Hot Spots: Why Some Companies Buzz with Energy and Innovation - And Others Dont

Gratton, Lynda

ISBN 10: 0273711466 / ISBN 13: 9780273711469

Published by Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hot Spots: Why Some Companies Buzz with Energy and Innovation - And Others Dont
• Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273711466
• ISBN 13: 9780273711469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Used; Very Good

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Synopsis

We've all heard about companies and teams that are buzzing with ideas, innovation and sheer trendiness - think Nokia, think Google, think Starbucks. Sometimes, without warning or explanation, there are condensed periods of growth and innovation within an organisation or culture. For a short time, new ideas flow freely and growth, co-operation and success are achieved at a level that exceeds all expectations. These are Hot Spots. But why do they occur in some companies and teams and not others? How can you avoid the Big Freeze and instead encourage these centres of creativity, action and energy?

Hot Spots presents this powerful new idea which holds enormous potential for increasing productivity, co-operation and innovation. Hot Spots can be found anywhere that ideas converge - workplaces, companies, industries, coffee shops, hallways, conferences. And distance is no barrier either: Hot Spots can thrive across different geographical locations and different time zones. Based on extensive research with industry leaders such as BP, Nokia, Adidas, Linux, Goldman Sachs, Ogilvy One, Unilever and Reuters, Hot Spots explores the conditions and environments that are conducive to the creation of Hot Spots.

With Hot Spots you can achieve higher levels of effectiveness and productivity than you ever thought possible.

About the Author

Dr Lynda Gratton is Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour at London Business School. She has been named the number 1 strategic thinker in the world in an article published in the periodical Strategic Human Resource Management and has also been named as one of the premier business and management thinkers in the world.  The Financial Times (December 1, 2005) has published a list compiled every two years of the top 50 business thinkers in the world, and Lynda is number 34 on the list.