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When Sparks Fly

Igniting Creativity in Groups

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton,Walter C. Swap

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When Sparks Fly

Igniting Creativity in Groups

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton,Walter C. Swap

How does a leader manage for creativity? Many managers fall into the trap of assuming that only gifted individuals--readily identifiable "creative types"--can produce breakthrough thinking, and if you don't have an eccentric genius on your team, your efforts are doomed to mediocrity. Some even argue that creativity is an art that can't possibly be planned or managed without extinguishing the vital creative spark. Yet, say Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, today's most innovative, complex services, products and processes spring from well-led, well-managed group interactions. Blending their backgrounds in business and psychology into a fresh perspective, Leonard and Swap sweep aside conventional thinking about creativity to show how managers can actively shape group processes to enhance creative output. They offer proven strategies based on a deep understanding of human behavior for stimulating and directing the group dynamics that lie at the heart of innovative thinking. The book clearly outlines and analyzes each step in the creative process and gives practical suggestions for managing creative teams, including specific techniques for composing groups to maximize creative abrasion, re-channeling the tensions of conflicting points of view into new ideas and alternative options, and failing forward to success. Leonard and Swap explore how all aspects of the work environment, from leadership style to the promotion of passion to the use of space to maximize serendipity, can enhance innovation. Drawing on examples in companies that range from small startups to Fisher-Price, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, When Sparks Fly shows how sophisticated managers can galvanize groups to maximize their creative potential.

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Harvard Business Press

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0875848656

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9780875848655

Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

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Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

Brings together the works on knowledge and innovation, including the implementation of various processes and products. This title contains articles from journals in diverse fields and chapters that cover the innovation process, from its inception in peoples' heads to its implementation.

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World Scientific

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9814295493

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9789814295499

Deep Smarts

How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom

By: Dorothy Leonard,Walter C. Swap

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Deep Smarts

How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom

By: Dorothy Leonard,Walter C. Swap

Deep smarts are the engine of any organization as well as the essential value that individuals build throughout their careers. Distinct from IQ, this type of expertise consists of practical wisdom: accumulated knowledge, know-how, and intuition gained through extensive experience. How do such smarts develop? And what happens when people with deep smarts leave a particular job or the organization? Can any of their smarts be transferred? Should they be? Basing their conclusions on a multi-year research project, Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap argue that cultivating and managing deep smarts are critical parts of any leader's job. The authors draw on examples from firms of all sizes and types to illustrate the connection between deep smarts and organizational viability and continuous innovation. Leonard and Swap describe the origins and limits of deep smarts and outline processes for cultivating and leveraging them across the organization. Developing an experience repertoire and receiving strategic guidance from wise coaches can help individuals move up the ladder of expertise from novice to master. Addressing a topic of increasing importance as the Boomer generation retires, Deep Smarts challenges leaders to take a hands-on approach to managing the experience-based knowledge shaping the future of their organizations.

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304

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Harvard Business Review Press

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1633690377

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9781633690370

Knowledge Management

An Evolutionary View

By: Irma Becerra-Fernandez,D. E Leidner,Dorothy Leidner

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Knowledge Management

An Evolutionary View

By: Irma Becerra-Fernandez,D. E Leidner,Dorothy Leidner

This book serves as a complete introduction to the subject of Knowledge Management (KM), and incorporates technical as well as social aspects, concepts as well as practical examples, and traditional KM approaches as well as emerging topics. Knowledge Management: Systems and Processes enhances the conventional exposition of KM with an in-depth discussion of the technologies used to facilitate the management of knowledge in large and small organizations. This includes a complete description of the theory and applications of the various techniques and technologies currently in use to manage organizational knowledge. The discussion of technology is at a level appropriate for the typical business administration graduate student or corporate manager. Special features:* Includes case studies of actual implementations of KM systems, including details such as system architecture * Contains numerous vignettes describing practical applications of KM initiatives at leading firms and governmental organizations * Provides a balanced view of knowledge management, while incorporating benefits and controversial issues, and both technology and social aspects * Extremely current, making extensive use of latest developments in, and examples from, the field of KM * Written by two proficient and recognized researchers in the field of KM.

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345

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Routledge

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1317478495

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9781317478492

Critical Knowledge Transfer

Tools for Managing Your Company's Deep Smarts

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton,Walter C. Swap,Gavin Barton

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Critical Knowledge Transfer

Tools for Managing Your Company's Deep Smarts

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton,Walter C. Swap,Gavin Barton

Addressing the critical issue of knowledge transfer within an organization, this book offers practical advice on how to structure the transition of documented information and the even more valuable non-documented knowledge that outgoing staffers have-before it leaves with them.

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1422168115

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Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity And Innovation

By: Dorothy A Leonard

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Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity And Innovation

By: Dorothy A Leonard

This book pulls together for the first time, works on knowledge and innovation, including the implementation of new processes and products, written by Dorothy A Leonard over more than two decades. It consists of articles from journals in diverse fields (e.g. the award-winning article on Core Capabilities and Core Rigidities) and book chapters that cover the innovation process, from its inception in peoples' heads to its implementation. An underlying theme running throughout the book is managing the flow of knowledge that propels innovation — especially tacit knowledge. Such knowledge is difficult to transfer or embody in a new product, process or service. However, it is not only essential but often comprises the most valuable component in the innovation. The opening chapter, written expressly for this volume, probes the connections between tacit knowledge, creativity and innovation. İ İ i

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When Sparks Fly

When Sparks Fly

Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation

Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation

Deep Smarts

Deep Smarts

Knowledge Management

Knowledge Management

Critical Knowledge Transfer

Critical Knowledge Transfer

Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity And Innovation

Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity And Innovation

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