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In today’s business world, every executive leading a team, no matter its size or scope, is constantly on the lookout for ways to enhance individual and collective performance.
That made the latest in the popular series of BizInsight@HKUST lunchtime presentations, which took place in Central on March 14, especially pertinent. Taking the theme of “Creativity and effective collaboration in the workplace”, it was a chance for two respected academics to share recent research-based findings with members of the wider community and to offer new perspectives on issues which can have a marked impact on productivity and profitability.
Leading the way, Professor Yaping Gong, Head of Department of Management, HKUST Business School, outlined key factors that promote or inhibit employee creativity within the work environment.
He noted that a Boston Consulting Group study in 2015 found 79 per cent of corporate respondents viewed innovation as a top-three priority. However, organisational strategies, structure (size), and capability all influence the extent to which good ideas are actually put into practice. Too many get lost somewhere along the way.
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