Описание: 'This is a landmark study that tackles an important black box in innovation studies — i.e. communities of innovation. While conventional work focuses on formal organizations, a select group of academic leaders highlights the various communities that cut across firms and form the vital 'underground' for processes of creativity and ideation. While targeted toward business and management, this volume is a must-read for all social scientists interested in the dynamics underlying the current knowledge economy.'
Journal of Economic Geography
This book describes the important role played by communities in innovation processes and how organizations can benefit from it. A community brings together individuals who share a common passion for a given area of knowledge and can contribute to innovation at different levels: capitalization of good practices, problem solving, sharing of expertise, or development of new and creative ideas. The literature has progressively identified many variants of communities such as communities of practice, epistemic communities, communities of interest, virtual communities, etc. These forms of communities differ regarding the type of the specialized activities of knowledge on which they focus. As practitioners and academics increasingly emphasized the needs of collaborative approaches in innovation, they progressively challenged the traditional idea that innovation is mainly generated by hierarchical corporate departments and highlighted the active role that communities play in innovation processes. The aim of this book is to shed light, using multiple examples, on the proactive and fundamental role of communities in the new innovation practices of organizations.
Foster a Culture of Innovation inside Your Organization
Introducing a new approach that blends the practical applications of engineering with innovative concepts and techniques, Infusing Innovation into Organizations: A Systems Engineering Approach illustrates how a company's culture influences innovation results and demonstrates how organizations can successfully create, explore, and test ideas. The book outlines an innovation framework representing a "systemic" approach that works within an organization's culture (or context). It describes the principles and practices of innovation, relates these principles to systemic practices and the culture of a research and development organization, and incorporates innovation initiatives that can revitalize the performance of an organization.
The book utilizes numerous case studies that help determine what makes an organization more likely to produce innovative products and ideas. Providing relevant background and a description for each case study, it details innovative activity, innovative impact, and the characteristics and features of each innovation. It also describes the principles and practices of innovation and relates these principles to systemic practices and culture in a research and development organization.
Using systems engineering processes to apply innovation to operations, the authors:
Describe general initiatives that have been, and could be, considered to address the principles of innovation in the context of an innovation framework
Outline some indicators of effectiveness that can be used to implement a systemic organization-wide program
Explain the linear and non-linear processes of design thinking (includes key methods and tools, and provides illustrative case studies)
Offer an understanding of how to integrate problem-solving and underlying methods and tools into your organization
Infusing Innovation into Organizations: A Systems Engineering Approach introduces a systemic approach that supports an innovative culture and describes novel approaches to addressing problems using creative, viable solutions. This book serves undergraduate and graduate-level professors and students in systems engineering as well as managers and consultants working in systems analysis and design.
Описание: This book examines how contemplative arts practice and a mindful approach to creativity, can be used to offer new possibilities for facilitating team creativity and collaboration in organizational settings.
Can you imagine starting a school day with the festive, circus-like nature of the Beatles' music? That kind of positivity, says author-educator Sean Gaillard, is the attitude "all schoolhouses must be rooted in, as we are in the collective agency for world-changing work."
In The Pepper Effect, Gaillard uses Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles as a template for inspiring the educators and principals to become more positive, innovative, creative, and collaborative--and for encouraging students to do the same. The book explores the four steps necessary for creating the conditions for motivation, collaboration, creativity, and innovation. You'll learn . . .
The value of vision--and how to craft one
The mindset that builds masterpieces of our schools
The power of inclusion
The key to ignoring naysayers in favor of creativity and progress
Experience the magic of The Pepper Effect in your school
"This is an incredible book from an amazing leader. Whether you are a fan of The Beatles, Beethoven, or Bruno Mars, this book is for you." --Todd Whitaker, professor of educational leadership, University of Missouri
"The Pepper Effect reveals the lessons Sean has learned along the way--combined with the artistic synergy of The Beatles--and paints a beautiful picture for how we can apply all of these insights to our own professional practice." --Laura Fleming, author of Worlds of Making
"Sean Gaillard's The Pepper Effect takes the magic of The Beatles and transforms it into a thoughtful, practical guide for stimulating collaboration and community. Gaillard sagely draws upon the wisdom of the band's philosophy and creates a user's manual for living the well-lived life--not only in our professional worlds, but in the lives we share with our friends, neighbors, and families." --Kenneth Womack, author of Maximum Volume: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin
Описание: An environment that is changing ever faster and deeper;markets that are becoming more dynamic and complex;competitor and customer behavior that is increasingly unpredictable—these developments are affecting all organizations. Whoever wants to survive in the future needs to adapt with lightning speed. Increasing numbers of organizations recognize that traditional ways of working are no longer adequate. They lack agility.In this book, agility expert Mike Hoogveld shows us what we can learn from smart start-ups and other successful, innovative organizations. Using many academic insights and practical examples, he describes how to make your organization responsive by focusing on continuous improvement. Thus, he gives a very concrete answer to the crucial question with which so many organizations are struggling: How do we increase our agility?The book includes an agile assessment to determine the agility of your organization. The book remains a number-one bestseller in the Netherlands.
Описание: Innovation is universally recognized as key components of first world economies that is vital for continued prosperity. This book presents a highly differentiated model which is capable of serving as a practical foundation for diagnosing, analyzing, optimizing and fostering creativity and innovation in a variety of organizational settings.
Автор: Lee Ju Hyun, Ostwald Michael J., Gu Ning Название: Design Thinking: Creativity, Collaboration and Culture ISBN: 3030565572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030565572 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Part I: Creativity.- Exploring Design Thinking.- Parametric Design Process with Assessed Levels of Creativity.- Design Strategies Supporting Creativity.- Measuring Cognitive Complexity.- Part II: Collaboration.- Cognitive Perspectives for Teamwork.- Design Collaboration with Building Information Modelling.- Interactive and Collective Thinking Through Mobile Computing.- Part III: The Language of Design.- Cognitive and Linguistic Differences in Design.- Multi-Cultural Design Education.- Conclusion.
Описание: Academic and Student Affairs in Collaboration provides a comprehensive and evidenced-based understanding of the partnerships necessary to achieve an institutional culture devoted to student success.
Описание: Presents the latest scholarly research on the importance of creativity in this era of growing complexity and rapid change. Including relevant research on development and sustainability of creativity within businesses, this unique source provides coverage in areas such as teacher preparation, global workforce, and cognitive studies.
Описание: "This book summarizes the challenges inherent in leading distributed teams and explores practices that are emerging to optimize distributed team performance"--Provided by publisher.
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