Towards Radical Creativity

Abstract

The ’Toward Radical Creativity’ report is a part of interdisciplinary research project integrates the study of technological innovation, organizational psychology and design thinking to explore alternative conceptualizations of radical creativity and organizing of radical creativity in networked collaborations. We believe that the dialog between diverse definitions and conceptualizations for creativity across disciplines is a strength for Aalto operations. However, scholarly understanding of such conceptualizations is lacking and, as such, this shared project across Aalto ENG, BIZ, ARTS and SCI aims to strengthen the scientific basis for developing Aalto strategy and operations in radical creativity. We investigate how radical creativity is conceptualized and framed in different emergent transdisciplinary contexts, and what implications these have for organizing for creativity in emergent transdisciplinary networks. The report is based on 54 interviews with faculty members across the university between April and June 2022.