Time pressure and improvisation: enhancing creativity, adaption and innovation at high speed

Abstract

Purpose

Organizations are becoming more focused on time pressures when introducing innovation and creativity into their organizations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the opportunity for organizations to focus on improvisation training as a way to gain a competitive advantage and leapfrog their competitors.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper takes the approach of identifying a model of improvisation training for organizations that focuses on the convergence of planning and executive for promoting innovation training practices.

Findings

This paper’s main findings are that the time pressures faced by organizations means that there is a funnel limiting the link between creativity, adaption and innovation. This means that improvisation training needs to be done quickly, and organizations need to act efficiently when introducing new practices.

Originality/value

This paper’s key value is that organizations can use improvisers by using bricolage and ready-mades to take existing concepts and apply them to new situations.

Citation

Hodge, J. and Ratten, V. (2015), "Time pressure and improvisation: enhancing creativity, adaption and innovation at high speed", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-04-2015-0040