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Thinking For A Change: Discovering the Power to Create, Communicate and Lead

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This book is based on the assumption that the thinking and communication skills of leadership, can, and must, be learned. And that leadership begins with personal growth. Just as Covey and Edgar Schein point out-we must understand and change ourselves, then truly know the culture of our people to accomplish change-because it is not the organization that gets changed-it's the people. In order for a leader to lead change, the author suggest a new way of thinking--more open to all possibilities-called Synvergent thinking-the synergetic integration of convergent and divergent thinking. Gelb in a very simplistic manner walks you through mind-mapping techniques, which integrates convergent and divergent thinking. I am sold on his technique-it brings out the positives of brainstorming, even if only brainstorming with yourself-but the end result is a visual product-that clearly identifies what you the leader want your people to understand-decrease the fog quickly-opening up opportunity for dialogue. A must buy for leaders, followers, parents, teachers, etc.

Mr Gelb has a tendency to put out some pretty simplistic stuff. This, I think, is one of his more solid efforts. There's plenty of good examples, more apparent thought and depth in this than I think he's offered in most of his other works.
I finished reading the book many years back and still consider that it was one of the more enjoyable and educational that I'd read on the topic of thinking.

This program shows how to cultivate creative thinking skills AND the communication savvy required to turn creative ideas into reality. I was amazed to discover that this was originally released as a book (now out-of-print) in 1996! This information is so relevant now - it must have been too far ahead of the curve 15 years ago.