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The Creative Discipline: Mastering the Art and Science of Innovation
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The Creative Discipline: Mastering the Art and Science of Innovation
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Overview
Combining research on creative organizations in several sectors, this book argues that innovative organizations known for doing things differently (and profitably) approach creativity and innovation in similar, disciplined ways, regardless of industry or field. That discipline fosters new ideas, solutions, and approaches, and it ensures that the flow of creativity is constant. The Creative Discipline demonstrates that: -Innovative, high-performing organizations have three disciplines in common: (1) within discipline mastery, (2) out of discipline thinking, and (3) a disciplined process that leads to innovation. -Innovative organizations also have three factors that strengthen the creative disciplines: faces (creative entrepreneurs, leaders, and teams); places (the physical and organizational infrastructure that is reflected in offices, buildings, and location); and traces (elements that act as catalysts for creativity—the culture, networks, and policies that support creative and innovative endeavors). The book explains each factor for creative success in detail. Best, Napier and Nilsson show creativity and innovation at work in a range of sectors from sports to software to theater and contemporary circus. They also show how innovative practices in developed countries like the U.S. and Sweden compare to those in developing countries like Vietnam. Companies can learn to innovate and in the process reap benefits like higher sales and profits, greater productivity—while regaining a valuable element missing in so many workplaces: fun.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780275998844 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 06/30/2008 |
Pages: | 248 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d) |
About the Author
MIKAEL NILSSON is an advisor and researcher on strategy, technology development, and the processes of innovation and change in a broad range of industries. He is currently program manager at the Knowledge Foundation, which focuses on driving Swedish competitiveness through knowledge and competence development. He has held positions at KPMG Consulting, Linkoping University, and been a visiting fellow at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsINTRODUCTION: Quarterbacks, Play Actors, and Engineers
1. Creativity Myopia
2. Three Disciplines and Three Aces: Right Now, Right for Now
3. Within-Discipline Thinking: Mastery for Creativity
4. Out-of-Discipline Thinking
5. Disciplined Process
6. Faces: The Creative Agents Who Make Creativity Happen
7. Places: Spatial and Social Architecture
8. Traces: Creating Magic in Organizations
9. Creativity and Innovation as Competitive Advantages: Moving Target?
Index
What People are Saying About This
"Napier and Nilsson have carefully de-constructed the magic of innovation, then go on to lay out a disciplined and structured approach for re-creating it. No small task!"
"The creative economy is America's best hope to maintain economic leadership in the world. This important book acts as a map, a street guide, for the trip away from smokestacks toward the next productivity boom. Napier and Nilsson are a new wave of business thinkers reinventing our path in the global market."
"This book lives up to its title. This unique, engaging and timely book leads us into the exciting world of creative and innovative organizations and explores how creative processes take place in the interplay between creativity and discipline. A much-needed addition to existing literature and of great value and inspiration to both academic and practitioner audiences."
"Napier and Nilsson's book addresses new and changing systems in a world that needs to change. I love the analogies they use, like football and the circus! These are two forms you don't imagine in the same room, yet Napier and Nilsson neatly fit them into the conceptual intrigue of their book."