Problem Solving As a Sufficient Condition of the Creative Process: A Case for Closer Cooperation of Creativity Research and Problem Solving Research

Wimmer, Lena

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00488

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“…An understanding of the creative process can improve creativity in SMEs by motivating participation at every stage of the creative process. A structured approach to the search and codification of information, will also result in more new and useful ideas (Wimmer, 2016).…”

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Product innovation and performance in SME’s: the role of the creative process and risk taking

Castillo-Vergara

Lema

2020

Innovation

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Creativity is an essential source of innovation for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Moreover, one challenge in SMEs is to transform the novel and useful ideas that arise from creativity into innovation, hence the interest of researchers in advancing knowledge in this area. This study analyses: (a) how the creative process influences the results of creativity, (b) the role that risk-taking plays as a mediator in the relationship between creativity and product innovation, and (c) the impact of innovation on the performance of SMEs. The research model is validated with data from 139 Chilean industrial SMEs, using the Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The results show the importance of the creative process is different stages in SMEs. It also shows that risk-taking serves as an enabler in SMEs' ability to turn creativity into product innovation. We conclude our findings by illustrating the positive effect of product innovation on SMEs' performance, a crucial issue in their competitiveness. These findings allow managers to verify that creativity is not a random result but an intentional process.

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Product innovation and performance in SME’s: the role of the creative process and risk taking

Castillo-Vergara

Lema

2020

Innovation

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“…Nonetheless, for this study it is an imperative to separate and differentiate these two concepts as Wimmer (2016), who in her short essee argues that "successful problem-solving can be regarded as a sufficient condition of the creative process" According to Liljedahl and Allen (2013), the different understandings of what problem solving is may be summarized in six divergent lines. The first one is problem solving by design, where prior knowledge and experience shape the process of the problem solver and infer the chosen strategies (Bruner, 1964).…”

Section: Problem Solving and Creativitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Cabinetmakers’ Workplace Mathematics and Problem Solving

Nevado

Pehkonen

2018

Vocations and Learning

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This study explored what kind of mathematics is needed in cabinetmakers' everyday work and how problem solving is intertwined in it. The informants of the study were four Finnish cabinetmakers and the data consisted of workshop observations, interviews, photos, pictures and sketches made by the participants during the interviews. The data was analysed using different qualitative techniques. Even though the participants identified many areas of mathematics that could be used in their daily work, they used mathematics only if they were able to. The cabinetmakers' different mathematical skills and knowledge were put to the limit. Cabinetmakers were found to constantly face problem solving situations along with the creative processes. Being able to use more advanced mathematics helped them to solve those problems more efficiently, without wasting time and materials. Based on the findings, the paper discusses the similarities and differences between problem solving and creative process. It is suggested that the combination of craftsmanship, creativity, and efficient problem solving skills together with more than basic mathematical knowledge will help cabinetmakers in adapting and surviving in the future unstable labour markets.

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“…Conventionally, a problem arises if we have a goal but do not know how to reach it. Hence, solving problems implies procedures that are generally still unknown (Wimmer, 2016). Frame-breaking, i.e., to get out of one's usual way of thinking, is often required to find novel solutions.…”

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Problem-solving training modifies cognitive functioning and related functional connectivity in healthy adults

Alescio-Lautier¹,

Chambon²,

Deshayes³

et al. 2021

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

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Cognitive functioning evolves throughout life. Regular practice of stimulating activities maintains or even strengthens cognitive skills. This study investigated the effects of a cognitive training program based on complex closed-ended problem solving on innovative thinking. To this end, using partial least squares variance-based structural equation modeling, we first evaluated in 83 healthy adults how inhibition, cognitive flexibility, and reasoning were related to the distinct dimensions of innovative thinking. Second, we assessed how these interactions were modified after cognitive training based on problem solving in a subgroup of 16 subjects compared to leisure activity based on crossword solving in another subgroup of 15 subjects. Third, in a pilot fMRI study, we evaluated changes in brain connectivity at rest as a result of training in the problem solving group. Data on cognitive measures showed that innovative thinking was influenced by reasoning in control subjects, whereas it was influenced by cognitive flexibility following problem-solving training. These findings highlight that a cognitive intervention based on complex closed-ended problem solving promotes innovative thinking by changing the way subjects recruit and use relevant cognitive processes. Modifications in the restingstate connectivity of attention, default mode and visual networks were observed in the problem solving group.

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Problem Solving As a Sufficient Condition of the Creative Process: A Case for Closer Cooperation of Creativity Research and Problem Solving Research

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Product innovation and performance in SME’s: the role of the creative process and risk taking

Product innovation and performance in SME’s: the role of the creative process and risk taking

Cabinetmakers’ Workplace Mathematics and Problem Solving

Problem-solving training modifies cognitive functioning and related functional connectivity in healthy adults

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