Adair, John Eric,  1934- <br/><br/>
Leadership for innovation :  how to organize team creativity and harvest ideas / 
John Adair. 
 - [New ed.]. 
 - London :  Kogan Page,  2007. 
 - x, 134 p. 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: published as The challenge of innovation. 1990.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/> The author looks at the links between leadership, creativity and change. This book will help leaders of all types to meet the challenge of innovation, and achieve profitable growth through team creativity.  Innovate or stagnate: that is the stark challenge facing all businesses today. Creating an innovative climate is essential for positive organizational change and this throws up a need for leaders who can bring about this change.Adair looks at the links between leadership, creativity and change. This book will help leaders of all types to meet the challenge of innovation, and achieve profitable growth through team creativity.Using case studies of Google, Honda and 3M, Adair covers topics such as the characteristics of innovators, organizing for team creativity, the expectations of creative people, creative leadership, managing the criticism of ideas and overcoming resistance to change.Leadership for Innovation will help leaders of all types to meet the challenge of innovation, and achieve profitable growth through team creativity. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Askews and Holts. <br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780749451363 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technological innovations--Management.<br/>Creative ability in business.<br/>Organizational change.<br/>Teams in the workplace.<br/>Business and Management.<br/>Business & Management<br/>Business strategy<br/>Management & management techniques
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