Organizational creativity : a practical guide for innovators & entrepreneurs /: a practical guide for innovators & entrepreneurs. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gerard J. Puccio, John F. Cabra, Nathan Schwagler.
• Authors: Puccio, Gerard J; Cabra, John F; Schwagler, Nathan
• Contents: Introduction: Purpose and Design of This Book; PART I: KNOWING: CREATIVITY KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT A 21ST CENTURY INNOVATOR; Chapter 1: Innovation Wired: You Evolved to Create; Knowing—You Were Born to Be Creative; Doing—Tuning in to the Creativity Already Inside of You; Being—Making Reflection a Habit; Case Study: The Startup Bus; Chapter 2: How to Survive and Thrive in an Era of Innovation and Change; Knowing—The Forces For and Against Creative Thinking; Doing—Removing the “But” in Your Thinking; Being—Reflecting and Redirecting “Yes-But” Thinking; Case Study: Physician of the Future; Chapter 3: What We Know About Creativity; Knowing—Sorting Creativity Fact from Fiction; Doing—Creating Your Own Mood; Being—Developing an Internal Locus of Control; Case Study: Hacking Creativity in Taiwan; Chapter 4: The Practical Benefits of Creativity: Becoming an Innovation Asset; Knowing—Top Reasons for Studying and Developing Your Creativity; Doing—Selling Creativity; Being—Making Creativity a Habit; Case Study: KEEN.IO: A Learning-First Organization; PART II: DOING: PROVEN PRACTICES FOR 21ST CENTURY INNOVATORS; Chapter 5: Think: How to Improve Your Fundamental Capacity to Think in Creative Ways; Knowing—Understanding the Creative Mind; Doing—Training the Creative Mind; Being—Internalizing the Divergent Thinking Principles; Case Study: Dr. Dominic D’Agostino: Navy Seals, Seizures, and Starving Cancer; Chapter 6: Understand: The Power of Observation and the Importance of Problem Definition; Knowing—Seeing and Questioning What Others Miss; Doing—Acting Like a Serial Opportunist; Being—Living Like a Serial Opportunist; Case Study: Innovation by Observation: NanoTouch Technology; Chapter 7: Ideate: Ways to Visualize and Generate Breakthrough Ideas; Knowing—Ideating: The Mind’s Capacity to See the Future; Doing—Using Associative Thinking to Visualize Anew; Being—Living Like an Idea Generator; Case Study: The Aha(!) Behind Intezyne; Chapter 8: Experiment: Strategies to Develop and Validate the Best Solutions; Knowing—Developing and Validating Through Experimentation; Doing—Acting Like an Idea Developer; Being—Living Like an Idea Developer; Case Study: From Student, to Student-preneur, to millionaire: The story of Check I’m Here; Chapter 9: Implement: Gaining Buy-In and Driving Change; Knowing—Everyone is in the Business of Sales; Doing—Acting Like an Influencer and Change Agent; Being—Influencing and Leading Change; Case Study: ChappellRoberts: Creative Ideas; PART III: BEING: WAYS TO SUSTAIN YOURSELF AS A 21ST CENTURY INNOVATOR; Chapter 10: The Emotionally Intelligent Leader; Knowing—Emotional Intelligence Is Not a Soft Skill; Doing—Tools and Strategies for Overcoming Creative Blocks; Being—Actively Learning from Failure; Case Study: Airbnb; Chapter 11: Sustaining Your Creativity: Learning to Defy and Transform the Crowd; Knowing—Investment Theory of Creativity; Doing—Addressing Resistance to Change; Being—Becoming a 21st Century Innovator; Case Study: Repeatable Magic: Sergio Fajardo and the Transformation of Medellín, Colombia;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.4094; Creative ability in business; Creative thinking; Problem solving; Technological innovations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483324753
• Related ISBNs: 9781452291550
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