When Sparks Fly

"The insights in the lively book could turbo-charge your team (and maybe even your career)."FortuneWhere do the best creative ideas come from? Most managers assume that it's the readily identifiable "creative types" that offer the quickest route to out-of-the-box thinking. Yet, say Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, most innovations spring from well-led group interactions. The authors sweep aside conventional thinking about creativity and offer proven strategies for stimulating and directing the group dynamics that lie at the heart of innovative thinking. When Sparks Fly outlines and analyzes each step in the creative process and gives practical suggestions for managing teams.

Dorothy Leonard is the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she serves as a Director of Research. Walter Swap is a Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Colleges at Tufts University.