Does your organization support creativity—or squash it?
If you read nothing else on cultivating creativity at work, read these
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This book will inspire you to:
- Discover the elements of creativity and learn how to influence them
- Harness the creative potential of a diverse team
- Encourage curiosity and experimentation
- Avoid breakdowns in creative collaboration
- Overcome the fear that blocks your innate creativity
- Bring breakthrough ideas to life
This collection of articles includes Reclaim Your Creative Confidence by
Tom Kelley and David Kelley; How to Kill Creativity by Teresa Amabile;
How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity by Ed Catmull; Putting Your
Company's Whole Brain to Work by Dorothy Leonard and Susaan Straus; Find
Innovation Where You Least Expect It by Tony McCaffrey and Jim Pearson;
The Business Case for Curiosity by Francesca Gino; Bring Your
Breakthrough Ideas to Life by Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and
Michael Wade; Collaborating with Creative Peers by Kimberly D. Elsbach,
Brooke Brown-Saracino, and Francis J. Flynn; Creativity Under the Gun by
Teresa Amabile, Constance Noonan Hadley, and Steven J. Kramer; Strategy
Needs Creativity by Adam Brandenburger; and How to Build a Culture of
Originality by Adam Grant.
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