خلاقیت گروهی: قدرت خلاقانه همکاری (نسخه کاغذی) - نوشته کیت ساور [ویرایش ۲۰۰۸]

A pioneering expert on creativity and innovation shows the power of collaboration for individual organizational creativity. Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In this authoritative and fascinating new book, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity alone is always collaborative, even when you're alone - that Eureka moment in the bath couldn't have happened if Archimedes hadn't spent so many hours arguing and comparing notes with his fellow mathematicians and philosophers. Sawyer draws on compelling stories of inventions and innovations: the inventors of the ATM, the mountain bike and open source operating systems among others, to demonstrate the freewheeling ways of true innovation. He shares the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz groups, theatre ensembles, and conversation analysis, to show us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity

a Pioneering Expert On Creativity And Innovation Shows The Power Of Collaboration For Individual Organizational Creativity

publishers Weekly

forget About The Myth Of The Solitary Genius: Collaborative Effort Generates Ideas And Inventions, Says This Useful, Upbeat Book About How Innovation Always Emerges From A Series Of Sparks-never A Single Flash Of Insight. Judiciously Wielding Exercises And Dozens Of Examples, Sawyer (explaining Creativity) helps The Reader Understand How People Think And Function In And Out Of Groups. He Looks At How J.r.r. Tolkien And C.s. Lewis Composed Their Epic Novels In Concert, How Unorganized Individuals Can Come Together To Provide Disaster Relief More Efficiently Than Government Planners, How Charles Darwin And Samuel Morse Built Their Work On Others' Discoveries, How Information Sharing Helped Silicon Valley Beat Out Boston's Computer Startups. (sawyer's Riffs On Jazz Ensembles And Improv Comedy As Sites Of Ingenuity Are Less Convincing.) Basing Much Of His Work On That Of Mentor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi-who Writes About Reaching The State Of Heightened Consciousness He Calls Flow-sawyer Offers Guidelines For Creating Group Flow. Insisting That Collaborative Webs Are More Important Than Creative People, He Calls For An Organizational Culture That Fosters Equivocality, Improvised Innovation, And Constant Conversation-that's A Recipe For Group Genius. Even If Few Readers Are In A Position To Do Away With Their Organizational Chart, This Is A Solid Recipe For Unexpected Innovation. (june)

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Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In this authoritative and fascinating new audiobook, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative - even when you're alone. Sawyer's audiobook is filled with compelling stories about the inventions that changed our world: the ATM, the mountain bike, and open-source operating systems, among others. In each case, Sawyer tells the true story of innovation. In spite of the "lone genius" myths that always spring up after an invention's success, these important inventions always originate in collaboration. To understand the hidden collaborations that drive exceptional creativity, Sawyer spent 15 years studying jazz groups and theater ensembles, small businesses, and large corporations. In Group Genius he distills the essence of this acclaimed research and shows us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity. The empowering message is that all of us have the potential to be more creative; we just need to learn the secrets of group genius. Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In this authoritative and fascinating new book, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative-even when youre alone. (That eureka moment in the bathtub couldnt have come to Archimedes if he hadnt spent so many hours arguing and comparing notes with his fellow mathematicians and philosophers.) Sawyer draws on compelling stories of inventions and innovations: the inventors of the ATM, the mountain bike, and open source operating systems, among others, to demonstrate the freewheeling ways of true innovation. He shares the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz groups, theater ensembles, and conversation analysis, to show us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity. 'A fascinating account of human experience at its best.'-- Mihá Csízentmihái, author of Flow Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? Group Genius tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity, revealing that creativity is always collaborative -- even when you're alone. Sharing the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz groups, theater ensembles, and conversation analysis, Keith Sawyer shows us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity. "Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative - even when you're alone. Sawyer's book is filled with compelling stories about the inventions that changed our world: the ATM, the mountain bike, and open source operating systems, among others. In each case, Sawyer shows the true story of innovation: in spite of the "lone genius" myths that always spring up after an invention's success, these important inventions always originate in collaboration."--Jacket The Collaborative Team -- The Power Of Collaboration -- Improvising Innovation -- Group Flow -- From Groupthink To Group Genius -- The Collaborative Mind -- Small Sparks -- Collaboration Over Time -- Conversation And The Mind -- The Collaborative Organization -- Organizing For Improvisation -- The Collaborative Web -- Collaborating With Customers -- Creating The Collaborative Economy. Keith Sawyer. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 229-255) And Index.