Mastering the Art of Creative Collaboration

by HARGROVE,R

• ISBN13: 9780070264090
• ISBN10: 0070264090
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Creative collaboration makes the impossible, possible. But all too often collaboration stifles creativity. This exciting new book offers tradition-shattering advice that gives readers the tools to make any collaborative activity creative, productive, and rewarding.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(8)
Acknowledgments	xvii	(2)
Introduction	xix
Chapter One Creative Collaboration: An Idea Whose Time Has Come	1	(48)
Interlude The Mars Pathfinder Mission	39	(10)
Chapter Two How to Become a Collaborative Person	49	(42)
Interlude Passionate Diplomacy in the Middle East	73	(18)
Chapter Three The Building Blocks of Creative Collaboration	91	(36)
Interlude The Future of the Firm	111	(16)
Chapter Four Close Encounters of the Creative Kind: Launching Your Collaboration	127	(32)
Interlude Joan Holmes and the Hunger Project	149	(10)
Chapter Five It Happens in Conversations: An Introduction	159	(6)
Chapter Six The Five Phases of a Collaborative Conversation	165	(36)
Chapter Seven Coaching, Practical Applications, and Tools of Creative Collaboration	201	(32)
Epilogue: The Sounding of the Tone	233	(2)
Afterword: The 21st Century--When Geniuses Collide	235	(2)
Notes	237	(6)
Index	243	(10)
About the Author	253