H. Evan Woodhead

The Power of Paradox: Using Contradiction, Conflict & Chaos to Achieve the Impossible (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Break free of the pack? Embrace the illogical? In life, business, research and education, it's often more "go with the flow" than defy what you know.
But will going with the flow overcome the unprecedented challenges we face today? Not likely, says author H. Evan Woodhead in The Power of Paradox: Using Contradiction, Conflict & Chaos to Achieve the Impossible.
Using paradox, a counter-intuitive idea that unleashes the potential for innovation, Woodhead sets a new stake in the ground for those working in conformist mentality groups. This book is a veritable toolbox for blending the effortless creativity of childhood with the wisdom earned through experience.
The Power of Paradox details 12 specific techniques for breaking free from the stagnation of conventional wisdom. The techniques include:
The Contrarian Methods: use conflict, chaos and rebelliousness as creative and positive forces.
Altered Perspectives: change the notion of the problem to radically alter the solutions considered.
The Passive Techniques: work by NOT doing things, instead of by taking positive action.
Group Methods: borrow some of the principles from other methods, add their own unique elements, and apply leverage.
The Power of Paradox is the first stop for executives and managers, project managers, researchers, educators, or anyone else who wants to vault the barriers to creative problem solving, and obliterate the negative and limiting boundaries of logical thinking.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: H. Evan Woodhead
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781311082800
• Artikelnr.: 48739250

Autorenporträt

H. Evan Woodhead, PMP, BSc, MBA, DSc is an author and management consultant specializing in the theory and practice of innovation in the solution of real-world business problems.

The science of decision-making has always acknowledged the importance of art - the creative process of generating a robust set of options before choosing a course of action. But it is packed full of models and methods for comparing proposed solutions, wile the cupboard is nearly empty when we look for help unearthing fresh new possibilities.

For decades the "experts" on business success - Visionaries, Motivational Speakers, Consultants - have told us we need to "get out of the box" to break out of the pack and take a business to the next level. They paint a very compelling and exciting picture of the benefits. And they are right. But on the subject of how to go about it, not so much.

Evan's books finally answer the critical "How" questions:

How do we break free of the established solutions, and find something completely new?

How can we separate the policies, rules, habits and traditions that prevent disaster apart from the ones that chain us to mediocrity or even doom us to a slow death?

How can we find a different way to look at our business that breathes fresh life into it?

And ultimately - how can we differentiate our business from the rest of the industry and leap to a new level of competitive advantage?