Research Catalog

Title

Jamming : the art and discipline of business creativity / John Kao.

Author

Kao, John J.

Publication

New York : HarperBusiness, 1996.

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Details

Description

xx, 204 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"For the past fourteen years, in his Harvard Business School lectures and executive seminars, John Kao has challenged management to exploit the most valuable asset in the corporation: the creative minds of its people. Like jazz musicians in a jam session - playing off one another to create new sounds, at once unpredictable and harmonious - managers themselves must master the skills of creativity to reap unprecedented returns." "In Jamming, Kao shows how high-performance companies around the world have learned the lessons of creativity to leap ahead of their obsolete competitors. They have learned to make creativity tangible and actionable, they practice a new managerial mindset, and they have learned to leverage information technology to enhance creative collaboration." "From clearing the obstacles to organizational creativity, to conducting a "creativity audit" that assesses the current value of creativity in your company, Jamming shows business leaders, managers, and entrepreneurs how to take their companies to an entirely new level of success and growth by fostering an environment that will anticipate tomorrow's needs. Undercut this potential and you endanger tomorrow's opportunities."--Jacket.

Subjects

• Unternehmen
• Creativity
• Commerce
• Management
• Filosofische aspecten
• Kreativität
• Creative ability in business

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

Introduction -- The Creativity Advantage -- 1. Age of Creativity -- 2. Creativity Audit -- 3. Jamming and the Management of Creativity -- 4. Clearing the Mind -- 5. Clearing a Place for Creativity -- 6. Clearing the Beliefs -- 7. Crafting the Challenge -- 8. Perpetually Creative Organization -- 9. Cyberjamming -- 10. Post-Industrial Factory -- Epilogue: The Creativity Toolkit.

ISBN

• 0887307469
• 9780887307461

LCCN

96003845

OCLC

• ocm34151460
• 34151460
• SCSB-5710136

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries