John Adair's 100 greatest ideas for amazing creativity

John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Amazing Creativity is the second title in a new series of titles from the noted business expert. Focused on concise, practical, and straightforward business wisdom, the series offers the kind of real-world insight that business leaders thrive on.

Short, punchy, and packed with real solutions, this book provides 100 proven and effective ideas for businesspeople in need of fresh new ideas, whether they work for a small firm or a Fortune 100 giant.

Proven, practical business wisdom for anyone who must create to succeed The second book in a new series from renowned business authority John Adair Quick bites of business wisdom for everyday business success

For effective tips on creative thinking from a proven expert, John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Amazing Creativity offers everything you need to invent your own success in business.

Author Notes

JOHN ADAIR is now a business guru who invented Action Centered Leadership, now one of the best known leadership models in the world. Organizations worldwide use it to develop their leadership capability and management skills.

Preface	p. xi
Part 1 Find Your Own Creative Mind	p. 1
Six Greatest Ideas for Creativity and Innovation	p. 3
Idea 1 Four ways of causing something new to exist	p. 4
Idea 2 Is it new in this context?	p. 6
Idea 3 What is innovation?	p. 9
Idea 4 A community of creativity	p. 10
Idea 5 Six barriers to creative thinking	p. 11
Idea 6 Checklist for creativity and innovation	p. 13
Ten Greatest Ideas for How Your Mind Works	p. 15
Idea 7 Inside your head	p. 16
Idea 8 The mind at work	p. 19
Idea 9 Analyzing, synthesizing and valuing	p. 21
Idea 10 Decision making and problem solving	p. 24
Idea 11 The depth mind in principle	p. 25
Idea 12 Checklist for listening to your depth mind	p. 27
Idea 13 The whole person thinks	p. 28
Idea 14 Integrity	p. 30
Idea 15 Why integrity matters in innovation	p. 32
Idea 16 A clear conscience	p. 33
Seven Greatest Ideas for Developing Your Mind	p. 35
Idea 17 Learning to trust your intuition	p. 36
Idea 18 How intuitive are you?	p. 38
Idea 19 Case study - Ludwig van Beethoven	p. 39
Idea 20 Clear thinking	p. 40
Idea 21 Imagination	p. 41
Idea 22 Holistic thinking	p. 42
Idea 23 Developing your thinking skills	p. 44
Follow-up test	p. 46
Part 2 Developing Creative Intuition	p. 49
Ten Greatest Ideas for Opening Your Mind	p. 51
Idea 24 Curiosity	p. 52
Idea 25 Listen for ideas	p. 54
Idea 26 Reading to generate ideas	p. 56
Idea 27 Creative reading	p. 58
Idea 28 Keep a notebook	p. 60
Idea 29 A useful tool for creative thinking	p. 62
Idea 30 Your own ideas bank	p. 64
Idea 31 Suspend judgement	p. 66
Idea 32 Choose your thinking companions carefully	p. 68
Idea 33 Negative capability	p. 71
Fourteen Greatest Ideas for Thinking Outside the Box	p. 73
Idea 34 Practise serendipity	p. 74
Idea 35 The art of making discoveries by accident	p. 76
Idea 36 Chance favours the prepared mind	p. 77
Idea 37 Be open-minded and receptive	p. 79
Idea 38 The untrapped mind	p. 81
Idea 39 The holistic mind at work	p. 83
Idea 40 Leaders need imagination	p. 85
Idea 41 Imaginative thinking	p. 86
Idea 42 Imaginative abilities of the mind	p. 88
Idea 43 Exercise your imagination	p. 89
Idea 44 Imagination in action	p. 92
Idea 45 Imagination in perspective	p. 94
Idea 46 Quantity or quality?	p. 96
Idea 47 Case study - Thomas Edison	p. 98
Follow-up test	p. 100
Part 3 How to be More Creative	p. 103
Seventeen Greatest Ideas for Creative Thinking Skills	p. 105
Idea 48 Four phases of the creative thinking process	p. 106
Idea 49 The Eureka moment	p. 108
Idea 50 Use the stepping stones of analogy	p. 109
Idea 51 Case study - The Buddha's statue	p. 112
Idea 52 Make the strange familiar	p. 113
Idea 53 Make the familiar strange	p. 115
Idea 54 Widen your span of relevance	p. 117
Idea 55 Keep your eyes open	p. 120
Idea 56 Observational skills	p. 122
Idea 57 Test your assumptions	p. 124
Idea 58 Do not wait for inspiration	p. 127
Idea 59 Leave a candle in the window	p. 129
Idea 60 Case study - James Watt	p. 131
Idea 61 Working it out	p. 134
Idea 62 Drift, wait and obey	p. 136
Idea 63 Sleep on the problem	p. 139
Idea 64 Think creatively about your life	p. 142
Follow-up test	p. 144
Part 4 Creative Leadership	p. 147
Nine Greatest Ideas for Your Role as Creative Leader	p. 149
Idea 65 Your basic role as team leader	p. 150
Idea 66 Task, team and individual	p. 152
Idea 67 The three circles interact	p. 154
Idea 68 Eight functions of leadership	p. 156
Idea 69 The decision-making continuum	p. 159
Idea 70 Seven qualities of leadership	p. 161
Idea 71 Leadership qualities test	p. 163
Idea 72 Humility in action	p. 165
Idea 73 Five qualities of creative leadership	p. 166
Twelve Greatest Ideas for Motivating the Creative Individual	p. 171
Idea 74 Selecting creative people	p. 172
Idea 75 Ten things a creative person ought to be	p. 175
Idea 76 How to recruit and retain creative people	p. 176
Idea 77 Seven obstacles to creativity	p. 178
Idea 78 Characteristics of innovators	p. 180
Idea 79 Team creativity	p. 182
Idea 80 Brainstorming	p. 184
Idea 81 How to lead a brainstorming session	p. 187
Idea 82 Team creativity in action	p. 189
Idea 83 How to criticize other people's new ideas	p. 191
Idea 84 Building on ideas	p. 194
Idea 85 Expectations of creative people	p. 196
Follow-up test	p. 198
Part 5 Turning Ideas into Improved Products and Services	p. 201
Eight Greatest Ideas for Building Innovative Organizations	p. 203
Idea 86 Real commitment from the top	p. 204
Idea 87 Successful innovation	p. 206
Idea 88 Harvesting ideas	p. 209
Idea 89 Suggestion schemes	p. 212
Idea 90 Quality circles	p. 214
Idea 91 Success factors for quality circles	p. 215
Idea 92 Checklist for testing the level of innovation within your organization	p. 217
Idea 93 The importance of training	p. 219
Seven Greatest Ideas for Leading and Managing Innovation	p. 221
Idea 94 Making your organization good at innovation	p. 222
Idea 95 Plough up the ground	p. 226
Idea 96 Market your ideas	p. 228
Idea 97 Have a practice run	p. 230
Idea 98 Make change incremental	p. 232
Idea 99 Communicate about innovation	p. 233
Idea 100 Leadership is essential	p. 235
Follow-up test	p. 237
Appendix	p. 239
Nine dots, six matchsticks and six coins solutions (Idea 7)	p. 240
Solutions to analogy exercises (Idea 50)	p. 241
Solution to invention/occupation exercise (Idea 54)	p. 243
Answer to the secret of Japanese success (Idea 88)	p. 243
Answer to suggestion scheme exercise (Idea 89)	p. 243
About John Adair	p. 245
Index	p. 247

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