Weird Ideas That Work

出版者:Free Press

作者:Robert I. Sutton

页数:232

出版时间:2001-10-30

价格:USD 26.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780743212120

具体描述

Creativity, new ideas, innovation -- in any age they are keys to success, but in today's whirlwind economy they are essential for survival itself. Yet, as Robert Sutton explains, the standard rules of business behavior and management are precisely the opposite of what it takes to build an innovative company. We are told to hire people who will fit in; to train them extensively; and to work to instill a corporate culture in every employee. In fact, in order to foster creativity, we should hire misfits, goad them to fight, and pay them to defy convention and undermine the prevailing culture. "Weird Ideas That Work" codifies these and other proven counterintuitive ideas to help you turn your workplace from staid and safe to wild and woolly -- and creative. Stanford professor Robert Sutton is an authority on innovation and a popular speaker. In "Weird Ideas That Work" he draws on extensive research in behavioral psychology to explain how innovation can be fostered in hiring, managing, and motivating people; building teams; making decisions; and interacting with outsiders. Business practices like "hire people who make you uncomfortable," "reward success and failure, but punish inaction," and "decide to do something that will probably fail, and then convince yourself and everyone else that success is certain" strike many managers as strange or even downright wrong. Yet "Weird Ideas That Work" shows how some of the best teams and companies use these and other counterintuitive practices to crank out new ideas, and it demonstrates that every company can reap sales and profits from such creativity. "Weird Ideas That Work" is filled with examples of each of Sutton's 11 1/2 practices, drawn from hi- and low-tech industries, manufacturing and services, information and products. More than just a set of bizarre suggestions, it represents a breakthrough in management thinking: Sutton shows that the practices we need to sustain performance are in constant tension with those that foster new ideas. The trick is to choose the right balance between conventional and "weird" -- and now, thanks to Robert Sutton's work, we have the tools we need to do so.

作者简介

Robert I. Sutton is professor of management science and engineering at the Stanford University School of Engineering, where he is the former codirector of the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization. Sutton is the author of The No Asshole Rule and coauthor of The Knowing-Doing Gap and Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense.

目录信息

PART I: WHY THE WEIRD IDEAS WORK ...1
1 Why These Ideas Work, but Seem Weird ...3
2 What Is Creativity, Anyway...22
PART II: THE WEIRD IDEAS...33
3 Hire "Slow Learners"(of the Organizational Code) (Weird Idea #1)...35
4 Hire People Who Make You Uncomfortable, Even Those You Dislike (Weird Idea#1 1/2)...45
5 Hire People You( Probably) Don't Need (Weird Idea#2)...52
6 Use Job Interviews to Get Ideas, Not to Screen Candidates (Weird Idea #3)...59
7 Encourage People to Ignore and Defy Superiors and Peers (Weird Idea #4) ...65
8 Find Some Happy People and Get Them to Fight (Weird Idea #5)...84
9 Reward Success and Failure, Punish Inaction (Weird Idea #6)...94
10 Decide to Do Something That Will Probably Fail, Then Convince Yourself and Everyone Else That Success Is Certain(Weird Idea #7) ...104
11 Think of Some Ridiculous or Impractical Things to Do, Then Plan to Do Them (Weird Idea #8)..114
12 Avoid, Distract, and Bore Customers, Critics, and Anyone Who Just Wants to Talk about Money(Weird Idea #9)...127
13 Dont Try to learn anything from People Who Seem to Have Solved the Problems You Face(weird Idea #10)...146
14 Forget the Past, Especially Your Companys Successes (Weird Idea #11)...152
PART III: PUTTING THE WEIRD IDEAS TO WORK...175
15 Building Companies Where Innovation Is a Way of Life...177
Acknowledgments...201
Notes...207
Index...225
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用户评价

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