Group genius : the creative power of collaboration

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Title:

Group genius : the creative power of collaboration

Author:

Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

ISBN:

9780465071920

Personal Author:

Sawyer, R. Keith (Robert Keith)

Publication Information:

New York : Basic Books, c2007.

Physical Description:

xiii, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

Preface -- The collaborative team -- The power of collaboration -- Improvising innovation -- Group flow -- From groupthink to group genius -- The collaborative mind -- Small sparks -- Collaboration over time -- Conversation and the mind -- The collaborative organization -- Organizing for improvisation -- The collaborative web -- Collaborating with customers -- Creating the collaborative economy -- References -- Index.

Abstract:

"Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative - even when you're alone. Sawyer's book is filled with compelling stories about the inventions that changed our world: the ATM, the mountain bike, and open source operating systems, among others. In each case, Sawyer shows the true story of innovation: in spite of the "lone genius" myths that always spring up after an invention's success, these important inventions always originate in collaboration."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Group problem solving.

Creative thinking.

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Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In this authoritative and fascinating new book, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative-even when you're alone. (That "eureka" moment in the bathtub couldn't have come to Archimedes if he hadn't spent so many hours arguing and comparing notes with his fellow mathematicians and philosophers.) Sawyer draws on compelling stories of inventions and innovations: the inventors of the ATM, the mountain bike, and open source operating systems, among others, to demonstrate the freewheeling ways of true innovation. He shares the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz groups,theater ensembles, and conversation analysis, to show us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity.