Finding Creativity in Predictability: Seizing Kairos in Chronos Through Temporal Work in Complex Innovation Processes

The authors thank three anonymous reviewers and Stefano Brusoni, the handling senior editor, for their generous and constructive guidance in developing this paper. Earlier versions of this paper were presented in the context of the research unit “Organized Creativity” at Freie Universität Berlin, at the 37th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, at the 2021 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, at the 2022 Wissenschaftliche Kommission Organisation conference, and at a research seminar at Kings College Business School. The authors are grateful for the feedback received in these contexts. Particularly, the authors thank Robert Bauer and Claudio Biscaro for their detailed comments on previous drafts. The authors contributed equally and are listed in alphabetical order.