Imaginative Force

• Published in: ISPIM Innovation Symposium pp. 1 - 22
• Main Authors: Rosenstand, Claus Andreas Gram Foss, Ivang, Reimer
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Manchester The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) 01.06.2024
• Subjects: Digital technology; Digitization; Exploitation; Innovations; Managers; Philosophy; Principles; Sustainability; Transformations (mathematics)

The area of concern is innovation managers' Imaginative Force as Competence, e.g., lack of imagination for innovating sustainable businesses. Imaginative Force is a theory of transformation combining exploration and exploitation. It is framed as a social paradigm of mathematical principles for culture philosophy assumed equivalent to Newton's physical paradigm of mathematical principles for nature philosophy; however, with important differences between social and physical equations. Important findings are mathematical principles for social qualities such as execution, attitude, and progression, Three Laws of Imaginative Force, a Formula of Imaginative Force, and an understanding of influence, resistance, and Execution Force. An example of a practical implication is a 'three-in-one' transformation of sustainability, digitalization, and servitization. Finally, the GPT Imaginative Force is developed to allow the work to live on outside the article. The research method is qualitative basic research. For practical implications, qualitative interviews of top managers are included.