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"Transform team members into innovative thinkers; Better problem solving through creative thinking; How to implement innovation." -- Cover

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface -- 1. The innovative organization -- The three arenas of innovation competence -- Categories of innovation: finance, process, offerings, delivery -- Manager's checklist for chapter 1 -- 2. Innovation 101 -- Use the right process for the problem -- Innovative problem solving -- Role of divergent and convergent thinking -- The five pitfalls that hinder innovation -- Skills needed by new product team leaders -- Manager's checklist for chapter 2 -- 3. Creative thinking -- Cultivating natural creativity -- Ideas from brainstorming -- The ladder of abstraction and idea generation -- Ideas from pattern-breaking thinking -- Ideas from suggestion systems -- Triz—left-brained idea generation -- Manager's checklist for chapter 3 -- 4. Process of innovative problem solving -- Phases of the process -- Example of success: an international publisher -- Example of success: whirlpool corporation -- Example of success: united way -- Attributes of successful facilitators of innovation -- Manager's checklist for chapter 4 -- 5. Developing a challenge statement -- Understand the situation -- Craft the challenge statement -- Clarify what you really want—the four quadrants -- Manager's checklist for chapter 5 -- 6. Defining the right problem -- Wibni—the self-seeking process -- Conversion to problem statements -- The magic of criteria in the selection process -- Selecting the right problem -- Manager's checklist for chapter 6 -- 7. Brainstorming to empty the box -- The process -- Manager's checklist for chapter 7 -- 8. Thinking out of the box: breaking patterns -- Experience the power of pattern-breaking thinking -- Requirements for pattern-breaking thinking -- Creative thinking tools -- Idea pool -- Manager's checklist for chapter 8 -- 9. Convergence and implementation -- Staged criteria process -- Convergence process -- Opportunity for personal commitment -- Idea implementation -- Manager's checklist for chapter 9 -- 10. Setting the climate for innovation -- The essence of the right climate -- Intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation -- Hygienic factors and motivating factors -- Power of intrinsic motivation -- Dimensions of the climate for innovation -- Implement ideas -- Manager's checklist for chapter 10 -- 11. Leading innovation in teams -- Develop a social contract to set expectations -- Ensure organizational alignment -- Maximize the value of a compelling mission/vision -- Lead change -- Create a self-sustaining culture of innovation -- Manager's checklist for chapter 11 -- 12. Getting the right people into the right jobs -- Jobs are all about solving problems -- Job demand for problem-solving style -- Jobs on a continuum -- Calculating coping energy, e = dt -- Options for dealing with coping stress -- Styles on a team -- Valuing the differences in problem-solving style -- Making problem-solving style diversity work for your team -- Manager's checklist for chapter 12 -- 13. Coaching for innovation -- Flexibility in leadership style -- Four leadership styles for creativity and innovation -- Caring creates curiosity and discovery -- Theory x and theory y and the leadership style continuum -- What about the team members' perspective? -- Making the transformation to coach leader -- Transformation at a financial institution -- Practices for transforming to a coach leader -- Demonstrating caring led to breakthroughs -- Breakthrough products at a major u.s. Corporation -- Leader coaches involve people all the way -- Manager's checklist for chapter 13 -- A. Worksheets -- Worksheet #1. Clarifying benefits -- Worksheet #2. Overcoming concerns -- Worksheet #3. Identify critical tests -- Worksheet #4. Tree diagram -- Worksheet #5. Who will do what by when?

For any organization competing today, nothing is more important than building teams of creative thinkers and problem solvers. With practical, simple-to-implement leadership techniques, Manager's Guide to Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Teams explains how you can • Create an environment that gets people thinking creatively • Align teams to work toward creative, original solutions • Lead the charge toward a newly innovative organization • Build a self-sustaining culture of innovation Use Manager's Guide to Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Teams to generate better business ideas, create a more compelling workplace, and lead your company well into the twenty-first century.

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