Unleashing Creativity and Innovation : Nine Lessons From Nature for Enterprise Growth and Career Success

Creativity and innovation are the keys to both organizational growth and successful careers. People understand this, but they do not know how to unleash their natural creative potential. Drawing upon his twenty-two years of first-hand experience helping FedEx grow into a global icon and the last ten years consulting around the world, Madan Birla provides proven and practical answers. Readers will learn * How to build a reputation as a creative thinker and become management’s go-to person for innovative business solutions * Four steps for unleashing their creative potential and generating creative ideas * Four communication skills to gain acceptance of your ideas * Two words that guarantee promotions * How to minimize internal and external negative influences that obstruct creative energy flow * How to stop self-censoring and how to confidently express their ideas * How to trust that all the resources for germinating creative ideas are within them "Creativity and innovation are the keys to both organizational growth and successful careers. People understand this, but they do not know how to unleash their natural creative potential. Unleashing Creativity and Innovation: Nine Lessons from Nature for Enterprise Growth and Career Success will teach people to do just that using the tested and proven materials that Madan has been using with great success in workshops and one-on-one coaching. Readers will learn the four conditions for generating creative ideas and the practical three-step innovation process. The book will be filled with lessons such as: Trust that all resources for germinating creative ideas are within you Accept the risk inherent in expressing raw creative ideas See the big picture and think clearly the mind must be undisturbed To see the big picture and think clearly the mind must be undisturbed "-- Provided by publisher Part I. Creativity and innovation : the keys to enterprise growth and career success in the twenty-first century -- part II. The four requirements for the mind to generate creative ideas -- part III. Seven Unleashing creativity lessons from nature for creating the requirements -- part IV. The tested and proven three-step innovation process -- part V. Two Leading for innovation lessons from nature for engaging your team in the innovation process Madan Birla. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.