In Brainsteering, authors and former McKinsey consultants Kevin P. Coyne and Shawn T. Coyne explain how to actively guide creativity through non-traditional brainstorming strategies to produce breakthrough business ideas.

Hardcover, 256pp

HarperCollins Publishers, March 2011

ISBN-13: 9780062006196

Barnes & Noble online price: $16.92

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SYNOPSIS

Change the way you think about new ideas by steering your creativity in new and more productive directions.

Ideas. Whether the goal is to create a billion-dollar business, fix a broken process, reduce expenses or simply find the perfect gift for that special someone, we all need a steady stream of breakthrough ideas — and we’ve all learned from experience that traditional brainstorming doesn’t generate them.

Former McKinsey consultants Kevin P. Coyne and Shawn T. Coyne have spent more than a decade developing a better approach — Brainsteering — that takes brainstorming and other outdated ideation techniques and “steers” them in a more productive direction by better reflecting the way human beings actually think and work in creative problem-solving situations. By introducing just the right amount of structure into the process, and asking just the right questions, Brainsteering has helped Fortune 500 companies, small not-for-profits and individuals alike generate ideas they previously could never have imagined.

Peppered with thought-provoking and entertaining examples drawn from the workplace and popular culture, Brainsteering can help anyone develop breakthrough ideas, whether working alone on a one-time problem or turning an entire organization into an ongoing “idea factory.” And getting started is easy: Simply ask the right questions, and good ideas will follow.