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“A practical step-by-step guide that can help everyone ‘get creative’ and use that more effectively.”

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last, some unconventional wisdom!, 7 Mar 2007

By	A. Michaelides "Dimis Michaelides" (Nicosia, Cyprus) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity and Innovation in You and Your Team (Paperback)

At times when management literature abides with dos and donts based on conventional wisdom, here is a powerful defender of the values of unconventional wisdom. Paul Sloane makes a strong case for innovation and lateral thinking in business, where doing new, different things in new, different ways is more important than doing the same things more efficiently. The book is rich with examples from the real world where creative thinking and action have led to astonishing successes (even after numerous failed attempts)and examples where conservatism and conventional thinking have led to obsolescence or catastrophe. The author argues that creative skills can and should be developed at the individual level, the team level and the company level and the book abounds with tips and techniques to help people and organizations expand their potential for innovation. Lateral thinking puzzles placed at the end of each chapter, help reinforce the fact that we all think "in boxes" with assumptions and preconceptions that do not always correspond to reality. An excellent book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely does "what it says on the tin", 19 Feb 2007

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This review is from: The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity and Innovation in You and Your Team (Paperback)

Very readable, down-to-earth, highly practical and yet also totally inspiring, this book does much more than simply tell you that innovation in business is important - it actually shows you what that means in practice and HOW to make it happen. Through games, exercises, puzzles and challenges, it helps to release your own creative ability and to show in very realistic and achievable ways how you can extend that to your whole team. I am normally sceptical of management books, and find most of them unbearably smug. This one isn't at all: more than anything it feels REAL, and very energising. I never used to think of myself as a particularly creative person, but I have approached my work with a completely different attitude since reading this excellent book, and recommend it whole-heartedly to anyone who wants to release extra "buzz" in themselves or their team.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, practical and readable, 26 Feb 2007

By	R. D. Jeynes (Camberley, Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Unlocking the Creativity and Innovation in You and Your Team (Paperback)

This is a delightfully fresh approach to a very well-worn subject: how to enable innovation and creativity in business. Paul Sloane sets out the vital importance of innovation in modern business, using a very wide range of stimulating examples and case studies. He also offers a number of very practical methods businesses can use to encourage and foster a climate of innovation. You won't find all the techniques useful, but there's such a broad spread there's bound to be a few which work for any particular business.
The writing is intelligent but very readable, so it works on two levels: as a light, thought-provoking read and as a practical manual for taking action with a particular business.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read it and use these skills!
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This book will give you many neat tricks that you can use to stimulate your creativity. Our minds are essentially associative machines. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Martin Schr�der

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent tool kit for introducing Lateral Thinking to the workplace
This book is many things in one simple digestible volume. The books primary focus is the steps and environment required to introduce and encourage lateral thinking in the... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking out of the thinking straitjacket
In Chapter 11, Paul Sloane remarks that 'many of the rules that apply in businesses were set in earlier times and have endured by force of habit'. Read more

Published on 10 April 2007 by Roger E. Woodham

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Obviously, innovation, creativity and new ideas are important in business. Author Paul Sloane offers a number of techniques and practices to encourage the generation and... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars At last, some unconventional wisdom!
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Published on 24 Oct 2004 by A. Michaelides

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Paul Sloane’s ‘no nonsense’ approach to change is a breath of fresh air. It’s all too easy to concentrate on keeping a business quietly ticking over when... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent, practical and readable
This is a delightfully fresh approach to a very well-worn subject: how to enable innovation and creativity in business. Read more

Published on 30 Jul 2003 by R. D. Jeynes

4.0 out of 5 stars Thinking (and leading) out of the box
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States the case well for being different rather than just better,
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5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking out of the thinking straitjacket
In Chapter 11, Paul Sloane remarks that 'many of the rules that apply in businesses were set in earlier times and have endured by force of habit'. Read more

Published on 18 Jun 2003 by Roger E. Woodham

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun yet challenging - and above all practical!
There are numerous books that use 20:20 hindsight to highlight organisational problems that stifle innovation - and this book is another one! Read more

Published on 10 Jun 2003 by Andrew Needham

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