Learn More Creative Competence Inventory: Self-Scoring Online Quiz Take a free test now to learn about your individual creative competencies Innovation Scan Assessing your organization's readiness for successful innovations So You Think You’re Not Creative: Unleashing Your Creativity on the Job and Everywhere Else Based on a careful analysis of the lives of the great masters of art, as well as recent brain research, Mandell and Jordan debunk the myth of the rare creative genius. A guide and sketchbook you can use to develop even more creative capacity. [Click here to order] Water Lilies and Innovation Fred Mandell. What does Claude Monet, the idiosyncratic French Impressionist painter, have in common with McDonald’s, the fast-food restaurant? At a mature age, both went through a radical re-interpretation of their “operations” in order to re-emerge with a new, successful approach. [PDF] Secrets of the Masters: What the Great Artists Can Teach Us Business Folks About Creativity, Innovation and Succeeding in the New Competitive Reality Fred Mandell, Presentation to the Financial Planning Association, 2004. Mandell describes the seven core creative competencies of the great masters of art and suggests how they can be applied in today’s business environment to achieve competitive advantage. [For your complimentary copy, email Fred Mandell by clicking here.] The Day Paul Cezanne Turned Leadership on its Head Fred Mandell. Revolutionize the way you think about leadership. This entertaining article builds upon advice given by one of the most influential artists of the past two centuries. [PDF] Moral Intelligence : Enhancing Business Performance and Leadership Success Doug Lennick and Fred Kiel, with Kathleen Jordan. The best way to use creativity is in service of goals that reflect your deepest beliefs and values. This book helps you clarify what’s most important to you, and offers ways to defuse the negative emotions that can block your creative capacity. [Purchase at Amazon] Organizing Genius, The Secrets of Creative Collaboration Warren Bennis, 1998. Bennis and co author Patricia Ward Bederman make the claim that what matters in today’s competitive environment is “collaborative advantage.” The authors clearly and insightfully distil the characteristics of successful collaboration through six case studies. Managers and Leaders: Are They Different? Abraham Zaleznick, 1977, Harvard Business Review, March-April 1992 This classic has even more relevance today than when it was initially published. Zaleznick suggests, among other differences, that managers seek order and process while leaders are comfortable with chaos and ambiguity and, therefore, leaders are more akin in spirit and psychological make up to the great scientists and artists. He then suggests the implications of this view for how we educate our leaders. [Click here to order] Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Harper Collins 1996. Csikszentmihalyi richly delineates the attributes and dynamics of creativity and flow as fundamental and powerful forces that enhance performance in all aspects of our life. [Click here to order] On Becoming an Artist : Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity Ellen Langer, Ballantine Books 2005. Langer, professor of psychology at Harvard, uses her personal journey into creativity and art as a platform for discussing the importance of “mindfulness” in all aspects of our work and life. [Click here to order] The Courage to Create Rollo May, W. W. Norton & Company, 1975. This classic by the renowned psychologist probes the nature of the creative act. How to Kill Creativity Theresa Amabile, Westview Press 1996. Amabile clearly explains the academic research that explores how organizations influence the creativity of its members. [Click here to order]	>> Library