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When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups Hardback - 1999

by Dorothy Leonard-Barton; Walter C. Swap

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The authors offer managers proven strategies for generating the group dynamics that lie at the heart of innovative thinking, including specific techniques for re-channeling the tensions of conflicting points of view into new ideas and alternative options.

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Where do the best creative ideas come from? Most managers assume that it's the readily identifiable "creative types" that offer the quickest route to out-of-the-box thinking. Yet, say Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, most innovations spring from well-led group interactions. The authors sweep aside conventional thinking about creativity and offer proven strategies for stimulating and directing the group dynamics that lie at the heart of innovative thinking. When Sparks Fly outlines and analyzes each step in the creative process and gives practical suggestions for managing teams. According to Fortune, "The insights in the lively book could turbocharge your team (and maybe even your career)."

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Jeri Davis, vice president of R&D for the company, glanced around the room.

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  • Title When Sparks Fly: Igniting Creativity in Groups
  • Author Dorothy Leonard-Barton; Walter C. Swap
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 242
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
  • Publication date August 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780875848655 / 0875848656
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.98 in (24.13 x 16.26 x 2.49 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Teams in the workplace, Creative ability in business
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99020608
  • Dewey Decimal Code 658.403

About the author

Dorothy Leonard is the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration Emerita at Harvard Business School. Walter Swap is the former dean of The Colleges and professor of psychology at Tufts University.
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