The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills
Kogan Page Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7494-4002-2 (ISBN)
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`If you are only going to read one business book this year, this is the one. No modern business leader should be unaware of these insights.`
BRIAN MCBRIDE, VP Northern Europe, Dell Computer Corporation
`Sloane delivers rocket fuel for the business brain.`
BILL PENN, CEO, Sparx Group
`Every business should embrace lateral thinking. Every leader should embrace this book.`
AJAZ AHMED, CEO, AKQA
`This book teaches leaders how to transform creativity into meaningful innovation.`
SHAWN JAVID, CEO, Insightful Inc.
Do you want to unlock the creative potential of your team?
Is innovation a core value for your organization?
Do you have the skills to inspire new ideas?
Do you know how lateral leadership can transform your organization?
Leadership is not just about command and control - it is about inspiring your team to make the vision a reality by conceiving and implementing creative solutions they never thought possible.
With a lively and energetic approach, this highly acclaimed author, trainer and presenter will teach you dynamic, up-to-date techniques to unleash the creative energies of your people and show you how to put the techniques to work immediately. You can use lateral thinking to turn your organization around. This book describes how the lateral leader develops the vision, culture and processes that transform a regular business into an innovation hothouse. The book is packed with real-life examples, practical methods and lateral thinking exercises you can put to work today.
Paul Sloane Paul Sloane is the founder of Destination Innovation (www.destination-innovation.com). He was a top salesman with IBM, UK, MD of Ashton-Tate, VP International for MathSoft Inc and CEO of Monactive. Clients for his presentations and workshops include Vodafone, GlaxoSmithKline, Phillip Morris, IBM, Equant, BT, Prudential and L`Oreal. He is the author of 10 books on lateral thinking puzzles and problem-solving and has written many articles on the subject.
Acknowledgements Introduction 1.The need for innovation The challenge of change; Change, creativity and innovation; Lateral thinking; Lateral thinking puzzles 2.Characteristics of the lateral leader 3.The innovation test 4.Laying the foundations for change Recognizing the need for change; Painting the vision; Communicating; Tips for setting and communicating the vision 5.Making the vision real Empowering; Overcoming fear; Staying focused; Planning and preparation; Managing the environment; Using innovation techniques; Tips for making the vision a reality 6.Challenge your assumptions Tips for challenging assumptions 7.Ask searching questions Imagination and knowledge; Creating a questioning organization; Tips for asking questions 8.Take a different view Visual links; Tips for adopting a different point of view 9.Combine the unusual Silly combinations are sometimes the strongest; Tips for forcing combinations 1.Adapt, adopt, improve Tips for finding ideas you can adopt and adapt 11.Change the rules Look at the rules in your business; Tips for breaking the rules 12.Increase the yield Harvest the field; Tips for increasing the yield 13.Implement and evaluate Prototyping; Implementation priorities; Evaluation: the gating process 14.Welcome failure Accidents will happen - so make the most of them; Tips for welcoming failure 15.Use the team Training; Tips for using the team; When to go outside - using the external team; Tips for using external sources of ideas 16.Organizing for innovation The challenge for smaller enterprises; How the larger enterprise should prepare; Measuring creativity; Tips for organizing for innovation 17.Common mistakes: 12 great ways to crush creativity Criticism; Neglecting brainstorms; Problem hoarding; Efficiency over innovation; Overworking; It isn't in the plan; Laying the blame; Wrong rewards; Outsourcing change; Promotion from within; Giving innovation projects to production units; No training 18.Summary The magic sentence; Checklist; Lateral leadership in action 19.The lateral leadership course The participants; Phase I: Icebreakers and energizers to start; Phase II: Brainstorming to start the flow; Phase III: The vision and its components; Phase IV: Creative exercises; Phase V: Strategy, goals and objectives; Phase VI: Questioning exercises; Phase VII: Communications plan; Phase VII: Staff issues and empowerment; Phase IX: Competitive and product workshop; Phase X: Innovation process and gating plan; Phase XI: Summary and action list Appendix I: Exercises Appendix II: Answers to lateral thinking puzzles References and recommended reading Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2003 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7494-4002-3 / 0749440023 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7494-4002-2 / 9780749440022 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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