The leader's guide to lateral thinking skills : unlocking the creativity and innovation in you and your team

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Sloane, Paul, 1950- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2006
Edition2nd ed.
Subjects
Online AccessObsah
Anotace
Biografické informace
ISBN0749447974
978-0-7494-4797-7
Physical Descriptionvii, 183 s. : il. ; 24 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • The need for innovation
  • Characteristics of the lateral leader
  • The innovation test
  • Laying the foundations for change
  • Making the vision real
  • Challenge your assumptions
  • Ask searching questions
  • Take a different view
  • Combine the unusual
  • Adapt, adopt, improve
  • Break the rules
  • Analyse first
  • Increase the yield
  • Implement
  • Welcome failure
  • Use the team
  • Organizing for innovation
  • Common mistakes: 12 great ways to crush creativity
  • Summary
  • The lateral leadership course
  • Appendix 1 Tools and techniques
  • A. Brainstorming
  • B. Random word
  • C. Restate the problem
  • D. Similies
  • E. Reverse the problem
  • F. Break the rules
  • G. The worst solution
  • H. Idea cards
  • I. Found objects
  • J. Pass the parcel
  • K. Roll the dice
  • L. Successive integration
  • M. The path to the ideal
  • N. Lateral thinking puzzles
  • O. The ideal competitor
  • P. What if?
  • Q. Six serving men
  • R. Remote architects
  • S. Six thinking hats
  • T. Rapid-fire storytelling
  • U. Spending 10
  • V. What's on television tonight?
  • W. Scamper
  • X. Transformers
  • Y. Personalities
  • Z. The ideas board
  • Appendix 2 Answers to lateral thinking puzzles
  • References and recommended reading