"Two executive coaches dispel the myth of one-size-fits-all leadership, showing instead how truly successful leaders allow themselves to be endlessly curious and inquisitive-the key to finding the strategies and insights that transform organizations"-- Provided by publisher.

"How to balance business and creativity to earn a living doing what you love"-- Provided by publisher.

"Stanford d.school directors Jeremy Utley and Perry Klebahn show leaders how to dramatically boost business results by amplifying the creative output of their organizations, drawing from their popular Stanford courses. The number of new ideas a team can generate in a given amount of time correlates directly to its capacity to solve problems and devise breakthrough solutions. This is ideaflow, and companies like Apple, Amazon, and Toyota dominate because...

Modest questions about how today's problems could be solved more effectively lead to applications of technology with easily foreseeable gains. But when people start asking bigger, bolder questions that challenge basic assumptions about how a problem has been framed, they open up space for breakthrough innovations. That's been the pattern in many digital realms, including cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things.

According to the authors, there are few questions in business more powerful than "What problem are you trying to solve?" The authors argue that leaders who can formulate clear problem statements get more done with less effort and move more rapidly than their less-focused counterparts. Clear problem statements can unlock the energy and innovation that lies within those who do the core work of an organization, whether it be manufacturing, product development,...

Innovation is an essential growth lever for organizations. Like any strategic element, it must be managed to ensure the right decision is made at the right time. When we talk about management, we naturally also consider management control. However, using management tools can be a danger to developing creativity - an essential element of innovation. This book examines the interdependencies between management control and creativity. By comparing two...

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