About this title: A pioneering expert on creativity and innovation shows the power of collaboration for individual organizational creativity. Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780465071937ISBN:0465071937
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Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Your Coach Digital
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781596591721ISBN:1596591722
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books 2007
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780465071920ISBN:0465071929
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2008-03-03
ISBN-13:9780465071937ISBN:0465071937
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: 2007-06-04
ISBN-13:9780465071920ISBN:0465071929
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780465071920ISBN:0465071929
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"Admittedly a quick read through, starting with part 2, moving to part 3 and going back to part 1.
Part 2 is perhaps the meatiest of the sections. But it was in part 1 that I gleaned that I should be thinking about this in terms of verbal (versus visual) brainstorming and group work. So that was pretty important.
Lots o' examples which I skimmed, being familiar with many of them. Nice development of taxonomies. Useful. Because of that, the four (instead of three) stars.
Oh, yes. The long description of how there aren't real individual geniuses working alone, but rather building on the work of others.... blah blah blah. Yes, I think that is common sense (although not often used when developing things such as tenure criteria). It was hard to read that section, given my knowledge of things like tenure processes, and the inability of people / society in general to find metrics to "value" the collaborative work which is life. As Donald Norman (yep that Donald Norman) said to me when I was an assistant professor, don't do collaborative work before tenure (or something to that effect) as the system can't handle it."
"Wow, this book blew me away. It condenses and distills much of what various other books hint at in terms of economic transformation. Dr. Sawyer covers a lot of ground, has many, many case studies but does so in a easy to comprehend manner. You can tell he has been an good educator, he writes clearly and concisely and does not talk too much in "business speak". For anyone hoping to make some sense of the "new" economy we are finding ourselves in, this book will either exhilarate you or depress you, depending on your perspective."
"The premise of this book is intriguing. Genius and innovation rarely, if ever, happens as a result of a single person acting alone. Sawyer brings to light many examples of "genius" that seemed to happen alone, but didn't. Bell, Edison, Einstein and others who in reality acted in concert with others, not alone. This idea that people working together always generate the greatest innovation. Sawyer can get bogged down in a bit too much detail for me, but the topic, and his grasp of it, keep me in. Great stuff."
"I have long been a proponent of the concept of group genius long before it was defined by Keith Sawyer. However, to see this corroborated was both inspiring and validating. Let this be an eye opener to those whose can only move when all is mapped out. Nurturing creativity to provide solutions will come more readily to those who understand the process. This is a must read for anyone who needs to work with people for any purpose from community functions to corporate goals."
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