Making ideas happen : overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality / Scott Belsky.

By:

Belsky, Scott [author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780670920600

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.409 22 B.S.M

LOC classification:

HD53 .B437 2010

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B7	658.409 B.S.M (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00013128

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.

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.

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