The Concise Adair on Creativity and Innovation Book

Introduction Part one: Creative thinking The creative process Obstacles which inhibit creativity The non-creative person Developing creativity Remember Decision-making and the creative thinker Key elements of creative thinking and decision-making Analysis Synthesis Valuing Other useful approaches to creative thinking and decision-making Imaginative thinking Conceptual thinking Intuition Checklist: How does your mind work?
Using creative thinking to evaluate the options Checklist: Options Calculating the risks Part two: Innovation The process of innovation Five factors to create the right climate for innovation Innovation and organisation Characteristics of an innovative organisation Checklist for the innovative organisation What qualities should a chief executive as a leader have?
Motivation and innovation Characteristics to look for when recruiting What do innovative people expect from the organisation they work for?
Distinctive characteristics of the creative leader The generation of ideas Team innovation Communicating about innovation Checklist for building on ideas Brainstorming Checklist: Brainstorming Two more methods of collecting ideas Suggestion schemes Quality circles Checklist for the generation of ideas Dealing with change and overcoming obstacles to innovation Criticism Exercise: Overcoming obstacles Part three: Summary A creative thinker and innovator in practice The seven habits of successful creative thinkers and innovators
1 Thinking outside the apparent confines of the problem/situation Checklist: Beyond the nine dots
2 Welcoming chance intrusions Checklist: Chance intrusions
3 Listening to your depth mind
(the unconscious mind)
Checklist: Are you listening to your depth mind?
4 Suspending judgement Checklist: Suspending judgement
5 Using the stepping stones of analogy Exercise: Putting the stepping stones of analogy into practice
6 Tolerating ambiguity Checklist: Tolerating ambiguity
7 Banking all ideas from all sources Checklist: Banking ideas Conclusion Checklist for creativity and innovation Appendix Solutions to problems Quotes about creativity and innovation