
Group Genius
The Creative Power of Collaboration
Keith Sawyer(Author)
Basic Books (Publisher)
Published on 4. March 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-465-07193-7 (ISBN)
Description
Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? Group Genius tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity, revealing that creativity is always collabourative-even when you're alone. Sharing the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz groups, theatre ensembles, and conversation analysis, Keith Sawyer shows us how to be more creative in collabourative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
424 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-07193-7 (9780465071937)
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E-Book
05/2017
2nd Edition
Basic Books
€9.99
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Person
Keith Sawyer is an associate professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of the textbook Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, has designed video games for Atari, and lectures frequently to both academic and business audiences. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.