The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Powerful Problem-solving Techniques to Ignite Your Team's PotentialKogan Page Publishers, 2003 - 186 pages Praise and Reviews `If you are only going to read one business book this year, this is the one. No modern business leader should be unaware of these insights.`BRIAN MCBRIDE, VP Northern Europe, Dell Computer Corporation`Sloane delivers rocket fuel for the business brain.`BILL PENN, CEO, Sparx Group`Every business should embrace lateral thinking. Every leader should embrace this book.`AJAZ AHMED, CEO, AKQA`This book teaches leaders how to transform creativity into meaningful innovation.`SHAWN JAVID, CEO, Insightful Inc.Do you want to unlock the creative potential of your team?Is innovation a core value for your organization?Do you have the skills to inspire new ideas?Do you know how lateral leadership can transform your organization?Leadership is not just about command and control - it is about inspiring your team to make the vision a reality by conceiving and implementing creative solutions they never thought possible.With a lively and energetic approach, this highly acclaimed author, trainer and presenter will teach you dynamic, up-to-date techniques to unleash the creative energies of your people and show you how to put the techniques to work immediately. You can use lateral thinking to turn your organization around. This book describes how the lateral leader develops the vision, culture and processes that transform a regular business into an innovation hothouse. The book is packed with real-life examples, practical methods and lateral thinking exercises you can put to work today. |
Contents
Characteristics of the lateral leader | 11 |
Laying the foundations for change | 19 |
Making the vision real 28 | 28 |
Contents | 36 |
Take a different view | 55 |
Adapt adopt improve | 68 |
Increase the yield | 81 |
Use the team 90 | 99 |
Organizing for innovation | 107 |
12 great ways to crush creativity | 117 |
Summary | 124 |
The lateral leadership course | 131 |
Exercises | 150 |
Answers to lateral thinking puzzles | 172 |
Further reading | 181 |
Common terms and phrases
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