
n=41
46%54%
B, CH, D, DK, E, EST,
F, I, NL,
12 WEEK-LONG COURSE PROGRAMOFFICIALLY 36 CONTACT HOURS
HELLO! I’M A CREATIVE LEADER
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4
5
3
10
6 7
8 9
PART 2:THE JOURNEY TO YOUR CREATIVITY
PART 3:THE JOURNEY TO YOUR GENIUS
PART 1:THE JOURNEY TO YOUR SELF
CURIOSITY
OPENNESS
POSITIVITYPLAYFULNESS
OPTIMISM
TSHAPED PERSON
WHOLE MIND THINKER
MOVEMENT CHANGEFLEXIBILITY
MINDFULNESSAWARENESS
FOCUSPERCEPTION
PASSIONDO WHAT YOU LOVE DOING
PURPOSEKNOW WHY YOU DO IT.
MAKE MEANING!
PERSISTENCE
ACTIONCOURAGE BELIEF
SELF
FLOWRYTHM-HARMONY
BALANCEDOING-BEING
EUREKA !!!
(Self-) Belief
Courage
Action-orientation
Persistence
Self-Realization
Curiosity and Openness
Positivity and Playfulness
Passion (Purpose)
Whole-Mind Thinking
T-Shaped Person
Flexibility &Movement
Mindfulness (Now)
Rhythm (Do-Relax)
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90.2%
78.0%
80.5%
80.5%
85.4%
90.2%
92.7%
82.9%
78.0%
85.4%
85.4%
95.1%
90.2%
9.8%
22.0%
19.5%
19.5%
14.6%
9.8%
7.3%
17.1%
22.0%
14.6%
14.6%
4.9%
9.8%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
24.4%
19.5%
12.2%
17.1%
14.6%
21.9%
34.1%
34.1%
17.0%
19.5%
17.0%
9.8%
9.8%
61.0%
68.3%
53.7%
63.4%
46.4%
48.8%
48.8%
46.4%
61.0%
43.9%
53.7%
58.5%
68.2%
14.6%
12.2%
34.1%
19.5%
39.0%
29.3%
17.1%
19.5%
22.0%
36.3%
29.3%
31.7%
22.0%
Very Strongly Disagree | Strongly Disagree Rather disagree | Neither nor | Ratther agree Strongly Agree | Very Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MEAN
3.80
3.46
3.37
3.83
4.44
4.49
3.83
N = 41
3.56
3.22
3.93
3.49
4.12
4.32
MEAN
6.41
6.71
6.37
6.22
6.44
6.46
6.59
N = 41
6.46
6.34
6.17
6.27
6.17
a) IMPORTANCE for Creative Leaders b) EASINESS TO ACQUIRE this Mindset
6.51
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Genius Journey Mindset
GENIUS JOURNEY METHOD: ALL MINDSETS DEEMED IMPORTANT FOR CREATIVE LEADERS ...
... BUT ALSO ARE NOT EASY
TO ACQUIRE
“I do enjoy the way we learn and focusing on how to be a great thinker
and doer! I enjoy the knowledge, methods and tools that are
surrounded in daily life, but we never realize its potential before until I have
learned this class.”
“It’s a great course. It trains people
step-by-step to discover their potential and be
creative”
“I am very happy and
enjoy with this course. I can know myself more after I walk along with
the Genius Journey Method”.
METHODOLOGY IS EFFECTIVE, RELEVANT & VALUABLE
“It helps you know how to think ‘out of the box’ systematically. It helps you
explore your inner potential, and you will find yourself to be more powerful than you ever think of. And you will find that
you can be a genius.”
Very Strongly Disagree | Strongly Disagree Rather disagree | Neither nor | Ratther agree Strongly Agree | Very Strongly Agree
Visual Presentation Slides
Course Handout (Booklet)
Entrance Survey & Focus Map
In-Class Sessions & Activities
Field Trips & Outdoor Activities
Genius Exercises
Exercise Assessment Rubrics
Buddy Coaching
Weekly Creative Puzzles
Genius Leader Self-Study
Genius Portraits (Pitch & Reports)
Final Review Session
Genius Journey Review Toys
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65.9%
85.4%
80.5%
82.9%
61.0%
46.3%
51.2%
73.2%
68.3%
92.7%
58.5%
75.6%
85.4%
34.1%
14.6%
19.5%
17.1%
36.6%
41.5%
43.9%
24.4%
31.7%
7.3%
41.5%
24.4%
14.6%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2.4%
12.2%
4.9%
2.4%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
68.3%
73.2%
68.3%
73.2%
51.2%
36.6%
39.0%
22.0%
90.2%
78.0%
36.6%
41.5%
68.3%
31.7%
26.8%
31.7%
26.8%
43.9%
48.8%
51.2%
56.0%
9.8%
22.0%
61.0%
58.5%
31.7%
0%
0%
0%
0%
4.9%
14.6%
9.8%
22.0%
0%
0%
2.4%
0%
0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MEAN
N = 41
MEAN
N = 41 a) VALUE PROVIDED by pedagogical tools b) ENJOYMENT of pedagogical tools1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Genius Journey Pedagogy
6.27
5.71
6.39
6.05
5.83
5.39
6.05
5.56
6.27
6.37
6.34
5.76
4.90
5.88
5.17
6.05
6.44
4.15
4.68
5.24
5.51
6.12
5.98
6.02
5.88
4.63
INVESTIGATING VALUE AND... .. LEVEL OF ENJOYMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS
GENIUS EXERCISES(IN-CLASS — IN THE FIELD — HOMEWORK)
Learners enjoyed action part of exercises (both in-class and outdoors) more than the reflective “homework” part
“I love so many activities from this
course. I do love out-of-class activities”
“The outdoor class, it is not boring and make
this class so different. Each special place put an anchor to my memory.”
REFLECTIVE OBSERVATION
Reviewing / reflecting on the experience
ACTIVE EXPERIMENTATION
Planning / trying out what you’ve learned
ABSTRACT CONCEPTUALIZATION
Concluding / learning from the experience
CONCRETE EXPERIENCE
Doing an activity / having an experience
FEEL & EXPERIENCE
THINK
REFL
ECT
APPLY & TEST
GENIUS JOURNEY EXCURSIONSGENIUS EXERCISES (INDOORS / OUTDOORS)CREATIVE PUZZLES
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY
GJ NOTEBOOK(IN-CLASS REFLECTION)
GENIUS ACTION PLAN FOR TRANSFER OF TAKE-AWAYS
DARE T0 SHAREFEEDBACK ON
GENIUS EXERCISES & CREATIVE PUZZLES
GJ NOTEBOOK (HOMEWORK)INSIGHTS & TAKE-AWAYS
ON-THE-JOB APPLICATION & TESTING
GJ EXERCISES(HOMEWORK)
THE GENIUS JOURNEY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CYCLE (BASED ON DAVID KOLB’S THEORY)
BUDDY COACHING (& PEER FEEDBACK)
Value and level of enjoyment of Buddy Coaching varied based on perceived quality & personality fit of one’s buddy
“I enjoy the creative leaders portrait. I think it’s the
best way to see and realize that the tools and methods used in the class is practical learning through lives is important.”
MY CREATIVE LEADER SELF-STUDY & PITCH
GENIUS JOURNEY MEDIA (SLIDES, HANDOUT, SURVEY)
Learners confirm: media for creative leadership programs should deliver both valuable contents and creative, artistic presentation formats
“All tools and media are so useful
to help in better understanding.”
“The handout / exercise / presentation was attractive
and very useful. Most of them are very nice,
I really want it.”
“I enjoyed the visually stimulating and inspiring slides”
© Copyright Dr. Detlef Reis / Thinkergy Limited 2005-2012. All rights reserved. For internal use only. No reproduction or reprint in its whole or in parts without explicit written permission. ® Genius Journey is a registered trademark of Thinkergy Limited (2012)..
THINKERGY TRAINING HANDOUT ©
CREATIVE LEADERSHIPGENIUS JOURNEY
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GENIUS JOURNEY
STOP
Current Desired Full
Eureka!
✦ Your Current Genius Score before the start of your Genius Journey is at 66.0%. This is a splendid value to get started.
✦ Your Desired Genius Potential is at 91%. That’s very good. But why would you want to settle for a value below your full potential?
✦ Your Real Genius Gap Score is 34 %. This is how far you’re removed from your full creative genius potential at present.
✦ Now take a look at your chart: Those Genius Journey Stops with the biggest gaps between your current and full potential point to those mindsets and action routines that most limit you from reaching your full genius potential.
✦ Your Current Eureka Score is 75%, indicating that you already do some things that may trigger a Eureka moment of breakthrough creativity.
✦ Your Current Eureka Probability (or likelihood of experiencing a Eureka moment in real life) is at 50%.It results from multiplying your Current Genius and Eureka Scores.
Conclusion: Based on your Genius Journey Check-In Audit result, you have a realistic chance to develop your inner genius potential if you start your journey and put in the necessary efforts. Ready to go?
GENIUS JOURNEY CHECK-IN MAPPROFILE OF: DR. RONALD VATANANAN-THESENVITZ
© Dr. Detlef Reis / Thinkergy 2005-2017
Genius Journey Slide Deck GJ Course Handout GJ Check-In Survey
UNIQUEVALUABLE
ORIGINALIS GENIUS JOURNEY PROGRAM BOTH EFFECTIVE & CREATIVE?
CREATIVE
“It is a completely different course in terms of the teaching
method. It is a course to make you aware of things you have inside but you don’t realize you have them yet.
And it is a course where, even if there is a therapy, you are not passive but
you are an actor, which is highly enjoyable.”
“The unique non-formal
class experience with surprises and
activities”
“The originality of
teaching: that was just great!”
“It’s a very creative course and
unique that hardly to find in other
courses”
✓METHOD
ARE YOU A GENIUS?
Very Strongly Disagree | Strongly Disagree Rather disagree | Neither nor | Ratther agree Strongly Agree | Very Strongly Agree
Overall Course Satisfaction I’d like to have more time for this to cover the course contents in greater depth.
I would do another course like this.
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
68.3%
70.7%
78.0%
31.7%
29.3%
22.0%
0%
0%
0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MEAN
6.05
5.93
N = 41
5.98
I agree with Einstein’s statement “There is a genius in all of us.”
I believe that I have genius potential.
I consider myself to be highly creative.
I consider myself to be a leader.
I strive to become an authentic creative leader in future.I strive to become an entrepreneur
of a creative business in future.
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
75.6%
70.7%
43.9%
46.3%
90.2%
87.8%
24.4%
29.3%
53.7%
53.7%
9.8%
12.2%
0%
0%
2.4%
0%
0%
0%
Very Strongly Disagree | Strongly Disagree Rather disagree | Neither nor | Ratther agree Strongly Agree | Very Strongly Agree
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MEAN
6.44
5.39
5.27
6.02
6.07
N = 41
6.68
GENIUS JOURNEY BUILDS UP CREATIVE CONFIDENCE & COMPETENCE TO EVOLVE INTO A CREATIVE LEADER
Genius Journey program’s impact on learners’ beliefs and careers
Learners’ view on the Genius Journey program overall
“There is a GENIUS
in all of us!”
GENIUS JOURNEY: IMPACT ON LEARNER’S CREATIVE COMPETENCE & CONFIDENCE
“I feel like I was about to start a new chapter of my life. I learned
important things and lessons. I have more faith in me and my skills. And like we make wishes at New Year’s Eve, I am very excited
to apply the lessons I have learned and pursue the journey to discover where it
could lead.”
[I feel] “(1) Motivated to start a great business in future. (2) Confident: I have now a lot of
concrete methods to find innovation and to develop them. (3) Inspired:
because aware I have opportunities to make this work better through
responsible business.”
“I have learned new
creative mindsets and skills!”
“I am a genius! I can do everything just only I believe in
myself.”
1. Creative leaders CAN be developed in a development program that is both effective and CREATIVE.2. Candidates consider all Genius Journey mindsets to be important for creative leaders, while
acknowledging the challenge to replace one’s own limitations. 3. CL development isn’t a quick-fix program, but requires sufficient time for action and reflection
needed to encourage the mindset transformation and consciousness expansion of a CL. 4. Learners pointed out what pedagogical tools for CL development are either valuable or enjoyable,
or both. 5. Active experimentation and self-reflective observation are key components of successful learning;
learners’ feedback on the Genius Journey pedagogy allows me to optimize method delivery in line with Kolb’s experiential learning cycle.
DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEADERSKEY TAKE-AWAYS
ISPIM Innovation Conference 2018 — Stockholm, Sweden, June 17-20 2018
CREATIVELY DEVELOPING CREATIVE LEADERS:
LEARNER’S FEEDBACK ON METHODOLOGY AND PEDAGOGY
DETLEF REIS BRIAN HUNTXAVIER PARISOT
