Diagnostics: Creativity, Cognitive Style & Organisational Culture

Companies innovate by applying creative and operational capabilities to challenges, problems and opportunities in the outside world. One crucial capability for any company aiming to innovate is the potential of its people. The tools KILN applies make this creative potential measurable and therefore easier to manage. Climate is also critical to innovation effectiveness: so organisational culture is also something we can assess.

How? Validated tools assess (at individual, team and unit level) people’s behaviours, attitudes and preferences as they practically impact on innovation work. This provides a baseline around which better systems, processes, hiring or training can be put in place.

FourSight®

Measures individual problem-solving style preferences • Individual assessments enable team profiles
Evaluates four areas: clarification, ideation, development, implementation
Used to: Balance team thinking diversity, improve team innovative output

Kirton Adaptor-Innovator Inventory® (KAI)

Measures creative thinking style preference
Puts individuals on Adaptor to Innovator scale
Used to: optimise personal performance in interpersonal situations to decrease conflict and increase the effectiveness of creative thinking

Qualitative

Assesses individual or group motivations and behaviors
Can also capture suppliers’ and customers’ perspectives
Uncovers hidden barriers to organisational creativity and innovation, and expresses them in authentic terms
Used to: Improve understanding of cultural dynamics, provide a compelling mandate for change

Validated form of culutral mapping, applies across all nations and industries
Characterises the culture of business units & entire organisations, however complex or distributed
Used to: Uncover cultural factors affecting your innovation capabilities, even when hidden from view

For more information on how we use these techniques and which are most suitable for your needs, please get in touch.

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