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Free Workplace Articles Library - over 2,100 online : What's New 9 New Links: Best Practices: InnovationBy Fred Bales - Innovation has been the subject of scores of books, magazine articles and studies. For those who prefer the short form, here are seven factors to keep in mind: new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 143 )The Power of Ordinary PracticesBy Micheal Roberts - Seemingly mundane things that managers do can have great impact on their workers, says Professor Teresa Amabile. In this conversation with Professor Mike Roberts, she updates her ongoing research on creativity in the workplace by investigating how people's intense inner work lives affect their productivity—and how managers can encourage production. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 267 )The Creativity MazeBy Teresa Amabile - Creative people are rarely superstars like Michael Jordan. Indeed, most of the creative work done in the business world today gets done by people whose names will never be recorded in history books. They are people with expertise, good creative-thinking skills, and high levels of intrinsic motivation. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 198 )Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of GroupsBy Laurie Joan Aron - The typical pitfalls encountered in group decision-making are all too familiar. Who hasn't witnessed, for instance, the silence around a conference table as meeting participants turn suddenly speechless, unable to generate novel suggestions? new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 132 )The Rise of Innovation in AsiaBy Sean Silverthorne - Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership in innovation. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 133 )Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time Is Not On Your SideBy Sean Silverthorne - In this email interview with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne, Amabile talks about her research—one of the most complex research efforts ever undertaken at HBS—and the implications for managers who need to keep creative thinking in their organizations even as time pressures increase. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 191 )How Team Leaders Show Support-or NotBy Martha Legace - What do leaders do to make employees in creative functions feel supported or not? That was one of the research questions posed by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and colleagues in what has turned into a penetrating study of creativity in organizations. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 171 )Don't Be A One-innovation WonderBy Jeffrey Baumgartner - Take a lesson from Airbus and WebVan: When you have that really big, disruptive, amazing, incredible, world-changing idea, it should not mark the end of your innovation process. It’s just the beginning, according to Jeffrey Baumgartner. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 134 )Ideas Come In All SizesBy Paul R. Williams - Big ideas, although having impacts that many times are short-lived, do provide incredible boosts in brand recognition, customer loyalty, competitive separation, employee morale, and company performance. The goal of this article, however, is to remind you that, while the pursuit of big ideas is noble, it is short-sighted to discount the huge prospective impact of the numerous small ideas within your organization. new (Added: 4-Dec-2006 Hits: 104 )
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