Download or read book Handbook of Research on Leadership and Creativity written by Michael D. Mumford and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid pace of technological change and globalization of products, competition and services have conspired to place a new premium on innovation for firms across the world. Although many variables influence creativity and innovation, the effective leadership of creative teams has proved especially important. This timely Handbook presents the state of the art for what leaders must do to lead creative teams and how they should do it.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Creativity written by Mark A. Runco and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-04-12 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity influences each of our lives and is essential for the advancement of society. The first edition of the successful Encyclopedia of Creativity helped establish the study of creativity as a field of research in itself. The second edition, published in 2011, was named a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association's Choice publication. Featuring 232 chapters, across 2 volumes, the third edition of this important work provides updated information on the full range of creativity research. There has been an enormous increase in research on the topic throughout the world in many different disciplines. Some areas covered in this edition include the arts and humanities, business, education, mental and physical health, neuroscience, psychology, the creative process and technology. Fundamental subjects are discussed such as the definition of creativity, the development and expression of creativity across the lifespan, the environmental conditions that encourage or discourage creativity, the relationship of creativity to mental health, intelligence and learning styles, and the process of being creative. Creativity is discussed within specific disciplines including acting, architecture, art, dance, film, government, interior design, magic, mathematics, medicine, photography, science, sports, tourism and writing. A wide range of topics are covered. Here is a partial overview by topic: Business and organizational creativity: Advertising, Creative Economies, Creativity Consulting and Coaching, Corporate Creativity, Creativity Exercises, Entrepreneurship, Group Dynamics, Innovation, Leadership, Management of Creative People, Patents, Teams, and Training. The Cognitive Aspects of Creativity: Altered and Transitional States, Analogies, Attention, Breadth of Attention, Cognitive Style, Divergent Thinking, Flow and Optimal Experience, Knowledge, Logic and Reasoning, Metacognition, Mental Models, Memory, Metaphors, Mind Wandering, Mindfulness, Problem-Finding, Problem-Solving, and Remote Associates. The Creative Process: Attribution, Constraints, Discovery, Insight, Inspiration, Intentionality, Motivation, Risk-Taking, and Tolerance for Ambiguity. Education: Children’s Creativity, , Education, Intelligence, Knowledge, Metacognition, Play, Prodigies, Programs And Courses, Talent And Teaching Creativity. Neuroscience Research: Cellular Matter, Grey Matter, Cellular Density; EEG, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Fmri), Music and The Brain, Pupillometry, Systems, The Cerebellum and Transcranial Electrical Stimulation. Psychology: The Big 5 Personality Characteristics, Bipolar Mood Disorders, Childhood Trauma, Depression, Deviance, Dreams, Emotions, Expressive Arts, Grit, Introversion, Jungian Theory, Mad Genius Controversy, Openness, Schizotypy, Suicide, Therapy and Counseling Trauma and Transcendence and Transforming Illness and Visual Art. Social Aspects of Creativity: Awards, Birth Order, Criticism, Consensual Assessment, Diversity, Eminence, Families, Friendships and Social Networks, Geeks, Mentors, Millennials, Networking, Rewards, And Sociology. Society and Creativity: Awards, Climate For Creativity, Cross-Cultural Creativity, Destruction Of Creativity, Law And Society, Social Psychology, Social Transformation, Voting, War, and Zeitgeist. Technology: Chats, Computational Creativity, Computerized Text Analysis, Gaming, Memes, Networks and Maps, and Virtual Reality.

Download or read book Creativity Loops Based Decision Making written by Hassan Qudrat-Ullah and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Handbook of Creativity Innovation in Business written by Rouxelle de Villiers and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book enables readers to develop their own creative thinking and their teams' creative problem-solving skills to generate novel, useful and surprising ideas. The vast majority of companies believe that a culture of innovation and renewal impacts performance and ultimately business results. In contrast, many managers feel ill-equipped to promote a culture of creative endeavour for this type of work-environment and lack the know-how to put it into practice. This book covers theory, practice, and impact metrics of both convergent and divergent thinking tools and provide managers with the ideas, tools and guidance to develop a corporate culture conducive to intrapreneurial thinking, idea creation and testing and moving inventions from ideas to viable business concepts, products and profitable innovations. This book includes numerous step-by-step tutorials to help the reader to learn concepts quickly.

Download or read book Handbook of Creativity Assessment written by Mark A. Runco and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Creativity Assessment provides a holistic overview of the current theories and methods used to evaluate creativity. Setting out clear guidance for the effective assessment of both creative potential and creative performance, it paints a comprehensive picture of the beneficial nature of measuring creativity accurately, however it is expressed.

Download or read book Research and Development in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry written by Peter Bamfield and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-12-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for younger R&D chemists as to how they can quickly evolve skills built around three factors -- people, knowledge and time. It covers the management of scientific personnel, management within a variety of R & D organizational structures, creating a climate of innovation, the management of projects including the time management and communication aspects of the job. As such, it teaches the vital managerial aspects of scientific jobs in industry, which are not taught at university, providing a deep and detailed insight into the intricacies of managing research. The text is divided neatly into four sections: * Harnessing the Human Resource * Organising for an Innovative Environment * Creativity and Innovation * Project Management of Innovation The author, Peter Bamfield, is now working as a consultant. Due to his long experience in the chemical industry, he was elected President of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Industrial Affairs Division, and thus has a profound first-hand view of staff, companies and organizations in and around the industry. This third edition has been revised and updated to take into account global developments and recent changes in regulatory affairs.

Download or read book Creative Selection written by Ken Kocienda and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * An insider's account of Apple's creative process during the golden years of Steve Jobs. Hundreds of millions of people use Apple products every day; several thousand work on Apple's campus in Cupertino, California; but only a handful sit at the drawing board. Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few who worked behind the scenes, a highly-respected software engineer who worked in the final years of the Steve Jobs era—the Golden Age of Apple. Ken Kocienda offers an inside look at Apple’s creative process. For fifteen years, he was on the ground floor of the company as a specialist, directly responsible for experimenting with novel user interface concepts and writing powerful, easy-to-use software for products including the iPhone, the iPad, and the Safari web browser. His stories explain the symbiotic relationship between software and product development for those who have never dreamed of programming a computer, and reveal what it was like to work on the cutting edge of technology at one of the world's most admired companies. Kocienda shares moments of struggle and success, crisis and collaboration, illuminating each with lessons learned over his Apple career. He introduces the essential elements of innovation—inspiration, collaboration, craft, diligence, decisiveness, taste, and empathy—and uses these as a lens through which to understand productive work culture. An insider's tale of creativity and innovation at Apple, Creative Selection shows readers how a small group of people developed an evolutionary design model, and how they used this methodology to make groundbreaking and intuitive software which countless millions use every day.

Download or read book Art and Neurological Disorders written by Alby Richard and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is significant academic interest in the field of art and neurological disorders. Considering how artistic expression may be modified by alterations in neural circuits, as well as in our bodies and everyday lives, associated with a range of disorders and diseases is a rich territory from which to understand the workings of our brains, the unique blend of factors leading to human art making, and disease itself. This book will be an exposé of how different neurological disorders may influence and/or relate to the artistic process, with a particular focus on visual art and painting. The book will interrogate the question of different aspects of neurological disorders and associated brain changes that may impact artistic expression (and vice versa) and will include devoted chapters on Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Mood Disorders, Autism, and Schizophrenia. Moreover, we will elaborate on the question from the perspective of the artist themselves, with chapters that highlight the artistic process in the context of lived experience (either directly or indirectly) with disease-mediated brain changes. Finally, engagement in creative acts has been linked to therapeutic benefits in multiple disease processes and neuroplasticity, which is another line of inquiry directly addressed in the book. As a whole, the volume focuses on themes and concepts at the boundary of creativity and neuroscience in such a way as to be relevant to both the medical and broader (artistic) community.

Download or read book Handbook of Organizational Creativity written by Roni Reiter-Palmon and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Organizational Creativity: Leadership, Interventions, and Macro Level Issues, Second Edition covers creativity from many perspectives in two unique volumes, including artificial Intelligence work, creativity within specific applied domains (e.g., engineering, science, therapy), and coverage of leadership. The book includes individual, team and organizational level factors and includes organizational interventions to facilitate creativity (such as training). Chapters focus on creative abilities and creative problem-solving processes, along with individual differences such as motivation, affect and personality. New chapters include the neuroscience of creativity, creativity and meaning, morality/ethicality and creativity, and creative self-beliefs. Sections on group level phenomena examine team cognition, team social processes, team diversity, social networks, and multi-team systems and creativity. Final coverages includes different types and approaches to leadership, such as transformational leadership, ambidextrous leadership leader-follower relations, and more. - Focuses on the key need to increase creativity and innovation in organizations - Identifies factors influencing organizational creativity in specific subject domains - Discusses effects of rewards, training, and performance management on creativity - Contains new coverage of virtual teams, creative meetings, and multiteam systems - Presents interventions to improve organizational creativity - Explores use of AI, technology, and design thinking for organizational creativity - This expanded second edition is divided into two volumes. For further information on Individual and Group Level Influences visit https://shop.elsevier.com/books/handbook-of-organizational-creativity/reiter-palmon/978-0-323-91840-4

Download or read book Research and Development Management in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry written by Peter Bamfield and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering management skills is hard to achieve by newcomers starting their careers in the chemical industry. The message coming from there is that good chemists swiftly have to become good managers if they are to survive and progress in today's competitive climate. This book is designed to help guide younger R & D chemists to ways in which they can quickly evolve skills which are built around three factors - people, knowledge and time. It covers the management of scientific personnel, management within a variety of R & D organisational structures, creating a climate of innovation, the management of projects including the time management and communication aspects of the job. The author, Peter Bamfield, is now working as a consultant. Due to his long experience in the chemical industry, he was elected President of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Industrial Affairs Division. This second edition of the book has been revised and updated to take recent global developments and restructuring in the chemical industry into account, as well as the rising importance of information technology in management.

Download or read book Awaken The Creative Giant Within written by Dr. Gurudas Bandyopadhyay and published by Dr. Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. This book was released on 2024-07-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10x your life and serve society. Improve your creative spirit. Think more creatively, generate exceptional ideas, and stand apart from the crowd. Think everyone can be creative. Know the secret tools to think creatively. Attract expert insights, and empower you to solve problems on time and in full. Be an expert in fast decision-making with confidence and quality. Know how to systematically inculcate creativity from nothing and unleash your genius. Remove the creativity blocks. Be aware of the tens of misconceptions about creativity and learn how to become an idea generation machine. Be curious to improve your awareness, spark your imagination, practice divergent thinking, and solve problems Do you find opportunities but feel you cannot be creative and expert? Do you feel you lack creativity? Do you feel a lack of creative engagement inhibiting your growth? Do you ever feel you can also do what others do and everything is possible? What if you could learn the sources of creativity and start generating ideas on great demand. How would your life change if you strengthen your inner infrastructure? Let the magic begin Imagine having the courage to face fears and challenges, you find abundant opportunities. Learning from failures you have gathered enough knowledge, skill, and abilities. You have made thinking out of the box your second nature. Dr. Gurudas Bandyopadhyay has done extensive research on improving employee well-being. He has worked with thousands of individuals in tens of organizations across the world. He is dedicated to inspiring people to unlock their potential and be creative for a healthy, happy and prosperous life. In AWAKEN THE CREATIVE GIANT WITHIN you will learn on various sources of creativity, barriers to creativity and how to improve your creative skill and be unbeatable. You will think faster and smarter and more creatively with strong beliefs to unfold your ingenuity. The idea is the new Currency of this century. It plays a pivotal role in any start-up or running a business. It is more important for students, researchers, employees, and professionals. Design your surrounding environment and instill daily routines. Learn from the habits of highly creative people and practice to boost creativity. This book will help you understanding the habits of highly creative people, what they do differently; how creative are you and how to be more creative. Tens of barriers to creativity and misconceptions and how to break the barriers How to collect and connect the dots, especially the diverse dots How to generate huge ideas daily, some of which may be breakthrough ideas; how to be an idea machine. How to build your inner infrastructure with 4 Is and how to strengthen your inner power for a better you developing 7 Cs Applying 3 effective techniques to kick-start the process and awaken your creative genius Practicing 3 effective strategies to enhance your creative ability Finding important 3 areas to care for on the way forward The special section on the way forward will help taking care in the long run to sustain your creative spirit. This creativity guide book explains lot of action steps and exercises to follow to be more practical to unleash your creative potential Ready to be creative? Don’t keep yourself buried under fear or lack of inspiration. Start design thinking and rewire your brain. Be bold and let the magic begin with your first step to think and act creatively. Click the BUY BUTTON above and grab the book.

Download or read book ECEI2009 4th European conference on entrepreneurship and innovation written by Johan Breat and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mastering Creativity in Organizations written by Andrés Hatum and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies best practices, leadership styles, and organizational structures for the stimulation of organizational creativity, with an aim to help any company – not just companies in creative fields or industries – become an organization in which new ideas flow, new processes are developed, and new products are brought to market. Managers will find case studies describing exceptional organizational creativity and practical takeaways that can be applied in their own firms. Students will find concrete analytical frameworks for thinking about creativity in organizations, and academics will find a different approach to the study of creativity, one that is grounded in practice.

Download or read book Origins of Human Innovation and Creativity written by Scott A. Elias and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovation and creativity are two of the key characteristics that distinguish cultural transmission from biological transmission. This book explores a number of questions concerning the nature and timing of the origins of human creativity. What were the driving factors in the development of new technologies? What caused the stasis in stone tool technological innovation in the Early Pleistocene? Were there specific regions and episodes of enhanced technological development, or did it occur at a steady pace where ancestral humans lived? The authors are archaeologists who address these questions, armed with data from ancient artefacts such as shell beads used as jewelry, primitive musical instruments, and sophisticated techniques required to fashion certain kinds of stone into tools. Providing 'state of art' discussions that step back from the usual archaeological publications that focus mainly on individual site discoveries, this book presents the full picture on how and why creativity in Middle to Late Pleistocene archeology/anthropology evolved. Gives a full, original and multidisciplinary perspective on how and why creativity evolved in the Middle to Late Pleistocene Enhances our understanding of the big leaps forward in creativity at certain times Assesses the intellectual creativity of Homo erectus, H. neanderthalensis, and H. sapiens via their artefacts

Download or read book The Innovation Blueprint written by CHANDAN LAL PATARY and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-06-26 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash Your Inner Genius: A 10Week Creativity Odyssey · "Unleash Your Inner Genius" is a captivating guidebook offering a 10week bootcamp for creative exploration. · Participants followed a roadmap to become creative powerhouses, overflowing with brilliant ideas. · Each week featured adventures like unveiling the brain's creative potential, hacking problemsolving, and mixing up the creative cocktail. · The bootcamp covered unconventional techniques, finding inspiration, and sharpening creative tools, while learning from innovators like Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci, and Nelson Mandela. · The program concluded with a deep dive into imagination and creativity, inspiring participants to embark on a lifelong journey of creative exploration.

Download or read book Creative Learning in Higher Education written by Linda S. Watts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides higher education faculty and administrators a scholarly resource on the most salient aspects and emerging trends in creative learning in higher education today. International contributors explore ways to foster creativity in any student, regardless of academic discipline or demographic characteristics and demonstrate that creativity is a skill all students can and should learn. Chapters analyzes how different countries and cultures implement creative learning, exploring issues of instruction, assessment, and ultimately how these practices are transforming learning. This important book helps higher education professionals understand and cultivate creative learning across disciplines in any college and university setting.

Download or read book Homo Creativus written by Todd Lubart and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on creativity and showcases a specific approach to creativity. It uses a new 7 C’s basis for understanding creativity (creators, creating, cooperation, context, creations, consumption, and curricula). This new approach to creativity is an extension of the 4 ‘P’ approach (person, process, press, and product) which has dominated the literature since the 1960s. In each section, there are two chapters, which illustrate work on the topic and focus on some key issues.