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The Innovator's Discussion : The Conversational Skills of Entrepreneurial Teams.

Campbell, Betsy.

The Innovator's Discussion : The Conversational Skills of Entrepreneurial Teams. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (181 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- About the author -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Defining the problem -- 1 Misperceptions that prevent teams from innovating successfully -- 2 Why popular approaches to innovation aren't enough -- Part 2 Explaining interpretive language -- 3 Collaborative language -- 4 Provisional language -- 5 Reflective language -- Part 3 Developing conversational competencies -- 6 Exercises to build verbal skills -- 7 Making interpretation visible through documentation -- Part 4 Using interpretive language in various situations -- 8 Interpretive language and a team's final pivot -- 9 Conversational approaches for other dilemmas of founding teams -- 10 Organizational culture and language -- Part 5 Learning beyond the book -- 11 Yes but . . . common questions -- 12 A community to harness the power of words -- Afterword on the method -- Appendix: Toasted Marshmallow instructions and game materials -- Glossary -- Index.

This book shows readers how high-performance teams verbally accomplish their work, and offers tools and techniques to cultivate these conversational competencies. Through engaging examples, exercises, and games, this book enables readers and their team mates to build a conversational advantage.

9781351017503


Teams in the workplace.


Electronic books.

HD53 .C367 2019

658.4022

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