TY - BOOK AU - Belsky,Scott TI - Making ideas happen: overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality SN - 9780670920600 AV - HD53 .B437 2010 U1 - 658.409 22 PY - 2010///] CY - New York PB - Portfolio KW - Creative ability in business KW - Success in business KW - Leadership N1 - Includes index; Organization and execution. The competitive advantage of organization -- The action method: work and life with a bias toward action -- Prioritization: managing your energy across life's projects -- Execution: always moving the ball forward -- Mental loyalty: maintaining attention and resolve -- The forces of community. Harnessing the forces around you -- Pushing ideas out to your community -- Leadership capability. The rewards overhaul -- The chemistry of the creative team -- Managing the creative team -- Self-leadership N2 - Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1 per cent inspiration, 99 per cent perspiration. Every day new solutions, revolutionary cures, and artistic breakthroughs are conceived and squandered by smart people. Along with the gift of creativity come the obstacles to making ideas happen: lack of organisation, lack of accountability and a lack of community support. Scott Belsky has interviewed hundreds of the most productive creative people and teams in the world, revealing one common trait: a carefully trained capacity for executing ideas. Implementing your ideas is a skill that can be taught, and Belshy distills the core principles in this book. While many of us obsess about discovering great new ideas, Belsky shows why it is better to develop the capacity to make ideas happen - using old-fashioned passion and perspiration. "Making Ideas Happen" reveals the practical yet counterintuitive techniques of 'serial creatives' - those few who make their visions a reality. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041911-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009041911-d.html ER -