Organizations face problems that are increasingly interconnected, uncertain, and contested. This doctoral seminar examines how creativity and innovation emerge when organizations confront that complexity. We begin by asking whether the right problem has been identified, then we investigate the systems that produce and sustain it. From there, we use design thinking to develop human-centered responses, examine the conditions that enable individuals and teams to create, and study how ideas are implemented, diffused, and institutionalized. The course concludes by examining how artificial intelligence changes every part of this process.
The seminar integrates individual, team, organizational, institutional, and societal levels of analysis. It draws on creativity, innovation, systems thinking, design thinking, organizational learning, institutional theory, entrepreneurship, public and nonprofit management, humanitarian action, and responsible AI. Students will compare theories, critique evidence, connect scholarship to practice, and develop work that has both academic and practical value.
The seminar integrates individual, team, organizational, institutional, and societal levels of analysis. It draws on creativity, innovation, systems thinking, design thinking, organizational learning, institutional theory, entrepreneurship, public and nonprofit management, humanitarian action, and responsible AI. Students will compare theories, critique evidence, connect scholarship to practice, and develop work that has both academic and practical value.
