Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration

Keith Sawyer

ISBN 10: 0465071929 / ISBN 13: 9780465071920

Published by Basic Books June 2007, 2007

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Signed with personal inscription on the title page. Binding is tight and square. Pages are very clean and unmarked. Dj is now protected by a mylar cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration
• Publisher: Basic Books June 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465071929
• ISBN 13: 9780465071920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

Creativity has long been thought to be an individual gift, best pursued alone; schools, organizations, and whole industries are built on this idea. But what if the most common beliefs about how creativity works are wrong? In this authoritative and fascinating new book, Keith Sawyer, a psychologist at Washington University, tears down some of the most popular myths about creativity and erects new principles in their place. He reveals that creativity is always collaborative-even when you’re alone. (That ?eureka” moment in the bathtub couldn’t have come to Archimedes if he hadn’t spent so many hours arguing and comparing notes with his fellow mathematicians and philosophers.) Sawyer draws on compelling stories of inventions and innovations: the inventors of the ATM, the mountain bike, and open source operating systems, among others, to demonstrate the freewheeling ways of true innovation. He shares the results of his own acclaimed research on jazz groups, theater ensembles, and conversation analysis, to show us how to be more creative in collaborative group settings, how to change organizational dynamics for the better, and how to tap into our own reserves of creativity.

About the Author

Keith Sawyer is an associate professor of psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of the textbook Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation, has designed video games for Atari, and lectures frequently to both academic and business audiences. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.