Optimizing Creativity In Hierarchies
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Convention holds that hierarchies hinder creativity and innovation due to factors such as multiple layers between decision makers and teams, slow feedback systems, and decision makers' lack of familiarity with local problems. However, organizational structures are difficult to change. To increase creative output within a hierarchy, teams can be enabled with direct links to decision makers, which speeds up decision making, improves feedback, and increases decision makers' understanding of local issues.
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- 2. #1 Convention has it that hierarchies hinder creativity and innovation. But why?
- 3. #2 Also, organizational structure is resultant of many factors (logistics, history etc...) and not easy to change, so what do we do if we have a hierarchical organizational structure and want to increase creative output?
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