Discuss practical recommendations for increasing creativity. Creativity can be enhanced by effectively managing the stages of creativity and by fostering a positive and supportive work environment. People need the time and space to be creative. Managers are encouraged to create a

“safe" work environment that encourages risk taking, autonomy, collaboration, and trusting relationships among employees. It also is important to develop a “peer environment” in which people are more concerned about working for the greater good than their own personal success. P=879