Harvard University
Computer Science Colloquium Series
33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
Colloquium
Learning from Expert Innovators
Rob Austin
Harvard Business School
Thursday, March 8, 2007
4:00PM
Maxwell Dworkin G125
(Ice Cream at 3:30PM - Maxwell Dworkin 2nd Floor Lounge Area)
Abstract
In this seminar I’ll present interim results of a multiyear study of the
processes, principles and practices used by people (and groups)
acclaimed as expert innovators within their specific contexts. For the
purposes of this study, we have defined innovation broadly, as activity
that leads to the creation of valuable novelty, leaving open the
criteria by which value is determined. This allows us to consider
empirically whether there are commonalities in the processes, management
principles, and practices in use across a range of fields in which
innovation is considered important, from the arts, to design,
entertainment, media, and even scientific research. Our methodology is
inductive and case-based. Our objective is to advance general
theoretical understanding of work and management approaches that
repeatedly generate valuable novelty, and to relate the emerging theory
to theoretical constructs in adjacent areas of research, such as
business innovation, the psychology of individual creativity, and the
social psychology of creativity. We find numerous categories of
commonality that transcend fields of application.
Host: Professor Michael Smith
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