Who Killed Creativity?
...And How Do We Get It Back?
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Narrated by:
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Deryn Edwards
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Oliver Fenton
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Who killed creativity? Was it X. S. Stress in the executive's office with crushing coercion? Or was it Beau Rock-Racy in the accountant's office with noxious negativity? Your help is needed to crack an unsolved crime: Creative thinking is declining at an alarming rate - how can we get it back?
A recent survey of CEOs revealed that creativity is considered the most important quality in leadership. Who Killed Creativity? investigates how companies, leaders, managers, and individuals can build (or rebuild) a culture of innovation by fostering creative thinking and problem-solving - finding better solutions faster. By exploring such questions as: Are bully bosses psychopaths in disguise? and Why does the future of civilization lie in a garbage dump in Mexico?, this book offers a compelling tale with a novel twist.
With a fascinating forensic approach, carefully researched facts are blended with humorous anecdotes to reveal the creative thinking killers. Practical tools and case studies then demonstrate how everyone can rewire their brain using seven essential creative thinking strategies. Who Killed Creativity? will help you resuscitate the spirit of innovation at all levels.
Andrew Grant and Gaia Grant are the executive directors of international consultancy Tirian, and have travelled the world for over 25 years to explore creative thinking for positive change. The book includes insights from Dr. Jason Gallate, an award-winning neuroscientist and specialist psychologist.
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Life can be a bit overwhelming sometimes, right? It can be difficult to clear your mind of a million different anxieties and focus in on the one thing you need to get done. The best-selling author of Clarity and The Little Book of Clarity goes one step further with Results by using his Clarity Coaching Model to help you de-clog your mind so you can make better decisions, prioritize, and focus on achieving those important goals.
By: Jamie Smart
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Performing Under Pressure
- The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most
- By: Hendrie Weisinger, J. P. Pawliw-Fry
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 325
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 323
Performing Under Pressure tackles the greatest obstacle to personal success, whether in a sales presentation, at home, on the golf course, interviewing for a job, or performing onstage at Carnegie Hall. Despite sports mythology, no one rises to the occasion under pressure and does better than they do in practice. The reality is pressure makes us do worse and sometimes leads us to fail utterly. But there are things we can do to diminish its effects on our performance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book!
- By Family Account on 04-01-15
By: Hendrie Weisinger, and others
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The High-Potential Leader
- How to Grow Fast, Take on New Responsibilities, and Make an Impact
- By: Ram Charan, Geri Willigan
- Narrated by: Bob Reed
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Companies need high potential leaders (Hi-Pos) more than ever before to help them adapt to today's tumultuous, digitally-driven business environment. If you meet the Hi-Po criteria, you're in high demand - and this book explains how to fast-track yourself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book for people wanting to climb the corporate ladder and for executives to accelerate high - potential leaders
- By Niel on 06-23-19
By: Ram Charan, and others
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Uncertainty
- Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance
- By: Jonathan Fields
- Narrated by: Erik Synnestvedt
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4 out of 5 stars 91
Jonathan Fields knows the risks - and potential power - of uncertainty. He gave up a six-figure income as a lawyer to make $12 an hour as a personal trainer. Then, married with a three-month old baby, he signed a lease to launch a yoga center in the heart of New York City...the day before 9/11.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Distracting Narration
- By Mike on 01-03-12
By: Jonathan Fields
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The Compassionate Achiever
- How Helping Others Fuels Success
- By: Christopher L. Kukk
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
For decades we've been told the key to prosperity is to look out for number one. But recent science shows that to achieve durable success, we need to be more than just achievers; we need to be compassionate achievers. New research in biology, neuroscience, and economics has found that compassion - recognizing a problem or caring about another's pain and making a commitment to help - not only improves others' lives; it can transform our own.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Me me me
- By Someone or not? on 04-04-20
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Ideaflow
- The Only Business Metric That Matters
- By: Jeremy Utley, Perry Klebahn
- Narrated by: David Kelley, Jeremy Utley, Perry Klebahn
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47
How can you come up with great ideas by yourself, or in the context of your team, and quickly determine which are worthy of investment? The simple metric of ideaflow determines success like no other. Ideaflow is a mindset, a way of approaching all your business problems, that multiplies your efforts and unleashes your full potential. Nurture ideaflow and watch your results transform.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book, but…
- By Mark Nutting, CSCS*D, NSCA-CPT*D on 12-27-22
By: Jeremy Utley, and others
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Questions Are the Answer
- A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life
- By: Hal Gregersen
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 114
For innovation and leadership guru Hal Gregersen, the power of questions has always been clear - but it took some years for the follow-on question to hit him: If so much depends on fresh questions, shouldn’t we know more about how to arrive at them? That sent him on a research quest ultimately including more than 200 interviews with creative thinkers. Questions Are the Answer delivers the insights Gregersen gained about the conditions that give rise to catalytic questions - and breakthrough insights - and how anyone can create them.
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2 out of 5 stars
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All you need is the title
- By Bob Jordy on 01-13-22
By: Hal Gregersen
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The Best Place to Work
- The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
- By: Ron Friedman PhD
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 335
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 271
In The Best Place to Work, award-winning psychologist Ron Friedman, Ph.D. uses the latest research from the fields of motivation, creativity, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and management to reveal what really makes us successful at work. Combining powerful stories with cutting edge findings, Friedman shows leaders at every level how they can use scientifically-proven techniques to promote smarter thinking, greater innovation, and stronger performance.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Useful ideas and information past first chapters
- By superstasia on 07-12-17
By: Ron Friedman PhD
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Making Ideas Happen
- Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
- By: Scott Belsky
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 697
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 463
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Story4 out of 5 stars 461
How the world's leading innovators push their ideas to fruition, time and time again. Edison famously said that genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. Ideas for new businesses, solutions to the world's problems, and artistic breakthroughs are common, but great execution is rare. According to Scott Belsky, the capacity to make ideas happen can be strengthened by anyone willing to build their organizational habits and harness the forces of community.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible Narrator
- By Charl on 07-12-12
By: Scott Belsky
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Designing for Growth
- A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers
- By: Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 103
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4 out of 5 stars 85
Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie educate listeners on one of the hottest trends in business development: "design thinking", or the ability to turn abstract ideas into practical applications for maximal business growth. Jeanne Liedtka's recent book, The Catalyst: How YOU Can Lead Extraordinary Growth, was named a Top Innovation and Design Thinking Book by Business Week. Tim Ogilvie has been hailed as a visionary for his pioneering contributions to service innovation, business model innovation, and customer experience design.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Audiobook requires regular book
- By GoingGoingGone... on 07-01-18
By: Jeanne Liedtka, and others
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Coaching for Performance, 5th Edition
- The Principles and Practice of Coaching and Leadership
- By: Sir John Whitmore, John McFarlane - foreword
- Narrated by: Richard Lyddon
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
Written by Sir John Whitmore, the pioneer of coaching, and Performance Consultants, the global market leaders in performance coaching, this extensively revised and extended edition will revolutionize the traditional approach to organizational culture. Brand-new practical exercises, corporate examples, and coaching dialogues strengthen the learning process, whilst a critical new chapter demonstrates how to measure the benefits of coaching as a return on investment, ensuring this landmark new edition will remain at the forefront of professional coaching and leadership development.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent concept
- By copious on 03-27-21
By: Sir John Whitmore, and others
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The Sniper Mind
- Eliminate Fear, Deal with Uncertainty, and Make Better Decisions
- By: David Amerland
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Snipers are exceptional. The trained sniper is a complex fusion of hard skills such as weapons knowledge, situational awareness, knowledge of ballistics and physics, and soft skills such as emotional stability, empathy, and a stoic acceptance of the hardships associated with a particular set of circumstances. There are countless instances where a single sniper, embarking on a secret mission, would have to improvise, operate beyond any hope of support, and yet still manage to carry out the mission and get back home unharmed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very good listen, a wealth of information.
- By Bill on 01-23-20
By: David Amerland
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Extreme Teams
- Why Pixar, Netflix, AirBnB, and Other Cutting-Edge Companies Succeed Where Most Fail
- By: Robert Bruce Shaw
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Managers want great teams, but most build them around decades-old ideas and practices made popular by companies that have lost their edge. Extreme Teams looks at the new generation of teams driving growth in today's most innovative firms. They do this by doing things differently: hiring the right person instead of the best person; focusing on one priority while leaving room to explore new ideas; creating an environment where people are comfortable dealing with the uncomfortable.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Extreme Blah
- By Blair C on 05-03-18
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Originals
- How Non-Conformists Move the World
- By: Adam Grant, Sheryl Sandberg - foreword
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Susan Denaker
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,252
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6,155
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6,130
With Give and Take, Adam Grant not only introduced a landmark new paradigm for success but also established himself as one of his generation’s most compelling and provocative thought leaders. In Originals he again addresses the challenge of improving the world, but now from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas and values that go against the grain, battle conformity, and buck outdated traditions. How can we originate new ideas, policies, and practices without risking it all?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but not science
- By Lloyd Fassett on 03-14-16
By: Adam Grant, and others
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Thoughts Are Things
- Turning Your Idea Into Realities, The Think and Grow Rich® series
- By: Bob Proctor, Greg S. Reid
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 156
You've learned the principles in Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich - now give them STICKABILITY! The path to personal and professional success is not a one-way street. Most people encounter setbacks and obstacles that threaten to derail them from their chosen route. The most successful people, however, adhere to their principles and goals, capitalizing on hidden opportunities, even in the face of what many would consider unconquerable obstacles. To coin a new word - these people have STICKABILITY!
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5 out of 5 stars
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This book has changed my life.
- By Tammy Ward on 07-06-19
By: Bob Proctor, and others
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- Karen M. Turcotte
- 09-23-22
Not what I expected but helpful
I was expecting a full on novel based on the trailer and reviews. This is a fair academic text, a very interesting one. The authors use their own experiences and world events to illustrate their points. I trust their insight and am glad I read it.
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