---
id: "question-measuring-co-creation"
type: "open-question"
source_timestamps: ["¶1"]
tags: ["metrics", "kpis"]
related: ["concept-collective-genius", "concept-co-creation"]
resolutionPath: "Development of specific KPIs or assessment frameworks designed to evaluate psychological safety, cross-boundary collaboration frequency, and the origin diversity of implemented innovations."
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-125-innovative-leader"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/05/what-makes-an-innovative-leader"
sourceTitle: "What Makes an Innovative Leader?"
---
# Measuring the Success of Collective Genius

**Open question:** The text advocates fostering [[concept-collective-genius|collective genius]] and [[concept-co-creation|co-creation]] but leaves open *how* an organization quantitatively or qualitatively measures the health or output of these phenomena, especially versus traditional top-down execution metrics.

**Resolution path:** Development of specific KPIs or assessment frameworks evaluating psychological safety, cross-boundary collaboration frequency, and the *origin diversity* of implemented innovations.

**Related critique (enrichment):** without rigorous measurement, co-creation risks diluting accountability — see [[counter-co-creation-dilutes-accountability]].