Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.40 (575 Votes) |
Asin | : | 159184312X |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-12-13 |
Language | : | English |
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This book is a college course on turning ideas into reality B Shimp When I started reading Making Ideas Happen by Scott Belsky, I had grand hopes. I wanted this book to single-handedly pick my ideas off the dusty shelf in my brain and turn them into million-dollar businesses (or something like that). Maybe that is a little extreme, but I was instantly drawn to this book because I have a hard time making my ideas happen. I suppo. The best ideas make the most money Ian Mann The best ideas make the most money, right?The sad truth is that ideas that move industries forward are not the result of tremendous creative insight. Rather, it the masterful execution of creative insights that wins – every time. The implications of this truth are the subject of author Scott Belsky’s Wall Street Journal bestseller for 2011.The book . Andrew Duffy said Useful, helpful guide for making your ideas actionable and taking the right steps. I really found value in the first section of the book, on organization and execution. The following two - on community and leadership - weren't quite as big on ideas and things for the reader to take away, though the section on community did have some thought-provoking ideas and material. The third section - on leadership - mostly felt like sage advice but not
He knows your excuses, he's seen your shtick and he knows all the ways to avoid doing the work. He's seen it all before. And managers in search of a place to hide can best hide behind the unshipped product, the unrealized idea and the system gone wrong. Faceless committees accept the blame for tepid products that were probably better off in the warehouse. There. Do you still want to read his book? If you care about your art, your job or your market, you really have no choice. Exclusive: Seth Godin Reviews Making Ideas HappenSeth Godin is the author of Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, Purple Cow
That's why he founded Behance, a company that helps creative people and teams across industries develop these skills. Ideas for new businesses, solutions to the world's problems, and artistic breakthroughs are common, but great execution is rare. How the world's leading innovators push their ideas to fruition again and again Edison famously said that genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. According to Scott Belsky, the capacity to make ideas happen can be developed by anyone willing to develop their organizational habits and leadership capability. Belsky has spent six years studying the habits of creative people and teams that are especially productive-the ones who make their ideas happen time and time again. After