Generative Emergence: Exploring the Dynamics of Innovation and Change in High‐Potential Start‐Up Ventures
通过访谈20位高潜力初创企业的创始人，研究创业过程中涌现的动态变化，包括不稳定、非线性变化和意外等过程动态，以及新知识创造等结果动态，并提出生成性领导力框架。
Abstract Start‐up and early growth of new ventures is a complex process, filled with challenges and learning amidst continuous dynamic change. Understanding these dynamics is a critical goal for entrepreneurs and has been researched by entrepreneurship scholars using complexity sciences. Building on this literature, we explore the ‘dynamics of emergent change’ by interviewing 20 founders/CEOs of young, high‐potential ventures in the Republic of Ireland to generate theory on how these dynamics are experienced throughout the start‐up journey. Our findings suggest a set of process dynamics that are commonly experienced as instability, tension, non‐linear change, unpredictability and surprise, as well as the outcome dynamics of emergent structures, ongoing creation of new knowledge and enhanced capabilities. These are experienced across every aspect of entrepreneurship, from within the specific innovation, through marketing, operations and finance. These findings contribute towards our understanding of how the entrepreneurs deal with these dynamics. Given the current success of their venture, we take their suggestions as an outline for ‘generative leadership’ – behavioural and strategic tools for enhanced venture growth and development.