Managing Creativity and Innovation
eBook - PDF

Managing Creativity and Innovation

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  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Managing Creativity and Innovation

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About this book

Packed with practical information designed for business readers and managers at all levels, this essential volume offers insights on managing creativity in groups, developing creative conflict, and using technology to help foster innovation.

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Information

Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9781591391128
eBook ISBN
9781422131763
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. 1. Types of Innovation-Several Types on Many Fronts
  4. Incremental and Radical Innovation
  5. Factors That Favor Incremental Innovation
  6. Innovations in Processes
  7. Lowering Costs Through Step Reductions
  8. Service Innovations
  9. Summing Up
  10. 2. The S-Curve-A Concept and Its Lessons
  11. The S-Curve Explained
  12. Three Lessons
  13. Summing Up
  14. 3. Idea Generation-Opening the Genie's Bottle
  15. New Knowledge
  16. Tapping the Ideas of Customers
  17. Beware the Tyranny of Served Markets
  18. Learning from Lead Users
  19. Empathetic Design
  20. Invention Factories and Skunkworks
  21. Open Market Innovation
  22. The Role of Mental Preparation
  23. How Management Can Encourage Idea Generation
  24. A Climate of Innovation
  25. Hire Innovative People
  26. Encourage the Cross-Pollination of Ideas
  27. Two Idea-Generating Techniques
  28. Summing Up
  29. 4 Recognizing Opportunities-Dont Let the Good Ones Slip By
  30. A Method for Opportunity Recognition
  31. Rough-Cut Business Evaluation
  32. Summing Up
  33. 5. Moving Innovation to Market- Will It Fly?
  34. The Idea Funnel
  35. Stage-Gate Systems
  36. A Caution on Funnels and Stage-Gate Systems
  37. Financial Issues
  38. Extending Innovation Through Platforms
  39. Summing Up
  40. 6. Creativity and Creative Groups-Two Keys to Innovation
  41. Myths About Creativity
  42. Three Components of Individual Creativity
  43. Characteristics of Creative Groups
  44. Handling Conflict in Groups
  45. Time Pressure and Creativity
  46. Six Steps for Increasing Your Own Creativity
  47. Summing Up
  48. 7. Enhancing Creativity-Enriching the Organization and Workplace
  49. Organizational Enrichment
  50. Enriching the Physical Workplace
  51. Summing Up
  52. 8. What Leaders Must Do-Making a Difference
  53. Develop an Innovation-Friendly Culture
  54. Tips for Changing Organizational Culture
  55. Establish Strategic Direction
  56. Be Involved with Innovation
  57. Be Open but Skeptical
  58. Improve the Idea-to-Commercialization Process
  59. Apply Portfolio Thinking
  60. Put People with the Right Stuff in Charge
  61. Create an Ambidextrous Organization
  62. Summing Up
  63. Appendix A The Time Value of Money
  64. What Is Time Value?
  65. Appendix B Useful Implementation Tools
  66. Notes
  67. Glossary
  68. For Further Reading
  69. Index
  70. About the Subject Adviser
  71. About the Writer