The innovative team : unleashing creative potential for breakthrough results

The Innovative Team is an engaging business fable that reveals the impact our underlying work style preferences have on our teams and their results. The authors present a breakthrough thinking process for developing successful teams. They introduce a uniquely effective set of tools built on FourSight, a measure of problem-solving preferences field-tested by top consultants, which can help anyone from professionals to novices solve problems and achieve performance breakthroughs. FourSight enables teams to understand their patterns of thinking and manage themselves more deliberately toward accomplishing a goal.

Written as a business fable that recounts the story of a team's journey from dysfunctional to high functioning Outlines a new and effective set of tools for enhanced team performance Details the four stages of a dynamic breakthrough thinking process

The Innovative Team offers a great resource for management and leadership development professionals, team leaders, and anyone interested in kick-starting innovation in their workplaces and lives.

Author Notes

Chris Grivas is an organizational and leadership development consultant focused on increasing the creative capacity of individuals, teams, and organizations. His clients have included Ernst & Young, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and New York University, among others.

Gerard J. Puccio is department chair and professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College and partner in FourSight, a training company and publisher of FourSight: Your Thinking Profile. He is an accomplished writer, speaker, and consultant to Fisher-Price, British Broadcasting Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kraft, and others.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
About the Authors	p. xi
Foreword	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Part 1 The Story
Chapter 1 We Have a Problem	p. 13
Chapter 2 Just What Kind of Duck Are We Dealing with Here?	p. 27
Chapter 3 The Sum of the Parts	p. 33
Chapter 4 The Need and the Way Out	p. 41
Chapter 5 Thinking About Thinking	p. 59
Chapter 6 Mapping a Minefield	p. 67
Chapter 7 The Power of a Good Question	p. 77
Chapter 8 From Wild to Workable	p. 89
Chapter 9 Combining the Unlikely	p. 99
Chapter 10 Be Careful What You Wish For	p. 109
Chapter 11 Preserving the Novelty	p. 121
Chapter 12 Priming the Pump	p. 127
Chapter 13 The Pieces Come Together	p. 139
Chapter 14 What's the Point?	p. 153
Chapter 15 Assisting Acceptance	p. 163
Chapter 16 Sealing the Deal	p. 181
Epilogue: Where Are They Now?	p. 187
Part 2 Exploring the Four Creative Thinking Styles
Chapter 17 Applying the Framework	p. 193
Chapter 18 Clarifying the Situation	p. 195
Chapter 19 Generating Ideas	p. 205
Chapter 20 Developing Solutions	p. 215
Chapter 21 Implementing Plans	p. 225
Chapter 22 The Combination of Preferences within People	p. 231
Chapter 23 Creating Conditions for Success	p. 237

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