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What we See, Why we Worry, Why we Hope: Vietnam Going Forward
explores key factors that affect Vietnam's ability to move forward
as a global economic player. While we see challenges we see many
reasons for hope, including a new generation of leaders.
An expert shows how to cultivate "aha" moments—flashes of
insight—that lead to business innovation and personal success.
Insight: Encouraging Aha! Moments for Organizational Success helps
individuals and organizations create the conditions that lay the
groundwork for the distinct "Aha!" instances of insight—when
connections between different pieces of information are revealed
and ideas come together in ways that have never existed before.
Insight examines three stages of the Aha! experience, from the
early confusion and chaos of "too much information," to how people
organize and try out what they learn, to the "Aha!" moment itself.
It then examines techniques people use to spark the creative aha
experience—techniques that will work in a private business,
education, government, nonprofit, and any other organizational
setting. The book is based on interviews with over 100 people of
all ages, backgrounds, and professions—from software developers
to dancers, from detectives to football coaches—as well as the
latest research results from management, psychology, and
neuroscience studies about the workings of the brain in creative
situations.
Why are some organizations more creative than others? What sets
innovative, high-performing organizations apart? Can creativity and
innovation be learned and enhanced? The answer to the last
question, say creativity experts Nancy Napier and Mikael Nilsson,
is a resounding yes. And with general consensus that creativity and
innovation drive business growth, fostering creativity couldn't be
more important. In The Creative Discipline, Napier and Nilsson
illustrate six key factors that power creative, high-achieving
organizations, and they provide managers with guidelines for
incorporating those factors into their own companies. Business
people will learn how innovative organizations get superior results
from employees not just through disciplined methods of thinking,
but also through free-flowing work spaces and work practices that
help supercharge the imagination. Combining research on creative
organizations in several sectors, this book argues that innovative
organizations known for doing things differently (and profitably)
approach creativity and innovation in similar, disciplined ways,
regardless of industry or field. That discipline fosters new ideas,
solutions, and approaches, and it ensures that the flow of
creativity is constant. The Creative Discipline demonstrates that:
-Innovative, high-performing organizations have three disciplines
in common: (1) "within discipline" mastery, (2) "out of discipline"
thinking, and (3) a disciplined process that leads to innovation.
-Innovative organizations also have three factors that strengthen
the creative disciplines: faces (creative entrepreneurs, leaders,
and teams); places (the physical and organizational infrastructure
that is reflectedin offices, buildings, and location); and traces
(elements that act as catalysts for creativity--the culture,
networks, and policies that support creative and innovative
endeavors). The book explains each factor for creative success in
detail. Best, Napier and Nilsson show creativity and innovation at
work in a range of sectors from sports to software to theater and
contemporary circus. They also show how innovative practices in
developed countries like the U.S. and Sweden compare to those in
developing countries like Vietnam. Companies can learn to innovate
and in the process reap benefits like higher sales and profits,
greater productivity--while regaining a valuable element missing in
so many workplaces: fun.
Globalization demands that more employees become comfortable
working outside their home country borders. Western Women Working
in Japan is a research-based description of the work and living
situations facing foreign professional women who work in Japan. The
book draws upon detailed survey data and in-depth interviews, as
well as the experiences of the authors, who have lived or worked in
Japan during the last 20 years. It examines how foreign women can
succeed in Japanese and foreign firms operating in Japan by
describing what helps these Western women adjust to Japan and work
with Japanese bosses, subordinates, and clients. These women face
some different problems than men, yet are armed with special
advantages.
Drawing upon past research and exploring in new directions, the
authors examine the connection between women's job success and the
quality of their work relationships with the Japanese, their
autonomy, Japanese linguistic ability, and age. Their working
relationships are also compared to male expatriates and to the
women's previous jobs. The interviews provide new insights into the
sexual bias and harassment they encountered and how they dealt with
these issues. The book includes valuable recommendations in the
areas of selection, training, support, and repatriation for both
the organizations that employ foreign women in their Japanese
operations and for the women themselves.
Why are some organizations more creative than others? What sets
innovative, high-performing organizations apart? Can creativity and
innovation be learned and enhanced? The answer to the last
question, say creativity experts Nancy Napier and Mikael Nilsson,
is a resounding yes. And with general consensus that creativity and
innovation drive business growth, fostering creativity couldn't be
more important. In The Creative Discipline, Napier and Nilsson
illustrate six key factors that power creative, high-achieving
organizations, and they provide managers with guidelines for
incorporating those factors into their own companies. Business
people will learn how innovative organizations get superior results
from employees not just through disciplined methods of thinking,
but also through free-flowing work spaces and work practices that
help supercharge the imagination. Combining research on creative
organizations in several sectors, this book argues that innovative
organizations known for doing things differently (and profitably)
approach creativity and innovation in similar, disciplined ways,
regardless of industry or field. That discipline fosters new ideas,
solutions, and approaches, and it ensures that the flow of
creativity is constant. The Creative Discipline demonstrates that:
-Innovative, high-performing organizations have three disciplines
in common: (1) within discipline mastery, (2) out of discipline
thinking, and (3) a disciplined process that leads to innovation.
-Innovative organizations also have three factors that strengthen
the creative disciplines: faces (creative entrepreneurs, leaders,
and teams); places (the physical and organizational infrastructure
that is reflected in offices, buildings, and location); and traces
(elements that act as catalysts for creativity—the culture,
networks, and policies that support creative and innovative
endeavors). The book explains each factor for creative success in
detail. Best, Napier and Nilsson show creativity and innovation at
work in a range of sectors from sports to software to theater and
contemporary circus. They also show how innovative practices in
developed countries like the U.S. and Sweden compare to those in
developing countries like Vietnam. Companies can learn to innovate
and in the process reap benefits like higher sales and profits,
greater productivity—while regaining a valuable element missing
in so many workplaces: fun.
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