Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation
By Robert I. Sutton.
Description
Creativity, new ideas, innovation -- in any age they are keys to success, but in today's whirlwind economy they are essential for survival itself. Yet, as Robert Sutton explains, the standard rules of business behavior and management are precisely the opposite of what it takes to build an innovative company. We are told to hire people who will fit in; to train them extensively; and to work to instill a corporate culture in every employee. In fact, in order to foster creativity, we should hire misfits, goad them to fight, and pay them to defy convention and undermine the prevailing cult...
ISBN(s)
0743212126, 9780743212120
