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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative Ken Robinson Capstone Publishing Ltd. 2011) How and why to think differently about learning to be creative This is a “New Edition, Fully Updated” of a book first published in 2001. Why a second edition?

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APRIL 6, 2011

Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity Josh Linkner Jossey-Bass (2011) Dreaming on “the other side of complexity” The title of this book refers to what its subtitle promises to provide: “a proven system to drive breakthrough creativity,” one that requires highly- developed mental and emotional discipline.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Spark: How Creativity Works Julie Burstein Harper/HarperCollins (2011) The process by which to “ignite” creative and innovative thinking that has breakthrough impact I have read and reviewed most of the books published during the past decade whose authors focus on leadership and/or management of creativity, innovation, and/or collaboration within a (..)

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JUNE 13, 2011

Josh Linkner is the New York Times bestselling author of Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 30 business books of 2011. He is the CEO and Managing Partner of Detroit Venture Partners, a venture capital firm rebuilding urban areas through technology and entrepreneurship.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The Innovator’s Manifesto: Deliberate Disruption for Transformational Growth Michael Raynor Crown Business (2011) How and why disruption “provides an explanation of creative creation Frankly, I was unable to fully understand (much less appreciate) the significance of what Joseph A.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women: A Portable Life Coach for Creative Women Gail McMeekin Conari Press (2011) How to discover your unique gifts, claim your personal power, and help others to do so Gail McMeekin devotes a separate chapter to each of the 12 “secrets” and, in fact, none is a secret. Rather, [.].

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Derek Dean and Caroline Webb for The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2011). Source: Organization Practice [.]

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Breaking Away: How Great Leaders Create Innovation That Drives Sustainable Growth – and Why Others Fail Jane Stevenson and Bilal Kaafarani McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why to create a “magic mix” of innovation leadership with innovation processes Year after year, annual lists of the most highly creative organizations include “the usual suspects”: Amazon, (..)

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APRIL 23, 2011

The New How: Creating Business Solutions through Collaborative Strategy Nilofer Merchant O’Reilly Media (2011) Why do so many strategies fail? Usually the fault lies with the strategy itself and/or how it was formulated, and/or how it was executed.

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MARCH 25, 2011

Here is an article written by Herb Schaffner for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network (March 23, 2011). To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * Thousands of business books are published every year, so sometimes [.].

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MAY 16, 2011

I highly recommend the current issue of The New Yorker (May 16, 2011) that includes Malcolm Gladwell’s article, “Creation Myth,” his latest contribution to the “Annals of Business” series. Gladwell is a brilliant journalist but hardly an original business thinker.

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APRIL 22, 2011

Earth Day 2011 I’ve been thinking about Earth Day a lot this year. How do we make the planet a better place, environmentally or otherwise? By making the world we actually live in a better place. Which means affecting the people around you in a positive way. Which means changing their lives for the better, [.].

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DECEMBER 2, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

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APRIL 26, 2011

Kramer that appears in the May 2011 issue of Harvard Business Review. Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. What is the best way to drive innovative work inside organizations? Important clues hide in the stories of world-renowned creators.

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