(Theory) 

The Environment Traditional frameworks treat the environment as a passive backdrop for creative work, fundamentally misunderstanding its role in creative emergence (Kristensen, 2004). While physical spaces and organizational structures are often seen merely as containers for creative activity, the C-C framework reveals how environments actively shape and amplify collective creative potential. These environments—whether physical spaces, social communities, or organizational structures—function as co-creative partners in the emergence of innovation.
       Kristensen (2004) demonstrates how physical and social contexts fundamentally influence creative performance, while Nonaka and Konno's (1998) concept of ba—shared spaces that enable knowledge creation—shows how environments actively shape consciousness and creative capacity. This dynamic extends beyond simple environmental influence: conscious collectives create what Peschl and Fundneider (2014) term “enabling spaces”—environments that evolve in response to collective needs while simultaneously shaping creative emergence.
       The relationship manifests particularly powerfully in physical spaces. Kristensen (2004) shows how spatial configurations directly influence knowledge sharing and creative collaboration, while Duffy & Powell (1997) reveal how thoughtfully designed spaces can simultaneously promote both privacy and interaction. However, these spaces don't merely support creativity—they actively participate in its emergence. Blomberg and Kallio (2022) demonstrate how creative emergence is inseparable from its material and social context, revealing a crucial feedback loop: as collectives transform their environments through creative processes, those environments in turn shape and sustain further creative emergence.