Date of Award
5-2025
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Creative Studies, M.S.
Department
Creative Studies
Advisor
Dr. Gerard Puccio
Department Home page
https://creativity.buffalostate.edu/
First Reader
Dr. Gerard Puccio
Second Reader
Dr. Gerard Puccio
Third Reader
Dr. Gerard Puccio
Abstract
The complexity and systems-level nature of organisational and societal challenges have called for engaging team creativity, benefiting from differing perspectives and experiences to drive impactful solutions. Surveying the co-design and group creativity literature, it is suggested that creative potential of a group is only realised when several polarities are leveraged by facilitators and orchestrators of the process. This concept was validated and extended through conducting a thematic analysis of a series of exploratory interviews, resulting in the identification of interdependent themes comprising stacks of polarities and a key problem to solve. The themes identified were: Determining Whether Co-Design is Appropriate, Organisational Agility, Deliberate Collaboration Design, Adaptive Facilitator, Impactful Process and Meaningful Engagement. These stacks of polarities and one problem to solve formed the basis of the Better Together for Collective Creativity systems model. This model enables facilitators to identify where to focus their attention to benefit the system at large to maximise group creativity. Further research and practice opportunities are outlined.
Recommended Citation
Tversky, Sophie, "Better Together – Maximising Group Creativity Through Co-Design" (2025). Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects. 393.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/creativeprojects/393
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