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A 5-part process that will transform your organization -- or your career -- into a non-stop creativity juggernaut
We live in an era when business cycles are measured in months, not years. The only way to sustain long term innovation and growth is through creativity-at all levels of an organization. Disciplined Dreaming shows you how to create profitable new ideas, empower all your employees to be creative, and sustain your competitive advantage over the long term. Linkner distills his years of experience in business and jazz -- as well as hundreds of interviews with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and artists -- into a 5-step process that will make creativity easy for you and your organization. The methodology is simple, backed by proven results.
Empowers individuals, teams, and organizations to meet creative challenges posed by the marketplace
Turns the mystery of creativity into a simple-to-use process
Shows how creativity can be used for everything from innovative, game-shifting breakthroughs to incremental advances and daily improvements to business processes
Offers dozens of practical exercises, thought-starters, workouts to grow "creative muscles," and case studies
Disciplined Dreaming shows even the stuffiest corporate bureaucracies how to cultivate creativity in order to become more competitive in today's shifting marketplace.
Autorentext
JOSH LINKNER is founder and chairman of ePrize, a dominant player in the promotions industry serving 74 of the top 100 brands. He is a four-time entrepreneur, venture capitalist, accomplished jazz musician, and highly sought-after keynote speaker. He has won several business, technology, and design awards, including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Crain's 40 under 40, Automation Alley's CEO of the Year, and the Detroit Executive of the Year.
For more information, please visit www.joshlinkner.com
Zusammenfassung
A 5-part process that will transform your organization or your career into a non-stop creativity juggernaut We live in an era when business cycles are measured in months, not years. The only way to sustain long term innovation and growth is through creativity-at all levels of an organization. Disciplined Dreaming shows you how to create profitable new ideas, empower all your employees to be creative, and sustain your competitive advantage over the long term. Linkner distills his years of experience in business and jazz as well as hundreds of interviews with CEOs, entrepreneurs, and artists into a 5-step process that will make creativity easy for you and your organization. The methodology is simple, backed by proven results.
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Inhalt
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1 The Case for Creativity 7
2 Disciplined Dreaming: Your System for Creativity 19
Step One Ask
3 Defining the Creativity Challenge 41
4 Driving Curiosity and Awareness 59
Step Two Prepare
5 Gaining the Keys to a Creative Mind and Culture 81
6 Preparing Your Environment to Promote Creative Passion 109
Step Three Discover
7 Discovering the Ways of Creativity 125
Step Four Ignite
8 Generating Creative Sparks 143
9 Igniting the Sparks of Creativity: The Eight Most Powerful Techniques 163
Step Five Launch
10 Bringing Your Ideas to Life: The Launch 185
Epilogue: The Power of One 205
Appendix A: The Top Six Creativity Myths (and Truths) 207
Appendix B: Additional Warm-Up Exercises to Jump-Start Creativity 211
Notes 213
Acknowledgments 219
About the Author 221
Index 223