Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership in Work: Business Psychology Perspectives

Creativity is a psychological process of individuals and at the same time the basis for economic development and innovation. Creativity is a mode in which people create and also an attitude of being. Creative persons solve problems and can develop better solutions for our social and economic environment—they innovate. We urgently need creativity and innovation in our changing and challenging times. That’s why modern leadership should have an understanding of creativity and creative work to enable and support creative developments. With the approaches of Erich Fromm, Ernst Bloch, and Konrad Thomas, I seek to show and develop the dialectic of creativity, innovation, and leadership from a business psychological perspective. For an empirical clarification of my arguments, I use short text passages from interviews and group discussions I have conducted.