TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sloane,Paul
AU  - Sloane,Paul
TI  - The leader's guide to lateral thinking skills: unlock the creativity and innovation in you and your team 
SN  - 9780749481025 (pbk.)
AV  - HD53 .S634 2017
U1  - 658.4/0714 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Kogan Page Ltd
KW  - Creative ability in business
KW  - Lateral thinking
KW  - Management
N1  - Revised edition of the author's The leader's guide to skills, 2006; Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The need for innovation -- Characteristics of the lateral leader -- The innovation test -- Laying the foundations for change -- Making the vision real -- Challenge your assumptions -- Ask searching questions -- Take a different view -- Combine the unusual -- Adapt, adopt, improve -- Break the rules -- Analyse first -- Increase the yield -- Introduce the random -- Evaluate -- Implement -- Welcome failure -- Use the team -- Organizing for innovation -- Common mistakes -- 21 great ways to innovate -- The lateral leadership course -- Appendix 1: Tools and techniques -- Appendix 2: Answers to lateral thinking puzzles -- References and recommended reading -- Index
ER  -