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Creative Approaches to Problem Solving
Creative Approaches to Problem Solving (CAPS) is a comprehensive text covering the well-known, cited, and used system for problem solving and creativity known as Creative Problem Solving (CPS). CPS is a flexible system used to help individuals and groups solve problems, manage change, and deliver innovation. It provides a framework, language, guidelines, and set of easy-to-use tools for understanding challenges, generating ideas and transforming promising ideas into action. Features and Benefits: - Specific objectives in each chapter for the reader - This provides a clear focus for instruction or independent learning - Practical case study introduced in the beginning of each chapter and then...
Practice Problems for Creative Problem Solving
This book features 50 brief situations that present interesting opportunities and open-ended challenges to engage students in Creative Problem Solving. These brief, practical, everyday situations provide motivating starting points for practicing CPS with groups of many sizes and ages. Grades 3-8
Creative Problem Solving
Creative Problem Solving is a process that allows people to apply both creative and critical thinking to find solutions to everyday problems. Creative Problem Solving eliminates the tendency to approach problems in a haphazard manner and, consequently, prevents surprises and/or disappointment with the solution. Used by thousands of group leaders seeking a friendly introduction to using Creative Problem Solving, this book is a time-honored classic. Creative Problem Solving: An Introduction is based on more than five decades of extensive research, development, and field experience in educational settings, businesses, and many other organizations. Written for both group leaders and individuals ...
Meeting the Innovation Challenge
Meeting the Innovation Challenge offers a new way to look at creative leadership that integrates both leadership and management. This book also provides the student key insights into a new and more systematic way to manage transformation. As a result, the student will be able to discover a full range of potential outcomes from their change efforts - from radical new to the world transformation to incremental improvements. Since people are at the heart of any transformation issue, Meeting the Innovation Challenge includes helpful information on the various roles required to initiate and sustain change efforts. Many change initiatives use teams, so specific tools are outlined to create and man...
Discovering Creativity
The conference proceedings contain the following papers: "Hard Organizational Development" (Anthony); "Positive Impact of Humor in the Workplace or TQM (Total Quality Mirth) in Organizations" (Collier); "Introducing the Integrated Programme for the Creative Training of Leaders" (Diaz-Carrera); "Vision of Quality versus the Quality Vision" (Green); "Flying High" (Musselwhite); "COMM=Unity" (Rose); "Seven Levels of Change Model" (Smith); "Creative Community Development" (Chwedorowicz); "Managing Diversity in Communication and Problem Solving with Effective Levels of Abstraction" (Murdock); "Entrepreneurs" (Rosenfeld et al.); "Learnings from Selection" (Tassoul); "Fire This Time" (Barnes); "Cre...
Focus on Leadership
"Focus on Leadership" ist eine Sammlung inspirierender Essays zum Thema Servant-Leadership im erwerbswirtschaftlich und nicht erwerbswirtschaftlich tätigen Unternehmensumfeld. Der Band diskutiert ausführlich, wie das Konzept der Servant-Leadership sich immer mehr an die Spitze des Führungsdenkens setzt. Ein Servant-Leader (Diener-Führungsperson) will anderen helfen, sie unterstützen und motivieren. Seine eigene Motivation schöpft er aus der Förderung seiner Mitarbeiter. Mit einem Vorwort von Ken Blanchard und Beiträgen berühmter Experten auf diesem Gebiet, wie z.B. von Max DePree, Stephen Covey, Margaret Wheatley, John Bogle und Warren Bennis. Ausführlich erörtert werden die einflussreichen und frischen Ideen, die aus der Servant-Leadership erwachsen sind, darunter das Konzept der Führung ohne Hierarchie, der Organisation im Wandel und der geteilten Verantwortung in einer globalen Umgebung.
Cross-Cultural Innovation
Unter dem Thema "Cross-Cultural Innovation" haben Wissenschaftler, Berater und Führungskräfte aus 20 Nationen ihre Erfahrungen, Forschungsergebnisse, Ideen und Visionen über die befruchtende Wirkung interkultureller Unterschiede auf Innovationen ausgetauscht und diskutiert. Das vorliegende Buch ist eine repräsentative Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse des Treffens der weltweit führenden Experten für Kreativität und Innovation, das Anfang September 2003 zum zweiten Mal in Deutschland stattfand. In den Kategorien Neue Gedanken, Theorien und Modelle; Empirische Untersuchungen; Praktische Erfahrungsberichte aus der Geschäftswelt; Praktische Erfahrungsberichte über die Anwendung von Methoden und Techniken; Praktische Erfahrungsberichte aus der Bildung wird dargestellt, wie das Aufeinandertreffen unterschiedlicher Kulturen positive Impulse für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft bewirkt. Darüber hinaus spiegeln die 36 Artikel der international renommierten Autoren die neuesten praktischen und theoretischen Erkenntnisse über Kreativität und Innovation weltweit wieder. Das Buch richtet sich an Studierende, Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Praktiker gleichermaßen.
Mediating With Picasso
From the only mediator in the US with a masters degree in creativity, "Mediating with Picasso" is part mediation text, part memoir, and a great read! You will come away from "Mediating with Picasso" convinced you are more creative than you probably think you are. Then, through real life examples, mediation 'war stories, ' quotable quotes, surveys and exercises found in the Workbook, Louise demonstrates how you can increase your creativity, then apply your inherent creativity when you need it most - in conflict situations.
The Design Studio Method
Solves wicked design problems that crop up during the design process. Contains tips and tricks from the works of master designers and innovators like Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison, and Pablo Picasso. Shows you how to involve all members of the creative process—from clients to directors—so that everyone participates, critiques, and innovates. Features real-world examples of Design Studio projects that highlight the successes of this method and ways to adapt it to your needs.
