On Creativity, Innovation and Renewal: A Leader to Leader Guide (Paperback)

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On Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal features the best thinking from top experts on strategic innovation, sparking creativity, and transforming organizations. Written in a concise style that is ideal for the busy executive with little spare time, the book presents a stellar roster of contributors. On Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal is one title in the Leader to Leader Guides, which draw from the most compelling articles that have appeared in Leader to Leader, the Drucker Foundation's award-winning journal.

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On Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal shows leaders how to establish a workplace environment that encourages creativity and innovation while creating a sense of passion and importance. Part of the Leader to Leader Guides, which offer a wellspring of rich insight and information from top leadership thinkers, it features leading experts on strategic innovation, sparking creativity, and transforming organizations.
Drawn from Leader to Leader, the award-winning journal, On Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal brings together Gary Hamel, Stephen Jay Gould, Noel Tichy, John Seely Brown, and other thought leaders to offer practical guidance for those who seek to lead their companies through organizational change. The book addresses such key issues as the need to focus on the customer and the necessity of building community within the enterprise while strengthening the organization's position in the community beyond its walls.
Each of the four volumes in the Leader to Leader Guides-On Mission and Leadership, On Leading Change, On High-Performance Organizations, and On Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal — is organized around an essential topic with a diversity of views presented in clear, short chapters. These essential collections provide leaders with insight and inspiration to take their organizations to new levels of excellence.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787960675
• ISBN-13: 978-0787960674
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,129,234 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Leader to Leader Series.

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insights from Wise Minds, March 29, 2002

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This small book contains twelve chapters from some of the most respected and talented experts on innovation and renewal. Their chapters are an inspiration to those of us seeking new ways to think and see.

Look at the contributors. They are known for their leadership in science, technology, management, leadership, publishing, and more. Together they provide a tapestry. See the sample chapters at the Drucker Foundation Web site. Buy a copy for your boss and your one for your daughter.

The esteemed authors are:
John Seely Brown; James Champy; Stephen Jay Gould; Gary Hamel and Peter Skarzynski; Frances Hesselbein; Randy Komisar; Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap; Costas Markides; Nigel Nicholson; Harriet Rubin; Patricia B. Seybold; and Noel Tichy.