Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
""Reading Originals made me feel like I was seated across from Adam Grant at a dinner party, as one of my favorite thinkers thrilled me with his insights and his wonderfully new take on the world." --Malcolm Gladwell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outliers and The Tipping Point "Originals is one of the most important and captivating books I have ever read, full of surprising and powerful ideas. It will not only change the way you see the...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"'Loonshots is a brilliant and wonderfully entertaining book, an unstoppable read, full of surprises and rich with insight into how people create and nurture things that change the world. It's also an important book. Bahcall, a physicist and biotech entrepreneur, is unfolding the secrets behind successes everywhere.' --Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? Why do traffic jams appear...
Author
Publisher
Quarry Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written by designer and creative educator Rachael Taylor, Power Up Your Creativity is a guide to cultivating a positive and productive creative path, from how to develop creativity, to building a productive practice, to achieving success (and defining on your own terms what that means/looks like).
Author
Publisher
Association for Talent Development
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Grow Your Creativity Skills Creativity is a natural and renewable resource that exists in every person and helps us inspire, communicate, persevere, problem solve, rise to the occasion, and spark innovation. Creativity skills can be developed, nurtured, and cultivated. In the talent development context, TD professionals apply creativity to build personal capability and competitiveness, create talent opportunities, solve talent problems, and address...
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
According to the World Economic Forum, creativity is considered to be the third-most-important skill for employees, behind complex problem-solving and critical thinking. This book will help you rethink your creativity and its value in the work life, giving you access to intellectual, emotional, and reputational benefits that were previously unattainable. Based on a collection of interviews and research, this book translates the latest findings on...
Publisher
ISTE Ltd
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Creativity, whether individual or collective, is often approached without taking into account organizational processes, routines and management systems. However, in today's constantly changing world, developing creativity at all levels of an organization is the key to developing a continuous flow of innovation and solving complex problems in order to achieve set goals. Organizational Creative Capabilities presents a comprehensive approach to creativity,...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur is a unique collection of 366 inspirational meditations for entrepreneurs informed by the curated thoughts and powerful writing of a collection of American authors. It is built on the successful daily devotional model, and is arranged in a calendar format featuring a brief reading from the public domain works of Transcendentalist literature and beyond. The readings are followed by a reflection from the author based on...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller-now updated with a fresh new package-innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right-yet still lose market leadership. Read this international bestseller to avoid a similar fate....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation, have written a powerful and compelling book on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the "creative types." But two of the leading experts in innovation, design, and creativity...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Image
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Wisdom and musings on creativity and life from one of the world’s most beloved musicians, producers, and mentors, Quincy Jones 12 Notes is a self-development guide that will affirm that creativity is a calling that can and should be answered, no matter your age or experience. Drawing from his own life, and those of his many creative collaborators past and present, Quincy Jones presents readers with lessons that are hardworking and accessible,...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This shortform book tells the research story of cultural management, helping scholars to analyse and combine theoretical models into an approach of their own. Cultural management emerged and developed out of the field of arts management in the 1980s, which imported managerial techniques and assumptions from mainstream commercial business into the arts. In the late 1990s, the field integrated entrepreneurial approaches to management in the creative...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A manual for survival and success that asks the most important question today's leaders, in any industry, can ask themselves: What would Google do? To demonstrate how to emulate Google, Jarvis lays out his laws of what he calls "the new Google century," including such insights as: Think distributed; Become a platform; Join the post-scarcity, open-source, gift economy; The middleman has died; Your worst customers are your best friends and your best...
Author
Publisher
For Dummies
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Develop your unique design thinking mindset Build a creative toolbox that inspires new ideas Examine how design thinking applies across industries Challenge your creativity methods Design thinking is not just the property of graphic designers. This approach to creating solutions by thinking from the customer perspective can lead to new and innovative ideas that old methods could not approach.??Design Thinking For Dummies??provides a jump-start to...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
At AT&T, a "raindrop" is an annoying policy, outdated process, or unhelpful tool. When enough of them pool up, people feel like they're drowning in bureaucracy. AT&T's Project Raindrops, which evolved from a grassroots effort to an office with six full-time employees, uses a streamlined process to vet and implement employee ideas on how to fix these annoyances. The company says the project has saved it $230 million so far. AT&T's CTO shares lessons...
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Effective creative work is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity - it's the only way you'll stand out in a fiercely competitive marketplace. Whether you're in digital, direct or advertising, the CEO of an agency or just starting out, How to do better creative work has been written for you.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request