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The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity & Innovation in You and Your Team

The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity & Innovation in You and Your Team


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Challenging conventional approaches and describing new ways of thinking, this book introduces the concept of the "lateral leader" - someone who inspires rather than commands, and values ideas and innovation as much as performance and efficiency. Examples and exercises help to boost your own skills, and practical tips and techniques describe how to build the vision, culture and process of innovation and transform any business into a "powerhouse of creativity".

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction 1.The need for innovation The challenge of change; Change, creativity and innovation; Lateral thinking; Lateral thinking puzzles 2.Characteristics of the lateral leader 3.The innovation test 4.Laying the foundations for change Recognizing the need for change; Painting the vision; Communicating; Tips for setting and communicating the vision 5.Making the vision real Empowering; Overcoming fear; Staying focused; Planning and preparation; Managing the environment; Using innovation techniques; Tips for making the vision a reality 6.Challenge your assumptions Tips for challenging assumptions 7.Ask searching questions Imagination and knowledge; Creating a questioning organization; Tips for asking questions 8.Take a different view Visual links; Tips for adopting a different point of view 9.Combine the unusual Silly combinations are sometimes the strongest; Tips for forcing combinations 1.Adapt, adopt, improve Tips for finding ideas you can adopt and adapt 11.Change the rules Look at the rules in your business; Tips for breaking the rules 12.Increase the yield Harvest the field; Tips for increasing the yield 13.Implement and evaluate Prototyping; Implementation priorities; Evaluation: the gating process 14.Welcome failure Accidents will happen - so make the most of them; Tips for welcoming failure 15.Use the team Training; Tips for using the team; When to go outside - using the external team; Tips for using external sources of ideas 16.Organizing for innovation The challenge for smaller enterprises; How the larger enterprise should prepare; Measuring creativity; Tips for organizing for innovation 17.Common mistakes: 12 great ways to crush creativity Criticism; Neglecting brainstorms; Problem hoarding; Efficiency over innovation; Overworking; It isn't in the plan; Laying the blame; Wrong rewards; Outsourcing change; Promotion from within; Giving innovation projects to production units; No training 18.Summary The magic sentence; Checklist; Lateral leadership in action 19.The lateral leadership course The participants; Phase I: Icebreakers and energizers to start; Phase II: Brainstorming to start the flow; Phase III: The vision and its components; Phase IV: Creative exercises; Phase V: Strategy, goals and objectives; Phase VI: Questioning exercises; Phase VII: Communications plan; Phase VII: Staff issues and empowerment; Phase IX: Competitive and product workshop; Phase X: Innovation process and gating plan; Phase XI: Summary and action list Appendix I: Exercises Appendix II: Answers to lateral thinking puzzles References and recommended reading Index

About the Author :
Paul Sloane Paul Sloane is the founder of Destination Innovation (www.destination-innovation.com). He was a top salesman with IBM, UK, MD of Ashton-Tate, VP International for MathSoft Inc and CEO of Monactive. Clients for his presentations and workshops include Vodafone, GlaxoSmithKline, Phillip Morris, IBM, Equant, BT, Prudential and L`Oreal. He is the author of 10 books on lateral thinking puzzles and problem-solving and has written many articles on the subject.

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"A practical step-by-step guide that can help everyone get creative and use that more effectively."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780749440022
  • Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Kogan Page Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0749440023
  • Publisher Date: 28 Apr 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Unlocking the Creativity & Innovation in You and Your Team


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