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Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)

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Description for Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying) Hardcover. A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killers

Everybody wants innovation or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killers

Everybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage "outside the box" thinking. It shows that the antidote to this self-defeating behavior is to identify which of the six major types of constraints are hindering innovation: individual, group, organizational, industry-wide, societal, or technological. Once innovators and other leaders understand exactly which constraints are working against them and how to overcome them, they can create conditions that foster innovation instead of stopping it in its tracks.

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  • The author's research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Guardian and San Jose Mercury News, as well as on Fox News and on NPR's Marketplace
  • Includes illustrative examples from leading organizations
  • Offers a practical guide for bringing new ideas to fruition even within a previously rigid organizational culture

This book gives people in organizations the conceptual framework and practical information they need to innovate successfully.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781118002902
SKU
V9781118002902
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About David A Owens
DAVID A. OWENS is professor at Vanderbilt’s Graduate School of Management. He specializes in management, innovation, and product design, and has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and NPR’s Marketplace. Recently he served as CEO of Griffin Technology Inc.

Reviews for Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)
"Creative People Must Be Stopped is among the best books ever written about human imagination in the workplace. David Owens is a master innovator, having practiced his craft as a product designer, researcher, teacher, creativity coach, and executive.  The breadth and depth of his experience fills every page of this little gem, which is chock full of hundreds of big ... Read more

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