Leading innovation, creativity and enterprise

Leading innovation, creativity and enterprise / Peter Cook.

Drawing upon cutting edge research from academia but expressed clearly and concisely for the busy person seeking practical inspiration, Leading Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise will feature numerous case examples from companies such as Virgin, Pfizer, Roche and Fuji Film. The book deals with qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Information, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Subjects:
Creative ability in business.
Business & management.
Ownership & organization of enterprises.
Business innovation.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Skills.
Creative ability in business
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Innovation, creativity and you; Part Two: Innovation, creativity and enterprise; Part One Innovation, creativity and you; Chapter 1 The roots of creativity; Farming, information, creativity and innovation; Roots and shoots of creativity; Naturally occurring creativity strategies; Combinatorial creativity; Reflections; Chapter 2 Creativity and you; Psyche, bile and skulls; Four P's of creativity; Psyche-metric; Mindfulness, thinking and decision-making
  • Removing obstacles to creativityReflections; Chapter 3 Creative leadership; A brief leadership history lesson; Roots of leadership; Power consumption; Responsible leadership; Strategies and tools for leaders; Reflections; Chapter 4 Tools for creativity; Why brainstorming doesn't work; Diverging with flair; Converging with care; Strategies for innovation and creativity; Developing mastery; Reflections; Chapter 5 The F word: Failure and success; F2L not F2F; Personal factors; Institutionalised innovation; Entrepreneurship, failure and success; Seven habits of highly successful failures
  • Part Two Innovation, creativity and enterpriseChapter 6 Innovation and enterprise; It's the end of the world as weknow it . . .; From the abacus to calculus and papyrus; The bare necessities; Posture to prosper; Unblocking the innovation pipeline; Reflections; Chapter 7 Building an innovation culture; Cultivating cultures not cults; Cultures and all that jazz; Stuck on you; The gods of culture; Myth management; Clash of the Titans; Reflections; Chapter 8 Structuring for innovation; The math is not the territory; The mathematics of organisation; The biology of organisation; Designed for life
  • Structural archetypesNovel structural forms; Non-structural reforms; Reflections; Chapter 9 Developing innovation capacity and capability; To make or buy?; Climate change; Supporting innovation and creativity; Financing innovation; Reflections; Chapter 10 Becoming a true learning enterprise; Changing change management; The mathematics of change; The biology of change; OD not Oh Dear
  • The Wisdom of Change; Anatomy of learning organisations; Reflections; Bibliography; Index

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