Ideaship: How to Get Ideas Flowing into the WorkPlace

For Jack Foster, the primary job of a leader (what he calls an "Ideaer") is to raise people's self-esteem, make it fun to come to work, and in the process help both employee and employer boost productivity in an increasingly competitive marketplace. In Ideaship, he simply and compellingly describes 39 ways to unleash workers' creativity.

The book covers a wide spectrum of strategies that are both practical and inspirational. Chapters include "Don't ask for one solution — ask for many," "Allow them the freedom to fail," and "Give them more than one problem at a time."

For Foster, the primary job of a leader is to raise people's self-esteem, make it fun to come to work, and in the process help both employee and employer boost productivity. In "Ideaship, " he simply and compellingly describes 39 ways to unleash workers' creativity. 20 illustrations.

Jack Foster is seventy-four and has been married to the same lady, Nancy Jean, for forty-seven years. They have two sons—Mark and Tim. He has been cooking, eating what he cooks, reading cookbooks, making up recipes, and writing about food since his teens. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, a veteran of the U.S. Army, a former advertising agency creative director, a resident of Santa Barbara, and the author of "How To Get Ideas, Ideaship, and the novel, "Hitchhiking.

Corby was an apprentice at an advertising agency called Graham and Gilles.

Corby was an apprentice at an advertising agency called Graham and Gilles.