Scott G. Isaksen

Isaksen, Scott G. (2023)

Developing Creative Potential: The Power of Process, People, and Place

Journal of Advanced Academics (JAA), 34(2), s. 111- 144. Doi: 10.1177/1932202X231156389

Creativity is increasingly seen as a key human capability that can be deliberately developed. Correspondently, a proliferation of tools, techniques, and methods are available in the academic and popular literatures. Creative problem-solving (CPS) is one framework among these, and has a 70-year history of research and development. This essay overviews this history and the key stages of its continuous development, as well as the rationale for the changes and improvements that have been made. Foundational work established the Osborn–Parnes paradigm for CPS. Initial efforts were aimed at enhancing this approach. Then came work to stretch the Osborn–Parnes approach, and ultimately to break this paradigm. Understanding these major stages of development should better differentiate contemporary CPS approaches from the variety of earlier versions. Future research and development are also highlighted that will move our understanding, learning, and application forward.

Isaksen, Scott G. (2022)

Assessing the Work Environment for Creativity and Innovation: Building on Mathisen and Einarsen’s Review (2004)

Creativity Research Journal Doi: 10.1080/10400419.2022.2112837

This article was stimulated by a review of instruments assessing creative and innovative social environments seventeen years ago. This stands alone as the only published, comprehensive, comparative review of multiple instruments aimed at this conceptual space. Although this review provided an important contribution to the literature, there are a number of critical conceptual issues that should be considered when reviewing assessments of this kind. This article raises these issues and points out their relevance when developing, evaluating, or applying instruments – and applies these issues to the instruments included in the review. Further, the aim was also to provide updated information on the Situational Outlook Questionnaire, as there were a few potential misunderstandings contained within the Mathisen and Einarsen review. Finally, numerous criteria are offered for those creating or choosing to use measures of the work environment, climate, or culture that promotes organizational creativity and innovation.

Isaksen, Scott G. (2020)

Unleashing creative talent in organizations: Linking learning and creativity through creative problem solving

Mumford, Michael D. & Todd, E. Michelle (red.). Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

Lofquist, Eric & Isaksen, Scott G. (2019)

Cleared for Takeoff? A Snapshot of Context for Change in a High-Risk Industry

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 55(3), s. 277- 305. Doi: 10.1177/0021886319832011 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Civil aviation is a high-risk industry where actors are experiencing increasing focus on economic performance, greater international competition, and growing safety threats that require continual organizational adjustments. In this article, we present the findings of a case study conducted within the Norwegian national air traffic management organization—Avinor, in preparation for a major reorganization initiative. In this study, we mapped the aggregated readiness and positioning for organizational change in the three main air traffic control centers in Norway using a mixed-method approach to person–environment Fit to help organizational leaders better understand each unit’s positioning for change, and more specifically, individual preferences for change styles. The results suggest that participants at the different air traffic control centers had developed distinctly different change preferences at both the group and individual levels, and that each was distinctly different from the other units in their positioning and readiness for change.

Lofquist, Eric; Isaksen, Scott G. & Dahl, Tom Jarle (2018)

Something Fishy: Exploring Change, Job Engagement and Work Environment in the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries

Journal of Change Management, 18(4), s. 281- 303. Doi: 10.1080/14697017.2018.1466823

Lofquist, Eric & Isaksen, Scott G. (2018)

Cleared for takeoff? A snap-shot of climate for change in a civil aviation context

[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Isaksen, Scott G. (2011)

Creative Approaches to Problem Solving: A framework for innovation and change (3rd ed.).

[Textbook]. SAGE Publications, Inc..