The Resource Managing creative people : lessons in leadership for the ideas economy, Gordon Torr
Managing creative people : lessons in leadership for the ideas economy, Gordon Torr
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The item Managing creative people : lessons in leadership for the ideas economy, Gordon Torr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- A clash between the ideology of growth and the growth of ideas, between control and creativity, between measurement and the immeasurable, between predictability and the fickle muses of inspiration in engulfing our boardrooms. . In this scathing swipe at the institutionalised idiocy that is stifling creativity just at the time the world needs it most Gordon Torr draws from the leading lights of creativity research to demolish the myths that surround the generation of ideas in the modern organisation. . The curse of the brainstorm, the commoditisation of creative talent, the deskilling of t
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
- Contents
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- I. THE CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL
- The Day the World Ran out of Ideas
- The Problem with Creative People
- Two Guys in a Garage
- 21st Century Snake-Oil
- The Biology of Inspiration
- The Creative Personality
- The Survival of the Weirdest
- Towards a Formula for Genius
- The Barbel and the Breadboard
- II. THE CREATIVE ORGANISATION
- Introduction to PART II
- The Muse's Ransom
- Poison in the Water Cooler
- Podsnaps and Ponytails
- Structures and Strictures
- Place Matters
- The Road to Exit Five
- The Maze
- The Guardians of the Maze
- The New Patronage
- Isbn
- 9780470772751
- Label
- Managing creative people : lessons in leadership for the ideas economy
- Title
- Managing creative people
- Title remainder
- lessons in leadership for the ideas economy
- Statement of responsibility
- Gordon Torr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A clash between the ideology of growth and the growth of ideas, between control and creativity, between measurement and the immeasurable, between predictability and the fickle muses of inspiration in engulfing our boardrooms. . In this scathing swipe at the institutionalised idiocy that is stifling creativity just at the time the world needs it most Gordon Torr draws from the leading lights of creativity research to demolish the myths that surround the generation of ideas in the modern organisation. . The curse of the brainstorm, the commoditisation of creative talent, the deskilling of t
- Cataloging source
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- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Torr, Gordon
- Dewey number
- 658.3/14
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HD53
- LC item number
- .T67 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Creative ability in business
- Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Creative ability in business
- Management
- Leiderschap
- Creativiteit
- Créativité dans les affaires
- Succès dans les affaires
- Label
- Managing creative people : lessons in leadership for the ideas economy, Gordon Torr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. THE CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL -- The Day the World Ran out of Ideas -- The Problem with Creative People -- Two Guys in a Garage -- 21st Century Snake-Oil -- The Biology of Inspiration -- The Creative Personality -- The Survival of the Weirdest -- Towards a Formula for Genius -- The Barbel and the Breadboard -- II. THE CREATIVE ORGANISATION -- Introduction to PART II -- The Muse's Ransom -- Poison in the Water Cooler -- Podsnaps and Ponytails -- Structures and Strictures -- Place Matters -- The Road to Exit Five -- The Maze -- The Guardians of the Maze -- The New Patronage
- Control code
- 648759603
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780470772751
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- cl0500000042
- 13654bb2-6973-4f23-9991-9732c8dc7610
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
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- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)648759603
- Label
- Managing creative people : lessons in leadership for the ideas economy, Gordon Torr
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-294) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I. THE CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL -- The Day the World Ran out of Ideas -- The Problem with Creative People -- Two Guys in a Garage -- 21st Century Snake-Oil -- The Biology of Inspiration -- The Creative Personality -- The Survival of the Weirdest -- Towards a Formula for Genius -- The Barbel and the Breadboard -- II. THE CREATIVE ORGANISATION -- Introduction to PART II -- The Muse's Ransom -- Poison in the Water Cooler -- Podsnaps and Ponytails -- Structures and Strictures -- Place Matters -- The Road to Exit Five -- The Maze -- The Guardians of the Maze -- The New Patronage
- Control code
- 648759603
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780470772751
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- cl0500000042
- 13654bb2-6973-4f23-9991-9732c8dc7610
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)648759603
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Workplace Culture
- Creative ability in business
- Creative ability in business
- Creativiteit
- Créativité dans les affaires
- Management
- Management
- Succès dans les affaires
- Electronic books
- Leiderschap
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- EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
- O'Reilly Safari Learning Platform: Academic edition
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