COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY - SC-OP [Paperback]

Jack Ricchiuto (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1996

A GOOD PRIMER FOR PARTNERS IN INNOVATION

Since its publication in 1997, Collaborative Creativity continues to be a useful resource for people in the early phases of their learning about making innovation possible. Formatted for easy reading in 72 very brief (1-3 page)essays, author Jack Ricchiuto makes the creative process accessible and collaboration achievable.

This is a good read before going on to the many other great books on creativity and innovation in business out today. Authors like Michalko, Wykoff, Leonard, de Bono, Bennis, Von Oech, and Peters do a good job providing tools and techniques that take you beyond the introduction presented here.

This has proven to be one of the ones to start with.

In Collaborative Creativity, you will explore questions like:

Can creativity and innovation be intentionally cultivated -- or are they simply a matter of genes or luck?

How is the creative process critical to the development of innovations?

What gets in the way of creativity & innovation?

What does it take to be more collaborative in the creative process?

How can organizations become more innovative about how they innovate?

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Collaborative Creativity has been used by leaders in corporations to invigorate innovation in turn-around, process improvement, and development projects. It has been become a valuable resource in classrooms and by web training program developers. It has proven to be an excellent way to introduce people to the importance of collaboration and the possibility of creativity in everyday and high-profile innovations. It is particularly enjoyed by people who want a collage of quick reads to inspire, provoke, and focus their enthusiasm for unleashing the power of shared minds in the creative process.

From the Author

"Collaborative Creativity" was the culmination of two years of research, conversations with innovators, and distillations of my experience with the innovation process in organizations. I reference many sources throughout the book in order to introduce readers to the rich depth that the innovation sciences have evolved to over the past several years.

I wrote this book with two readers in mind: people who want to be more collaborative in their creative processes and people who have leadership roles designed to facilitate and evoke collaboration in any group's creative process. It is always amazing, when the approach is right, how magical the creative process can become!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 145 pages
• Publisher: Oakhill Press (September 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886939128
• ISBN-13: 978-1886939127
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,091,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it!, April 21, 2000

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Michael Michalko (Churchville, New York USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY - SC-OP (Paperback)

As the author of "Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity)" and "Cracking Creativity (The Secrets of Creativity Genius)," I rarely recommend books about creative thinking, because, after all they compete with my books. With this book, I must make an exception. It's a superb book on brainstorming. If you want to become more creative in your business and personal life, buy this book. I guarantee that you won't be disappointed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creativity Unleashed, January 11, 2000

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marcia ballinger (Midwest United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY - SC-OP (Paperback)

As a marketing professional for the past 15 years, I am always looking for innovative and exciting ideas. Jack Ricchiuto's "Collaborative Creativity" offers beginners and seasoned professionals with new ideas that have proven successful in my workplace. The "idea garden" and "random words" are two tools that haved worked for me and my staff, and at the same time are fun to use. I was introduced to this book through an Executive MBA program and know that my classmates too, have found the power from "Collaborative Creativity."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Subtract a star if you have read anything else on creativity, December 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY - SC-OP (Paperback)

At best, half this book directly involves collaboration. The half that doesn't is handled in a much more interesting way by Mike Michalko and others in the field. Also, to say that there are 72 essays is very misleading- many of these 'essays' are three paragraphs long and one is only three sentances. There are some good things in here, and Ricchiuto is probably a very good consultant, but I have to agree with the reviewer who said most of it is not really very new.