The Leader’s Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the creativity and innovation in you and your team

0.0

With a lively and energetic approach, this highly acclaimed author, trainer and presenter will teach you dynamic, up-to-date techniques to unleash the creative energies of your people and show you how to put the techniques to work immediately. You can use lateral thinking to turn your organization around. This book describes how the lateral leader develops the vision, culture and processes that transform a regular business into an innovation hothouse. The book is packed with real-life examples, practical methods and lateral thinking exercises you can put to work today. About The Author Paul Sloane founded the consultancy Destination Innovation (www.destination-innovation.com). He was a top salesman with IBM, UK, Managing Director of Ashton-Tate, Vice President International for MathSoft Inc and CEO of Monactive. Clients for his presentations and workshops include American Express, BT, HP, Lloyds of London, Motorola, Orange, Reckitt Benckiser, Shell and 3M. He is the author of 15 books on lateral thinking puzzles and problem-solving and has written many articles on the subject. Table of Contents Introduction The need for innovation Characteristics of the lateral leader The innovation test Laying the foundations for change Making the vision real Challenge your assumptions Ask searching questions Take a different view Combine the unusual Adapt, adopt, improve Break the rules Analyse first Increase the yield Evaluate Implement Welcome failure Use the team Organizing for innovation common mistakes : 12 great ways to crush creativity Summary The lateral leadership course