Basis for elaboration of a creative process in organizations that develop technological innovation

Abstract

The really fundamental and fruitful ideas arise from a great amount of luck and unpredictable accidents [1]. But also it is certain that Creativity is not just a moment, it is a process that should be developed in logical and systematic way within organizations and it is in this creative process where the solution principles are developed to take advantage of identified opportunities, to stimulate technological innovations. The purpose of this article is to show a methodology for the systematic application of a process that uses techniques of creativity and technology watch of integrated way denominated "watch-creative process", allowing to identify solution principles, which are part of a procedure that serves as a base for the elaboration of a creative process, from the organizations who develop technological innovations, the phases proposed are: 1) Identification of the opportunity, 2) Search and processing of data and information, 3) Analysis and transformation of information in ideas, and 4) Simulation and evaluation of ideas; they have been tested experimentally and they operate in a systematic way with a general flow chart for all the Process.