1. How to Kill Creativity
By: Roger Harden

2. Three Components of Creativity

3. Challenge for Managers
Matching people with the right assignments
This creates room for creativity
To do so managers need detailed information
It is important to match employees to jobs in which they have knowledge
Many times managers do not effectively match employees to their best suited jobs

4. Freedom
Employees must be given freedom to explore their creativity, yet goals still have to be reached
Many times setting goals will increase the use of creativity
Managers mess this up in two ways
By failing to clearly define goals
By granting empowerment only by name and not actually given the employees a chance to exercise the freedom

5. Resources Managers must allow time and money
It is important to balance the amount of resources offered to a particular assignment
Creating to short of a deadline will result in lost creativity
Lack of money will keep new ideas from being funded

6. Supervisory Encouragement
Management must stand behind employees and offer positive motivation
By letting employees know that they matter, managers create motivated workers which result in much better creativity
Happy employees will do better work than unhappy employees

7. Key Points There are three main factors in creativity Expertise
Creative Thinking Skills
Motivation
Creative employees are often matched with jobs that allow them to make use of their knowledge and skills
Managers must allow resources to these employees and also offer positive acknowledgement