Fostering Creativity

By: Harvard Business Review

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Every day on the job, you face common challenges. And you need immediate solutions to those challenges. The Pocket Mentor Series can help. Each book in the series is packed with handy tools, self-tests, and real-life examples to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and hone critical skills. Whether you're at your desk, in a meeting, or on the road, these portable, concise guides enable you to tackle the daily demands of your work with speed, savvy, and effectiveness.

The latest volume in the series: Fostering Creativity

To survive in today's hypercompetitive climate, businesses must innovate constantly. Innovation hinges on creativity--generating novel and useful ideas. By fostering creativity in your team, you help unleash your company's innovative powers. But this requires a disciplined process for leveraging employees' unique experiences, thinking styles, and expertise.

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Mentor's Message: Why Fostering Creativity Is Important	p. xi
Fostering Creativity: The Basics
What Is Creativity?	p. 3
A definition	p. 4
How creativity relates to innovation	p. 5
Five misconceptions about creativity	p. 6
The creative process	p. 8
Assemble Your Team	p. 11
The value of creative teams	p. 12
Characteristics of creative teams	p. 14
Spotlight on intellectual diversity	p. 15
Hiring for creativity	p. 18
Integrating team members	p. 19
Identify Opportunities	p. 21
Finding opportunities inside your organization	p. 22
Finding opportunities outside your organization	p. 23
Generate Options	p. 27
Managing creative abrasion	p. 28
Encouraging divergent thinking	p. 31
Using brainstorming techniques	p. 31
Creating the right psychological environment	p. 36
Creating the right physical environment	p. 42
Converge on the One Best Option	p. 47
Moving from divergence to convergence	p. 48
Narrowing down the options	p. 48
Planning for innovation: The end product of creativity	p. 49
Tips and Tools
Tools for Fostering Creativity	p. 55
Test Yourself	p. 68
Answers to test questions	p. 71
To Learn More	p. 73
Sources for Fostering Creativity	p. 79
Notes	p. 81
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