A Year of Creativity
52 smart ideas for boosting creativity, innovation and inspiration at work
Published on 26. September 2024
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-3994-1325-1 (ISBN)
Description
A Year of Creativity demystifies what it means to be creative, showing how all of us need to exercise our creativity muscles if we are to meet the challenges of an uncertain world.
If you want to win at work, efficiency is not enough, strategy is not enough, and analysis is not enough. We live in times of increasing complexity and ambiguity; even businesses that have themselves been major disruptors fear major new disruption themselves. In response, leaders are battening down the hatches: the more uncertain the world, the more they retreat into stale, established patterns of behaviour.
This is a big mistake. The only way to secure competitive advantage is to ensure that creative thinking is driving your organization. It will enable workplace satisfaction, boost performance, and encourage new ideas throughout teams. To tackle our uncertain environment - and to win in the world of future business - we all need to get serious about creativity and the potential it can unleash.
The authors of Belonging have now written A Year of Creativity, which will make creativity accessible to everyone. In 52 lessons, it explores how to be creative (either individually or in groups and teams), how to nurture creativity, and how - as a result - to redefine yourself and your career.
If you want to win at work, efficiency is not enough, strategy is not enough, and analysis is not enough. We live in times of increasing complexity and ambiguity; even businesses that have themselves been major disruptors fear major new disruption themselves. In response, leaders are battening down the hatches: the more uncertain the world, the more they retreat into stale, established patterns of behaviour.
This is a big mistake. The only way to secure competitive advantage is to ensure that creative thinking is driving your organization. It will enable workplace satisfaction, boost performance, and encourage new ideas throughout teams. To tackle our uncertain environment - and to win in the world of future business - we all need to get serious about creativity and the potential it can unleash.
The authors of Belonging have now written A Year of Creativity, which will make creativity accessible to everyone. In 52 lessons, it explores how to be creative (either individually or in groups and teams), how to nurture creativity, and how - as a result - to redefine yourself and your career.
Reviews / Votes
An atlas of creativity that celebrates the best of our wild, unpredictable and generous humanity just at the time that the algorithmic world is trying to tame, predict and cost it. -- Frank Cottrell-Boyce * Screenwriter & Award-Winning Novelist * A masterclass in harnessing innovation. Essential for leaders aiming to inspire and drive creative excellence. -- Fiona Spooner * Managing Director, Consumer Revenue, Financial Times * A Year of Creativity is a game changer. Kathryn and Sue have written an important and entertaining book. The best business book I've read this year. -- Rak Patel * Head of Sales, EMEA, Spotify * Well worth a read for leader looking to unleash creativity and innovation in their organisations. Sue and Kathryn provide a practical guide on how to master the art and science of creativity within business, from their lived experience leading transformations. -- Helen Bentley * Partner, Digital Strategy, Innovation & Experience Design, EY * This book ignites innovation, challenging business leaders to embrace creativity as the ultimate competitive advantage. A must-read for forward-thinking executives. -- Larissa Vince * CEO, TBWA London * A rallying call for creativity in all areas of business, full of useful anecdotes and tips on how everyone can be more creative. -- Phil Hall * UK CEO, Ocean Outdoor * A book for all seasons - A Year of Creativity synthesises best-in-class thinking designed, no less, to ward off the banishment of wonder! With endless inspiration and provocation packed into its 52 creative techniques, Kathryn and Sue showcase how creativity is a superpower able to drive innovation, and how this intangible force demands positivity and regular flexing. So, if you're ready to ditch the cynicism and lose the ennui, let this book inspire you to step outside your comfort zones and take transformational action. -- Arif Durrani * Global Content Director, Reuters Plus *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3994-1325-1 (9781399413251)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Kathryn Jacob | Sue Unerman
A Year of Creativity
52 Smart Ideas for Boosting Creativity, Innovation and Inspiration at Work
E-Book
09/2024
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Business
€21.99
Available for download
Kathryn Jacob | Sue Unerman
A Year of Creativity
52 Smart Ideas for Boosting Creativity, Innovation and Inspiration at Work
E-Book
09/2024
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Business
€21.99
Available for download
Persons
Sue Unerman is Global Chief Strategy Officer at Brainlabs, following 34 years at MediaCom. She blogs at www.sueunerman.com. Kathryn Jacob is CEO of Pearl & Dean and the President of SAWA. With Sue, she is the co-author of Belonging (Bloomsbury, 2020), and The Glass Wall (Profile Books, 2016). She sits on the Development Board of RADA and acts as Chair of HOME in Manchester.