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Unlocking Creativity
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Unlocking Creativity

How to Solve Any Problem and Make the Best Decisions by Shifting Creative Mindsets

Wiley, 2019 plus...

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Michael A. Roberto’s useful analysis tells leaders how to support their employees’ creative talents. He identifies six mind-sets that block innovation. He explains their impact in terms of social science research using practices from such firms as Apple and Trader Joe’s plus examples from media, sports and the arts. Roberto shows leaders how to overcome these obstacles, create an open environment and stimulate employees’ creativity by encouraging them to explore new ways to work.

Summary

Leaders and organizations claim to value creativity, but they often harbor biases and perpetuate environments that discourage new ideas.

Established leaders and experts frequently fail to recognize the merit of out-of-the-box or innovative ideas. Their expertise and success often leads them to devalue novice or outsider contributions. Organizations tend to value concrete, measurable outcomes over creativity, and their employees may not want to be seen as nonconforming thinkers.

Leaders can cultivate employee creativity by overcoming “six mind-sets” – beliefs that discourage employee capabilities.

Leaders may not realize that their company's underlying attitudes and practices block creativity or that its work environment stifles its most brilliant minds. However, they must acknowledge that they have a “situation problem” and not a “people problem.”

To remedy the situation problem, leaders must overcome six mind-sets that oppress creative thinking:

One: “The Linear Mind-Set” believes success comes from using sequential, stepwise processes, but iterative, exploratory methods better foster innovation...

About the Author

Michael A. Roberto, PhD, is the Trustee Professor of Management at Bryant University. He also wrote Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer and Know What You Don’t Know.


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    J. M. 2 years ago
    We can support our employee by giving good skills to performance their duties
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    E. J. 4 years ago
    The best support we can give our teams is safety of conversation. Not having that safety can lead to unsafe environment for the teams, customers and the entire corporation.

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