Designing Creative High Power Teams and Organizations

The very best firms today are poietic organizations; that

is, they are exceptional at streamlining the processes of

ideation, creation, and production. These poietic organizations

do two things well: They design and develop high

power teams, and they create an organizational culture

and context

that supports improvisation, design, experimentation,

aesthetic awareness, and strengths development.

Great teams exhibit the same characteristics—trust,

commitment, and energy.

Inside you’ll learn how to design and develop creative

high power teams and organizations by first assessing team

member strengths using personality factors and multiple

intelligences theory. Following these assessments, how to

best represent and share this information to promote team

development is illustrated, while examining three types

of high performance teams—improvisational, design, and

research teams. The second half of this book focuses on

the major models upon which organizations are built, the

pros and cons of these choices, and strategy. Using current

research, examples and cases, the author articulates ways

to transform your organization into a high power and

poietic organization.