Group Genius The Creative Power of Collaboration

Name: Group Genius The Creative Power of Collaboration
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ISBN: 9780465071937

ISBN-10: 0465071937

ISBN-13: 9780465071937

Edition: 2008

Authors: Keith Sawyer

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Creativity has Long Been Thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In this authoritative and fascinating new book, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative--even when you're alone. (That "eureka" moment in the bathtub couldn't have come to Archimedes if he hadn't spent so many hours arguing and comparing notes with his fellow mathematicians and philosophers.) Sawyer draws on…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 3/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Introduction: Beyond the Lone Genius



The Collaborative Team



The Power of Collaboration



Improvising Innovation



Group Flow



From Groupthink to Group Genius



The Collaborative Mind



Small Sparks



Collaboration over Time



Conversation and the Mind



The Collaborative Organization



Organizing for Improvisation



The Collaborative Web



Collaborating with Customers



Creating the Collaborative Economy


Acknowledgments


Notes


About the Author


Index