TY  - JOUR
AB  - Synchronicity was coined by Jung in 1955 to refer to the meaningful and acausal, or chance, correlation between an inner and outer event. Insofar as creativity is dependent upon chance for novelty, then creativity and synchronicity may have a supportive relationship. This paper uses narrative to explore the role of paradox in meaning, in chance, and in creativity. The nature of synchronicity, the relationship between synchronicity and creativity, and the implications of this relationship for management are discussed. Such implications include encouraging multiple points of view, understanding the role of emotion in creativity, allowing for movement across metaphorical and physical boundaries, honoring the body, and maintaining a lightness (with humor zand joy) with which to adapt to inevitable “accidents”.
VL  - 15
IS  - 5
SN  - 0953-4814
DO  - 10.1108/09534810210440351
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810210440351
AU  - Durant Rita
PY  - 2002
Y1  - 2002/01/01
TI  - Synchronicity: a post‐structuralist guide to creativity and change
T2  - Journal of Organizational Change Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 490
EP  - 501
Y2  - 2021/04/14
ER  -