Sloane, Paul,  1950- <br/><br/>
The leader's guide to lateral thinking skills :  unlock the creativity and innovation in you and your team / 
 Lateral thinking skills 
Paul Sloane. 
 - Third Edition. 
 - x, 194 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Revised edition of the author's The leader's guide to skills, 2006. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The need for innovation -- Characteristics of the lateral leader -- The innovation test -- Laying the foundations for change -- Making the vision real -- Challenge your assumptions -- Ask searching questions -- Take a different view -- Combine the unusual -- Adapt, adopt, improve -- Break the rules -- Analyse first -- Increase the yield -- Introduce the random -- Evaluate -- Implement -- Welcome failure -- Use the team -- Organizing for innovation -- Common mistakes -- 21 great ways to innovate -- The lateral leadership course -- Appendix 1: Tools and techniques -- Appendix 2: Answers to lateral thinking puzzles -- References and recommended reading -- Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780749481025 (paperback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017021056 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Creative ability in business.<br/>Lateral thinking.<br/>Management.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.40714