Understanding and Facilitating Creative Group Processes : The GroPro Model

Collaborating individuals can often find better solutions, still individual creativity is in focus both among managers and academics. There is a need for theorizing about groups’ creativity. The GroPro model, described in this article, uses a process ontology to support increased group creativity. GroPro is based on theories about group dynamics, actor-structure processes, human interaction, and leadership. It was developed as a sub-task in several research projects about the group and its first line manager. The GroPro model integrates all phenomena relevant to group creativity, is complex enough to consider individual and collective interdependences, and examples of how GroPro has been employed show its potential use as a practical guide in one’s own creative group processes