The hothouse effect
Subtitle: intensify creativity in your organization using secrets from history's most innovative communities
By: Barton Kunstler
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Creative ability in business
Description: "In The HotHouse Effect, Barton Kunstler examines the dynamics of diverse communities where creativity has flourished, and pinpoints the factors that drove their exceptional fervor and accomplishments. What's more, he shows you how to assess creativity in your own organization and then establish the environment needed for it to operate at maximum power."

"This book is based on Kunstler's scrupulous study of classic cases - including Elizabethan England, the artistic revolution in Paris in the early 1900s, and the German Bauhaus - along with an array of innovative modern companies. The book includes a survey to help you evaluate your company's strengths and shortfalls in each dimension."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Hothouse Effect; title: The Four Dimensions of the Hothouse Effect; title: The First Dimension: Values/Mission; title: Athens: Showing the Way; title: A High-Tech Hothouse: Inspiration Meets Organization; title: The Second Dimension: Ideas/Exchange; title: Renaissance à la Florentine: "Disturbers, agents of the new"; title: The Art of the Idea: Four Entrepreneurial Innovators; title: The Third Dimension: Perception/Learning; title: The Bauhaus: Learning By Perceiving; title: A Contemporary Bauhaus in Bologna; title: The Fourth Dimension: Social/Play; title: Re-Creating the Universe; title: "It's all in there"; title: Creative Visions in Research and Manufacturing; title: CHAI-T: The Creative Hothouse Assessment Instrument Tablet; title: The Hothouse Challenge!; title: Conclusion