Hello !
At the moment I am *very* interested in researches about organization
culture which supports creativity. In my opinion innovative processes, new
inventions or great ideas aren't produced in business-conferences where
the atmosphere is serious, stressy, not relaxed with great hierarchies.
We can learn a lot from Archimedes who had to find out the volume of the
king's crown. After many, many weeks of studying and working with a
ruler, he stopped it. He thought he would never find the solution. So he
did something *different* (not more of the same in Watzlawick's words).
He took a bath and *relaxed* deeply. Then he saw how his body pushed away
the water which flew out of the bath. He said :" Heureka ! I have got it
!" (my own translation)
I am at the beginning of my PhD-work and would like to know which
companies practice this kind of "playground-culture". I only know from HP
and 3M. Are there any literature-recommendations ?
I am very glad about any kind of help !
all the best
Ragnar
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