Thought Leadership Articles
Kenexa HR Thought Leadership™ articles are experience-driven pieces that discuss best practices in the Human Capital Management (HCM) space. These articles are written by skilled HR practitioners or technologists who initiate or provide new thinking on a specific component of HR. Kenexa HR Thought Leadership articles discuss strategies on new or existing HR topics and educate readers about future possibilities and considerations on those topics. The overall purpose of these thought leadership articles is to engage readers through original, innovative ideas that are supported by the knowledge and experience of the author.
Selecting for Creativity
By Anne E. Herman, Ph.D., Kenexa
Creativity is the ability to come up with novel yet valuable ideas and solutions to organizational needs and problems. It is an important outcome for many organizations, particularly those competing on the basis of an innovation strategy. Organizations can and do take many actions to foster creativity: selecting people for their creative orientation, setting performance goals for innovation, rewarding creativity, creating a climate for creativity, etc. The focus of this paper is on the first of these interventions, selecting for creativity.