The creative discipline
Subtitle: mastering the art and science of innovation
By: Nancy K. Napier and Mikael Nilsson.
Contributors: Nilsson, Mikael, 1967-
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780275998844
Subjects: Creative ability in business; Technological innovations
Description: "Why are some organizations more creative than others? What sets innovative, high-performing organizations apart? Can creativity and innovation be learned and enhanced? In The Creative Discipline, creativity experts Nancy Napier and Mikael Nilsson answer these questions and explain the six key factors that power creative, high-achieving organizations. Business people will learn how innovative organizations get superior results from employees, not just through disciplined methods of thinking, but also through free-flowing work spaces and work practices that help supercharge the imagination."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Creativity myopia; title: Three disciplines and three "aces" : right now, right for now; title: Within-discipline thinking : mastery for creativity; title: Out-of-discipline thinking; title: Disciplined process; title: Faces : the creative agents who make creativity happen; title: Places : spatial and social architecture; title: Traces : creating magic in organizations; title: Creativity and innovation as competitive advantages : moving target?.