Innovation, and the creative thinking that provides the basis for innovation, is of great value for organizations. In this article we describe what is needed for people to think creatively, noting that creative thinking is a complex, albeit voluntary, activity involving performance on certain types of problems. The ways leaders influence peoples’ willingness to engage in, and ability to solve, creative problems are then described. Leaders of creative efforts must not only motivate creative work but also actively contribute to creative problem-solving both by engaging followers in creative problem-solving and by establishing the conditions that allow creative problem-solving at the individual, team, and firm levels. The implications of these observations for leader assessment and leader development are discussed.

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领导者思维，追随者思维：领导者对追随者创造性表现的影响


创新以及为创新提供基础的创造性思维对于组织来说具有巨大的价值。在本文中，我们描述了人们创造性思维所需的条件，并指出创造性思维是一项复杂的、尽管是自愿的活动，涉及对某些类型问题的表现。然后描述了领导者影响人们参与创造性问题的意愿和解决创造性问题的能力的方式。创造性工作的领导者不仅必须激励创造性工作，而且还必须通过让追随者参与创造性问题解决以及在个人、团队和公司层面建立允许创造性问题解决的条件，积极为创造性问题解决做出贡献。讨论了这些观察结果对领导者评估和领导者发展的影响。