O'Reilly Master Class: Leading and Managing Breakthrough Projects Video

By: Scott Berkun
Publisher:: O'Reilly Media
Released:: November 2009
Run time:: 3 hours 55 minutes

Description

Scott Berkun, author of the bestselling The Myths of Innovation, uses valuable insights from the past as well as challenging in-class exercises to help you develop the leadership skills and knowledge you need to manage innovative people and projects.

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Table of Contents

1.
Introduction: Leading and Managing Breakthrough Projects
52 minutes

We start by tearing apart the abused word 'innovation' and replacing it with more useful terms. Then we wind our way through some myths and misconceptions about the history of innovation.
2.
Creativity
1 hour 6 minutes

This section explores creative thinking from several fun angles, from using random words to take bigger risks, to using simple twists and tricks to reinvent brainstorming.
3.
Leading Creative teams (Free Preview)
19 minutes

What are the special challenges leaders face when given ambitious creative goals? This section breaks down the new challenges and gives advice on countermoves.
4.
Psychology of Innovation
25 minutes
5.
Project Management
20 minutes

How do you manage time and budget to increase the odds new ideas can survive? The secret is dedicating time to exploration.
6.
Balance
14 minutes

A short section on bringing all of these aspects together, especially the difference between being good at invention and being happy doing it.
7.
The wonders of incubation
16 minutes

Ideas must be kept safe while they're too young to fend for themselves. There are four ways to protect ideas: sequestered, staged, ad-hoc, and stealing them.
8.
Business
20 minutes

There are a short set of buzzwords and jargon you must be familiar with to prevent falling to traps often lead by people with business backgrounds or who have read too many pop business books.

Product Details

Title:

O'Reilly Master Class: Leading and Managing Breakthrough Projects Video

By:

Scott Berkun

Publisher:

O'Reilly Media

Formats:

Safari Books Online
Video

Video Release:

November 2009

Run time:

3 hours 55 minutes

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About the Author

Scott Berkun

Scott Berkun worked on the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft from 1994-1999 and left the company in 2003 with the goal of writing enough books to fill a shelf. The Myths of Innovation is his second book: he wrote the best seller, The Art of Project Management (O'Reilly 2005). He makes a living writing, teaching and speaking. He teaches a graduate course in creative thinking at the University of Washington, runs the sacred places architecture tour at NYC's GEL conference, and writes about innovation, design and management at www.scottberkun.com.

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