Ziska Fields
Professor Ziska Fields is an Associate Professor in the College of Business and Economics, Department of Business Management at the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Prof Fields is an external researcher and habilitator at the Chair of Innovation Research and Technology Management, Chemnitz University of Technology. She is a Neethling Brain Instruments (NBI) Practitioner focusing on identifying and developing peoples preferred thinking styles and to help them think more creatively at school, university and in the workplace. She is the Ambassador for the World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW) and World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) in South Africa. The purpose of this role is to connect cities, regions and countries to the WCIW creative community and to foster creativity by promoting, empowering and supporting the WCIW’s creativity mission.
Professor Fields has 13 years’ experience in the Financial Industry and 12 years’ experience in Higher Education. Her qualifications include a BA degree (Communication Sciences), Diploma in Management Studies, MBA (Cum Laude) and PhD (Business Administration). She teaches and supervises various Business Management and Entrepreneurship focus areas at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research and supervisory focus areas include Strategy, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Responsible Management and Human Resources with a focus on the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolution.
Her main research focus area and passion is theoretical and applied creativity across various disciplines and contexts. She developed two theoretical models to measure creativity in South Africa, focusing on youth and tertiary education. She edited six books published by IGI Global titled “Incorporating Business Models and Strategies into Social Entrepreneurship”, “Collective creativity for responsible and sustainable business practice”, “Handbook of Research on Information and Cyber Security in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Imagination, Creativity and Responsible Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” and “Handbook of Research on Using Global Collective Intelligence and Creativity to Solve Wicked Problems”.
Professor Fields’ objective is to make a difference by empowering people and helping them to reach their full potential and encouraging them to contribute to making the planet a saver and healthier environment for all living creatures. She strongly believes that education, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial action can help people to create a better and sustainable future for themselves and society. She is an animal activist who believes that creativity, innovation and global collaboration can resolve the wicked problem of wildlife crime if the human consciousness and will change to see animals as critical allies to human survival rather than abusing, exploiting, and killing animals and destroying their habitats.
Address: South Africa
Professor Fields has 13 years’ experience in the Financial Industry and 12 years’ experience in Higher Education. Her qualifications include a BA degree (Communication Sciences), Diploma in Management Studies, MBA (Cum Laude) and PhD (Business Administration). She teaches and supervises various Business Management and Entrepreneurship focus areas at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research and supervisory focus areas include Strategy, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Responsible Management and Human Resources with a focus on the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolution.
Her main research focus area and passion is theoretical and applied creativity across various disciplines and contexts. She developed two theoretical models to measure creativity in South Africa, focusing on youth and tertiary education. She edited six books published by IGI Global titled “Incorporating Business Models and Strategies into Social Entrepreneurship”, “Collective creativity for responsible and sustainable business practice”, “Handbook of Research on Information and Cyber Security in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, “Imagination, Creativity and Responsible Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution” and “Handbook of Research on Using Global Collective Intelligence and Creativity to Solve Wicked Problems”.
Professor Fields’ objective is to make a difference by empowering people and helping them to reach their full potential and encouraging them to contribute to making the planet a saver and healthier environment for all living creatures. She strongly believes that education, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial action can help people to create a better and sustainable future for themselves and society. She is an animal activist who believes that creativity, innovation and global collaboration can resolve the wicked problem of wildlife crime if the human consciousness and will change to see animals as critical allies to human survival rather than abusing, exploiting, and killing animals and destroying their habitats.
Address: South Africa
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will need to change the way they live and work together to solve complex green
problems. The aim of this study was to show how important it is for the
teaching and learning activities in higher education institutions (HEIs) to focus
on green teamwork, green creativity and eco-innovation. This is important to
prepare and encourage students and graduates to: 1) work in green teams;
2) use green creativity, eco-innovation and prototyping to find green solutions.
The study took the form of a small-group project carried out by 46 master’s
students at a German HEI. The instruction was that each team had to focus
specifically on green issues in the project. They had to select their own green
problem using green creativity and solve it using eco-innovation and
prototyping. A survey was administered to gather the students’ views about
green teamwork and their overall view of the project, instructions and
suggested templates. The findings indicated that HEIs play an important role in
green creativity, green prototyping and eco-innovation.
will need to change the way they live and work together to solve complex green
problems. The aim of this study was to show how important it is for the
teaching and learning activities in higher education institutions (HEIs) to focus
on green teamwork, green creativity and eco-innovation. This is important to
prepare and encourage students and graduates to: 1) work in green teams;
2) use green creativity, eco-innovation and prototyping to find green solutions.
The study took the form of a small-group project carried out by 46 master’s
students at a German HEI. The instruction was that each team had to focus
specifically on green issues in the project. They had to select their own green
problem using green creativity and solve it using eco-innovation and
prototyping. A survey was administered to gather the students’ views about
green teamwork and their overall view of the project, instructions and
suggested templates. The findings indicated that HEIs play an important role in
green creativity, green prototyping and eco-innovation.