Leadership for innovation : how to organize team creativity and harvest ideas

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Title:

Leadership for innovation : how to organize team creativity and harvest ideas

Author:

Adair, John Eric, 1934-

ISBN:

9780749454791

Personal Author:

Adair, John Eric, 1934-

Publication Information:

Philadelphia : Kogan Page Limited, 2009.

Physical Description:

x, 134 pages ; 22 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

What is innovation? -- The conditions for successful innovation -- Organizing for team creativity -- Case study : the DNA laboratory -- Case study : Soichiro Honda-leader for innovation -- Real commitment from the top -- How to motivate the creative individual -- Team creativity -- Harvesting ideas -- Overcoming resistance to change.

Subject Term:

Creative ability in business -- Management -- Case studies.

Technological innovations -- Management -- Case studies.

Creative ability in business -- Management. (OCoLC)fst00882440

Technological innovations -- Management. (OCoLC)fst01145035

Genre:

Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765

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Summary

New ideas and new ways of doing things are one of the main ingredients in sustained business success, but how do you create the right conditions for innovation?

Leadership for Innovation will help you to create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services. Drawing upon real-life examples including Google, Honda and 3M, John Adair sets out practical ways for bringing about change in organizations. As well as identifying the characteristics of an innovative organization, he discusses key topics such as organizing for team creativity; motivating creative people, how to build on ideas and how to be a creative leader and team member.

Leadership for Innovation will help you to inspire your team to go that one step further and generate the kind of ideas that are the foundations of future success.