rate your organisation
how creative is the climate you work in?
Consider each of the 10 dimensions of creativity below, and decide whether a) or b) best describes your organisation.
- 1. Challenge: to what extent is the work experience
- a) enjoyable and energetic or
- b) alienated and indifferent
- 2. Freedom: to what extent are people
- a) independent and able to show initiative or
- b) passive and rule-bound?
- 3. Dynamism: to what extent is the pace of work
- a) excitedly busy or
- b) boringly slow?
- 4. Openness: to what extent are people
- a) trusted and failure accepted or
- b) suspicious and failure punished?
- 5. Idea time: to what extent do people
- a) have time to experiment and play or
- b) always schedule and follow tasks?
- 6. Playfulness: to what extent is the atmosphere
- a) happy and humourous or
- b) dull and serious?
- 7. Conflicts: to what extent are conflicts
- a) debated with insight or
- b) the source of open warfare?
- 8. Support: to what extent are people
- a) listened to or
- b) receive critical and negative comments?
- 9. Debates: to what extent are contentious ideas
- a) voiced or
- b) suppressed?
- 10. Risk-taking: to what extent are people
- a) allowed to act on new ideas or
- b) obliged to submit every proposal to committees?
How many a)'s did your organisation score?
