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The creative potential inherent in every person but many other parameters have an influence on creative output. In the field of research and innovation, creativity is central, see the spine on which rests the whole eco-system of the company. The reason is simple and logical and there is a need for perpetual renewal to adapt, anticipate seeing the market, find new technologies, new uses. The competition is tough now, little new with sharp teeth and the ogre exacerbates economic competition, especially since the advent of Web 2.0. Today we can observe such as Google begins to leave its sphere of web and starting to encroach on the turf of Microsoft that has long enjoyed a virtual monopoly. The Giants are not eternal, Nortel is recent evidence. Creativity in research to create new knowledge and new products is an essential Fountain of Youth.

Often the secret ingredient and magic of creativity in business is represented by the room for creativity. However this is not the only environmental parameter that will provide inspiration to those who want to create. Indeed, several factors interact optimizing or degrading creative productions.

In the field of research, whether private, academic or public, it is essential to create new knowledge. Yes, creativity is also involved in research, despite appearances. The creative is not only an artist, designer or geek.

The concept CKE

The concept of Creative Knowledge Environments (CKE) seeks to better understand creativity and the factors the fostering. This concept focuses primarily on the industrial context and the research by studying interactions between individuals and their working environment. This includes academic research, R & D or private research. It also seeks to identify and classify, with previous studies on creativity, factors that influence positively (or negatively) the production of new knowledge and innovations.

This concept is based on 8 key elements from the literature in research creativity from psychology research, innovation management, history or sociology. The pillars of this framework are: the characteristics of the task, field of study, individuals, group characteristics, the general working conditions individual, physical environment, business, and organizational characteristics of the company. These elements interact and superimposed according to the conditions and contexts to influence creativity. Thus CKE seeks to better understand the creative environment holistically. This framework does not portray one type of creative environment or a single level. We could categorize these environments as follows: micro, meso and macro.

• Micro: work teams, work groups or individuals
• Meso: research institutions, companies
• Macro : Government policy, enterprise policy

Concept to enrich

To date, this framework for research on environmental influences on creativity is a recent and remains problematic for several reasons. The first is the difficulty of assessing the creativity in this field. What criteria are used? Who is able to assess? One might think to use criteria such as number of scientific citations, the number of products sold from these innovative research, estimating the social impact arising?

In addition, these types of environments that provide a basis for interesting study, are unlikely nombreuses.Il would be interesting to learn about the characteristics of creative environments in developing countries relative to developed countries, something we know better today.

It is known that interactions with other people or other environmentally positive role in capacity créer.Une third deficiency relates to the duration and the interactions necessary to maximize creativity. What are the contributions of participating in conferences or visiting other research centers? These areas should be very little different or dissimilar? These are questions that remain unresolved.

Finally, how interact and what are the interactive effects of different strata (micro, meso, macro) in research and innovation? What government policy (macro level) allows optimal research and innovation in research institution in the regional / national level (meso level) or by research teams / individuals (micro level)?

What can we learn today?

As we stated previously, it is necessary to know more, and much remains to be done in order to optimize the environment for research and innovation.

However, what is known today can move forward and improve our environment travail.Quelques examples would be:

• Establish a climate of trust and openness
• Create an organization to ensure multidisciplinary and trans heterogeneity of ideas, views, knowledge and perspective
• Encourage and improve communication between professionals from different backgrounds
• Encourage mobility and the emergence of entrepreneurship
• Reduce the emphasis on professional efficiency to allow free time that leaves free rein to creativity

This framework is very rich and interesting. If you feel concern for creativity in a holistic manner, the evolution and enrichment of the concept is to follow ...

Read the eBook of Sven Hemlin, Carl Martin Allwood, Ben R. Martin
on Creative Knowledge Environment
or article of these same authors.