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“… and not building on that”: The Relation of Low Coherence and Creativity in Design Conversations

In: Design Thinking Research

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  • Axel Menning

    (HPI School of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering)

  • Benedikt Ewald

    (HPI School of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering)

  • Claudia Nicolai

    (HPI School of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering)

  • Ulrich Weinberg

    (HPI School of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering)

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the relation between coherence and creativity in design conversations of innovation teams. Low coherent segments in a conversation can be understood as the linguistic equivalent of shifts of the focus of attention while designing. Focus shifts have a positive influence on ideational productivity. We therefore reason that low coherent speaker turns function as creative stimuli in team conversations. How this works in practice we illustrate with a case study of an innovation team observed in the wild.

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  • Axel Menning & Benedikt Ewald & Claudia Nicolai & Ulrich Weinberg, 2018. "“… and not building on that”: The Relation of Low Coherence and Creativity in Design Conversations," Understanding Innovation, in: Hasso Plattner & Christoph Meinel & Larry Leifer (ed.), Design Thinking Research, pages 195-213, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:undchp:978-3-319-60967-6_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60967-6_10
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