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Fostering creativity in self and the organization : your professional edge / Eric W. Stein.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 2013 digital library | Human resource management and organizational behavior collectionPublisher: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 138 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781606497999
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 658.4063 23
LOC classification:
  • HD53 .S744 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The big picture -- 2. Know your worldview -- 3. Capitalize on your strengths -- 4. Cultivate your improvisational capacity -- 5. Develop your design proficiency -- 6. Expand your scientific and experimental mind -- 7. Deepen your aesthetic awareness -- 8. A plan for action -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract: The focus of this book is how to maximize your creative potential both professionally and personally. A central theme of this book is that successful creative expression is a function of hard work and discipline rather than innate talent or genius. Reaching your creative potential requires an open mind. To begin, we discuss some of mental models that facilitate or impede your development as a creative person. The book also identifies specific ways a person can accelerate his or her progress as a creative person.
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As a professional, this book will help you maximize yourcreative potential--learning that successful creativeexpression is a function of hard work and discipline ratherthan innate talent or genius. Reaching your creative potentialrequires an open mind and this book will help.The author discusses some of the mental models thatfacilitate or impede your development as a creative person.Since creativity encompasses so many things, the authorfocuses on four creative behaviors and cognitions criticalto self-development and career advancement: improvisationalcapacity, design thinking, your experimental and scientificmind, and aesthetic awareness. These abilities are criticalsuccess factors for 21st century professionals.Inside, you'll learn how to leverage these abilities alongwith innate strengths derived from your multiple intelligenceinventory, which include linguistic intelligence,mathematical/logical intelligence, visual/spatial intelligence,musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence,intrapersonal intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, andnaturalistic intelligence. You'll also learn how to identifyspecific ways to accelerate your progress. The book concludeswith a plan of action to systematically develop yourcreative potential over time.

Part of: 2013 digital library.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136) and index.

1. The big picture -- 2. Know your worldview -- 3. Capitalize on your strengths -- 4. Cultivate your improvisational capacity -- 5. Develop your design proficiency -- 6. Expand your scientific and experimental mind -- 7. Deepen your aesthetic awareness -- 8. A plan for action -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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The focus of this book is how to maximize your creative potential both professionally and personally. A central theme of this book is that successful creative expression is a function of hard work and discipline rather than innate talent or genius. Reaching your creative potential requires an open mind. To begin, we discuss some of mental models that facilitate or impede your development as a creative person. The book also identifies specific ways a person can accelerate his or her progress as a creative person.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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