Sloane, P: Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills

1. The need for innovation The challenge of change; Change, creativity and innovation; Lateral thinking; Lateral thinking puzzles 2. Characteristics of the lateral leader 3. The innovation test 4. Laying the foundations for change Recognizing the need for change; Painting the vision; Communicating; Tips for setting and communicating the vision 5. Making the vision real Empowering; Overcoming fear; Staying focused; Planning and preparation; Managing the environment; Using innovation techniques; Tips for making the vision a reality 6. Challenge your assumptions Tips for challenging assumptions 7. Ask searching questions Imagination and knowledge; Creating a questioning organization; Tips for asking questions 8. Take a different view Visual links; Tips for adopting a different point of view 9. Combine the unusual Weird combinations are sometimes the strongest; Tips for forcing combinations 10. Adapt, adopt, improve Tips for finding ideas you can adopt and adapt 11. Break the rules Look at the rules in your business; Tips for breaking the rules 12. Analyse first Fishbone analysis; Why, Why?; Lotus blossom; Cogitate 13. Increase the yield Harvest the field; Tips for increasing the yield 14. Harvest the field Evaluation: the gating process 15. Implement Prototyping; Implementation priorities 16. Welcome failure Accidents will happen - so make the most of them; Tips for welcoming failure 17. Use the team Training; Tips for using the team; When to go outside - using the external team; Tips for using external sources of ideas 18. Organizing for innovation The challenge for smaller enterprises; How the larger enterprise should prepare; Measuring creativity; Tips for organizing for innovation 19. Common mistakes: 12 great ways to crush creativity Criticism; Neglecting brainstorms; Problem hoarding; Efficiency over innovation; Overworking; It isn't in the plan; Laying the blame; Wrong

Paul Sloane