by Tojo Thatchenkery and Carol Metzker (2006)
"Appreciative Intelligence provides a new answer to what enables successful people to dream up their extraordinary and innovative ideas; why employees, partners, colleagues, investors, and other stakeholders join them on the path to their goals, and how they achieve these goals despite obstacles and challenges. It is not simple optimism. People with appreciative intelligence are realistic and action oriented--they have the ability not just to identify positive potential, but to devise a course of action to take advantage of it. Drawing on their own original research and recent discoveries in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, Thatchenkery and Metzker outline the evidence for appreciative intelligence, detail its specific characteristics, and show how you can develop this skill and use it in your own life and work. They show how the most successful leaders are able to spread appreciative intelligence throughout an organization, and they offer tools and exercises you can use to increase your own level of appreciative intelligence and so become more creative, resilient, successful, and personally fulfilled."--Publisher's website.
Paul B. Paulus and Bernard A. Nijstad
'Group Creativity' summarizes the developments in the research on the processes involved in group or team creativity and innovation. The volume draws from a broad range of perspectives such as cognition, groups, creativity, information systems and organizational psychology.
James L. Adams
A guide to creating a greenhouse environment in which ideas can thrive.If youre serious about encouraging creativity you need to understand the entire creative process.
Alan Lightman
"In today's frenzied and wired world, we are obsessed with the idea of not "wasting time." But have we lost the silences and solitude so essential to our inner lives? A great deal of evidence suggests the value in wasting time, of letting the mind lie fallow for some periods, of letting minutes and hours go by without scheduled activities or intended tasks, of unplugging from the grid. In this vital investigation of the rush and heave of the modern world, Alan Lightman explores the technological and cultural origins of our time-driven lives. More importantly, he reveals the many values of "wasting time", for replenishing the mind, for creative thought, and for finding and solidifying the inner self. Lightman urges us, as both individuals and as a society, to break free of the idea that not a second is to be wasted and to discover that sometimes the best thing to do is to do nothing at all."--Dust jacket flap.
Mark A. Runco
"Creativity is typically defined such that the underlying processes reflect some divergent or lateral thinking, but in actuality it must also involve certain critical processes. These are critical in two ways: First, they reflect some kind of criticism or convergent thinking, and second, they are vital for creative thinking. This volume reviews research and theorizing about these critical processes. A wide range of processes is covered, including those which are entirely personal, and those which are interpersonal. In addition to addressing the notion that creativity requires both divergent and critical processes, this volume describes the roles played by traditional intelligence, language, and attributions in creative work."--BOOK JACKET.