Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-670-92055-6 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent 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 a common trait: a carefully trained capacity for ideas execution. Implementing your ideas is a skill that can be taught, and Belsky distils 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.
Reviews / Votes
If you care about your art, your job or your market, you really have no choice but to read this book -- Seth Godin, Author Of 'purple Cow' And 'linchpin' Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. This book helps you with the hard part -- Guy Kawasaki, Former Apple Guru And Author Of 'the Art Of The Start' This is a book about execution, and when it comes to going from an idea to a real business, execution is everything -- John Battelle, Co-Founder Of Wired And Boingboing This book is like a Swiss Army knife for ideas. It offers step-by-step tools to turn ideas into action and it's full of wonderful and enlightening stories -- Ji Lee, Creative Director, Google Creative Lab Looking deep into the creative process, this book forges a new path for the wandering genius. Belsky offers an illustrated map on how to get to the destination of your great ideas -- Scott Thomas, Design Director, Obama Presidential Campaign In one little volume, Belsky shows how to execute simply, boldly, powerfully. He reveals the forces and methods that push projects to completion - and how they are accessible to all of us -- Leo Babauta, Author Of 'the Power Of Less' If your creative team or organisation struggles to implement their best ideas, or if you find that your own creative projects languish unfinished, you need Making Ideas Happen -- Teresa Amabile, Director Of Research, Harvard Business SchoolMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-670-92055-6 (9780670920556)
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Person
Scott Belsky is the founder and CEO of Behance, the software and design company dedicated to enhancing productivity in the creative community. He oversees a social networking site used by more than 30,000 creative professionals from around the world. He has consulted for media and Fortune 500 companies, including GE and Hewlett-Packard. In 2010 he was included in Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" list. Prior to founding Behance he helped grow the Pine Street Leadership Development Initiative at Goldman Sachs; he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.