R&D Creativity and Innovation Handbook A Practical Guide To Improve Creative Thinking and Innovation Success At Work

EDWARD GLASSMAN, Ph.D. (now retired) was the President of The Creativity College(r), a division of Leadership Consulting Services, Inc. and a former Professor (1960 to 1989) at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he founded & headed the Program For Team Effectiveness And Creativity. Professor Glassman led scores of creativity & innovation workshops for large and small organizations, including DuPont; Amoco Chemical; IBM; Texaco; Ciba-Geigy; Hoechst-Celanese; Milliken; Federal-Mogul; Calreco/Carnation; A.T.&T. Bell Laboratories; Standard Products; Eastman Chemical; Thetford; Lucas Engineering (UK); and numerous others. He also wrote many articles on creative thinking and on team excellence for Supervisory Management; R&D Management; Intrepreneurial Excellence; The Female Executive; Laboratory Management; Management Solutions; and The President. He wrote books on creativity and team innovation: "For Presidents Only: Unlocking The Creative Potential Of Your Management Team." (1990) The Presidents Association of The American Management Association. "The Creativity Factor: Unlocking the Potential of Your Team." (1991) Pfeiffer & Company. "Creativity Handbook: A Practical Guide to Paradigm Shifts and Creative Thinking at Work," (1996), a 250 page workbook used in his workshops & creativity meetings. "Team Creativity at Work-I: You Do Want To Be More Successful Than Your Competition. Don't You?" (2010). "Team Creativity at Work-II: Brainstorming Isn't Creative Enough Anymore." (2010). These successful creative thinking & innovation events, workshops, newspaper columns, articles, and books provide the solid foundation and experience needed to write this book. Born on March 18, 1929, in NYC and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1946, he received his Ph.D. in 1955 from the Biology Department, the Johns Hopkins University. He was a Professor (now retired) in the University of North Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC (1960-1989) and published over 100 research articles on biochemistry, genetics, neuroscience, alcohol, teaching, and creativity & innovation. He was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and Visiting Professor at Stanford University, and a Visiting Fellow at the Center For Creative Leadership.