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LEADER: 02579cam a22003614a 4500
001 2006009810
003 DLC
005 20090617084529.0
008 060322s2006 enka b 001 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm65207083
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050 00 $aHD53$b.S57 2006
100 1 $aSloane, Paul,$d1950-
245 14 $aThe leader's guide to skills :$bunlocking the creativity and innovation in you and your team /$c[Paul Sloane].
246 14 $aLeader's guide to lateral thinking skills
246 3 $aLateral thinking skills
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aLondon ;$aPhiladelphia :$bKogan Page,$c2006.
300 $avii, 183 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aAuthor from cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [172]-175) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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 -- Implement -- Welcome failure -- Use the team -- Organizing for innovation -- Common mistakes: 12 great ways to crush creativity -- Summary -- The lateral leadership course -- Appendix 1 Tools and techniques -- A. Brainstorming -- B. Random word -- C. Restate the problem -- D. Similies -- E. Reverse the problem -- F. Break the rules -- G. The worst solution -- H. Idea cards -- I. Found objects -- J. Pass the parcel -- K. Roll the dice -- L. Successive integration -- M. The path to the ideal -- N. Lateral thinking puzzles -- O. The ideal competitor -- P. What if? -- Q. Six serving men -- R. Remote architects -- S. Six thinking hats -- T. Rapid-fire storytelling -- U. Spending 10 -- V. What's on television tonight? -- W. Scamper -- X. Transformers -- Y. Personalities -- Z. The ideas board -- Appendix 2 Answers to lateral thinking puzzles -- References and recommended reading.
650 0 $aCreative ability in business.
650 0 $aLateral thinking.
650 0 $aManagement.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0611/2006009810.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0715/2006009810-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2006009810-b.html