Positive Turbulence : Developing Climates for Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal

by Gryskiewicz, Stanley S.

• ISBN13: 9780787910082
• ISBN10: 0787910082
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-20
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Can your company manage -- even encourage -- turbulence in ways that actually strengthen its competitive stance? Absolutely. In this work, top organizational psychologist Stanley Gryskiewicz argues that challenges to the status quo can be catalysts for creativity, innovation, and renewal and shows leaders how they can keep their company on the competitive edge by embracing a process he calls Positive Turbulence. Developed through the author's work with many of the world's leading companies over the course of thirty years, Positive Turbulence delivers proven methods for creating an organization that continuously renews itself through the committed pursuit of new ideas, products, and processes.

Author Biography

STANLEY S. GRYSKIEWICZ is vice president of global resources and senior fellow, creativity and innovation, at the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. A leading authority on innovation, creativity, and corporate change, he has worked with a number of international clients including the Japan Management Association and the World Bank.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv	(6)
Acknowledgments	xxi	(4)
The Author	xxv
Introduction	1	(4)
1. The Case for Positive Turbulence	5	(16)
2. The Dynamics of Positive Turbulence	21	(18)
3. Strategies for Increasing Receptivity to Positive Turbulence	39	(20)
4. Strategies for Developing Positive Turbulence in Teams	59	(22)
5. Strategies for Managing Positive Turbulence	81	(34)
6. Positive Turbulence in Action	115	(36)
Appendix A: Selected Resources	151	(26)
Appendix B: Targeted Innovation	177	(10)
References	187	(4)
Index	191