HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity: (HBR Guide)

Without creativity, innovation is impossible. Creativity is the key driver of innovation, but too many teams and projects are organized in ways that stifle new ideas. It's your job as a manager to create the right conditions for creativity to thrive--and to be part of the process yourself. Fortunately, anyone can use a method-driven approach to teach and learn to be more creative. The HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity will show you how to design a work environment that allows you and your team to change how you think, reach your creative potential, and achieve groundbreaking results. This guide will help you: get out of a creativity rut; overcome the fear that blocks creativity; balance creativity with productivity; model a creative mindset for your team; encourage curiosity and experimentation; avoid breakdowns in creative collaboration; and bring breakthrough ideas to life. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

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Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, nine international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Kitty Hendrix has been an actor/singer nearly all of her life, appearing on stage, in film and television, and on concert stages on both the East and West coasts. She has originated nearly thirty leading roles and sung on stages such as Carnegie Hall and Symphony Hall, Boston. She has been an owner/producer of two theater companies and also owned a successful interior design firm. In 2013 Kitty recorded her first audiobook. She was hooked. With wide vocal and emotional range, she is known to have a voice with "gravitas" and can express deep emotional power. She enjoys immersing herself in the POV of the author and the many diverse characters she has portrayed. She is as comfortable performing historical biographies as she is cozy mysteries and thrillers. Kitty has recorded over 100 audiobooks, mostly with major publishers and in nearly every genre. She has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, been nominated for an Audie (with a title that she self-produced) and been recognized for her narration by Jo Reed of Behind The Mic, AudioFile Magazine, and Library Journal. Kitty Hendrix has been an actor/singer nearly all of her life, appearing on stage, in film and television, and on concert stages on both the East and West coasts. She has originated nearly thirty leading roles and sung on stages such as Carnegie Hall and Symphony Hall, Boston. She has been an owner/producer of two theater companies and also owned a successful interior design firm. In 2013 Kitty recorded her first audiobook. She was hooked. With wide vocal and emotional range, she is known to have a voice with "gravitas" and can express deep emotional power. She enjoys immersing herself in the POV of the author and the many diverse characters she has portrayed. She is as comfortable performing historical biographies as she is cozy mysteries and thrillers. Kitty has recorded over 100 audiobooks, mostly with major publishers and in nearly every genre. She has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, been nominated for an Audie (with a title that she self-produced) and been recognized for her narration by Jo Reed of Behind The Mic, AudioFile Magazine, and Library Journal. As a full-time voice talent and Audie-nominated audiobook narrator, Lyle Blaker has narrated nearly 100 audiobook titles, as well as countless hours of e-learning narration for major companies such as Houghton Mifflin, Harvard Business School, and Refinery Pass, and is an often-used voice for WGBH Channel 2 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is known for his warm, friendly, and approachable narration style. As a full-time voice talent and Audie-nominated audiobook narrator, Lyle Blaker has narrated nearly 100 audiobook titles, as well as countless hours of e-learning narration for major companies such as Houghton Mifflin, Harvard Business School, and Refinery Pass, and is an often-used voice for WGBH Channel 2 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is known for his warm, friendly, and approachable narration style.