Making Ideas Happen: Overcoming the Obstacles Between Vision and Reality

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Thomas Edison famously said that genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration. Every day new solutions, revolutionary cures, and artistic breakthroughs are conceived and squandered by smart people. Along with the gift of creativity come the obstacles to making ideas happen: lack of organisation, lack of accountability and a lack of community support.Scott Belsky has interviewsed hundreds of the most productive creative people and teams in the world, revealing one common trait: a carefully trained capacity for executing ideas. Implementing your ideas is a skill that can be taught, and Belsky distills the core principles in this book.While many of us obsess about discovering great new ideas, Belsky shows why it is better to develop the capacity to make ideas happen – using old-fashioned passion and perspiration. Making Ideas Happen reveals the practical yet counterintuitive techniques of ‘serial creatives’ – those few who make their visions a reality.

Additional information

Weight 0.181 kg
Dimensions 1.6 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by

Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

256

publisher

Year Published

2011-6-2

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0670920606

About The Author

Scott Belsky is the founder and CEO of Behance, the software and design company dedicated to enhancing productivity in the creative community. He oversees a social networking site used by more than 30,000 creative professionals from around the world. He has consulted for media and Fortune 500 companies, including GE and Hewlett-Packard. In 2010 he was included in Fast Company's '100 Most Creative People in Business' list. Prior to founding Behance he helped grow the Pine Street Leadership Initiative at Goldman Sachs; he received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Review Quote

If you care about your art, your job or your market, you really have no choice but to read this book

Other text

Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard. This book helps you with the hard part