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New tools for tapping the creativity of teams and achieving breakthrough results

The Innovative Team is an engaging business fable that reveals the impact our underlying work style preferences have on our teams and their results. The authors present a breakthrough thinking process for developing successful teams. They introduce a uniquely effective set of tools built on FourSight, a measure of problem-solving preferences field-tested by top consultants, which can help anyone from professionals to novices solve problems and achieve performance breakthroughs. FourSight enables teams to understand their patterns of thinking and manage themselves more deliberately toward accomplishing a goal.

  • Written as a business fable that recounts the story of a team''s journey from dysfunctional to high functioning
  • Outlines a new and effective set of tools for enhanced team performance
  • Details the four stages of a dynamic breakthrough thinking process
    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgments ix

    About the Authors xi

    Foreword xv

    Introduction 1

    Part 1 The Story

    Chapter 1 We Have a Problem 13

    Chapter 2 JustWhat Kind of Duck AreWe Dealing with Here? 27

    Chapter 3 The Sum of the Parts 33

    Chapter 4 The Need and theWay Out 41

    Chapter 5 Thinking About Thinking 59

    Chapter 6 Mapping a Minefield 67

    Chapter 7 The Power of a Good Question 77

    Chapter 8 FromWild toWorkable 89

    Chapter 9 Combining the Unlikely 99

    Chapter 10 Be CarefulWhat YouWish For 109

    Chapter 11 Preserving the Novelty 121

    Chapter 12 Priming the Pump 127

    Chapter 13 The Pieces Come Together 139

    Chapter 14 What’s the POINt? 153

    Chapter 15 Assisting Acceptance 163

    Chapter 16 Sealing the Deal 181

    Epilogue Where Are They Now? 187

    Part 2 Exploring the Four Creative Thinking Styles

    Chapter 17 Applying the Framework 193

    Chapter 18 Clarifying the Situation 195

    Chapter 19 Generating Ideas 205

    Chapter 20 Developing Solutions 215

    Chapter 21 Implementing Plans 225

    Chapter 22 The Combination of Preferences Within People 231

    Chapter 23 Creating Conditions for Success 237

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9781118115718, 978-1118115718
      ISBN10: 1118115716

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      New tools for tapping the creativity of teams and achieving breakthrough results

      The Innovative Team is an engaging business fable that reveals the impact our underlying work style preferences have on our teams and their results. The authors present a breakthrough thinking process for developing successful teams. They introduce a uniquely effective set of tools built on FourSight, a measure of problem-solving preferences field-tested by top consultants, which can help anyone from professionals to novices solve problems and achieve performance breakthroughs. FourSight enables teams to understand their patterns of thinking and manage themselves more deliberately toward accomplishing a goal.

      • Written as a business fable that recounts the story of a team''s journey from dysfunctional to high functioning
      • Outlines a new and effective set of tools for enhanced team performance
      • Details the four stages of a dynamic breakthrough thinking process
        Table of Contents
        Acknowledgments ix

        About the Authors xi

        Foreword xv

        Introduction 1

        Part 1 The Story

        Chapter 1 We Have a Problem 13

        Chapter 2 JustWhat Kind of Duck AreWe Dealing with Here? 27

        Chapter 3 The Sum of the Parts 33

        Chapter 4 The Need and theWay Out 41

        Chapter 5 Thinking About Thinking 59

        Chapter 6 Mapping a Minefield 67

        Chapter 7 The Power of a Good Question 77

        Chapter 8 FromWild toWorkable 89

        Chapter 9 Combining the Unlikely 99

        Chapter 10 Be CarefulWhat YouWish For 109

        Chapter 11 Preserving the Novelty 121

        Chapter 12 Priming the Pump 127

        Chapter 13 The Pieces Come Together 139

        Chapter 14 What’s the POINt? 153

        Chapter 15 Assisting Acceptance 163

        Chapter 16 Sealing the Deal 181

        Epilogue Where Are They Now? 187

        Part 2 Exploring the Four Creative Thinking Styles

        Chapter 17 Applying the Framework 193

        Chapter 18 Clarifying the Situation 195

        Chapter 19 Generating Ideas 205

        Chapter 20 Developing Solutions 215

        Chapter 21 Implementing Plans 225

        Chapter 22 The Combination of Preferences Within People 231

        Chapter 23 Creating Conditions for Success 237

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