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The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies (New Edition)By Scott PageScott Page takes us on a really engaging tour that examines why diversity matters. He quickly shows us diversity can be framed in many, many ways: and more than that, he can show proof after proof for... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of in a Global EconomyBy Judith EstrinDoes innovation come about by luck or hard work? Is it a flash of inspiration or the result of careful management? Are innovators born or taught? Judith Estrin provides the answers to these and other [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked WorldBy Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir SawhneyAs the landscape becomes more diverse and more confusing, there is a desperate need to better understand different models for network-centric innovation. Managers need rigorous and analytical advice o... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of BusinessBy Jeff HoweFirst identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless OrganizationsBy Ori Brafman and Rod BeckstromWhat's the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia, craigslist, and Skype? What do eBay and General Electric have in common with the abolitionist and women’s rights movements? What fundamental [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative GeniusBy Michael MichalkoMichael does not simply show problems in creativity without a creative plan-of-action for facilitation. He brings creative solutions to mind and elaborates on them in detail. He gives many examples fo... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Rethinking the Future: Rethinking Business, Principles, Competition, Control & Complexity, Leadership, Markets, and the WorldBy Rowan GibsonFrom this all-star cast of today's most highly-regarded business philosophers, futurists and practitioners comes a panoramic perspective of how organizations can be redesigned to thrive in tomorrow's [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Global Remix: The Fight for Competitive AdvantageBy Richard ScaseGlobal Remix examines the challenges faced by Western businesses as a result of the rise of Asian, Eastern European, and Latin American economies and highlights the opportunities it affords. Issues ad... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without OrganizationsBy Clay Shirky"How do trends emerge and opinions form? The answer used to be something vague about word of mouth, but now it's a highly measurable science, and nobody understands it better than Clay Shirky. In this... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Out of Our Minds: Learning to be CreativeBy Ken Robinson"I shall add Ken Robinson's absorbing account of creativity to my personal list of gems. I was sorry to reach the end of the text, as it had maintained its momentum throughout. The reading may finish,... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Strategic Intuition: The Creative Spark in Human Achievement (Columbia Business School)By William DugganWhether the subject is art, science, or business, William Duggan takes us on a fascinating exploration into how the human brain connects experience and knowledge to create entirely new ideas in moment... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America's Greatest InventorBy Michael Gelb, Sarah Miller CaldicottBack in the fifties, Thomas Edison was quite rightly represented to us as the epitome of American industry and innovation. Some of us may have wondered how he did that. Gelb and Caldicott describe fiv... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Get Curious, Get Adventurous, Get CreativeBy Chris Barez-BrownNot only does it offer a variety of insights into how to generate great ideas, it offers up actionable and realistic ways to apply this thinking within your organization. The book feels alive. Bavez-B... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Leadership for the Common Good: Tackling Public Problems in a Shared-Power WorldBy Barbara C. Crosby, John M. BrysonFirst published in 1992, this book presented a revolutionary approach to community and organizational leadership in a shared-power world. Now, in this completely revised and updated edition, the autho... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Group Creativity: Innovation through CollaborationBy Paul B. Paulus, Bernard A. NijstadMost research and writing has focused on individual creativity. Yet, in recent years there has been an increasing acknowledgment of the importance of the social and contextual factors in creativity. E... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with PicturesBy Dan RoamThe premise behind Roam's book is simple: anybody with a pen and a scrap of paper can use visual thinking to work through complex business ideas. Management consultant and lecturer Roam begins with a [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World LearnsBy Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, Michael B. HornAccording to recent studies in neuroscience, the way we learn doesn't always match up with the way we are taught. If we hope to stay competitive-academically, economically, and technologically—w... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global NetworksBy C.K. Prahalad and M.S. KrishnanFrom the greatest minds in business today comes a groundbreaking new blueprint for executing the next stage of customer-created value. C.K. Prahalad, the world's premier business thinker, and IT schol... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business WinBy Polly G. LaBarre and William C. TaylorFast Company cofounder William C. Taylor and Polly LaBarre, a longtime editor at the magazine, give you an inside look at the "most original minds in business" wherever they find them: from Pro... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |
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Expect the Unexpected (or You Won't Find It): A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of HeraclitusBy Roger von OechVon Oech uses 30 of Heraclitus's pithy and paradoxical epigrams to approach problems in a fresh manner. He explains his premise: "Creative thinking involves imagining familiar things in a new light, d... [BUY NOW FROM AMAZON.COM] |