Creativity on Demand
The Dilemmas of Innovation in an Accelerated Age
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Introduction: The Ubiquity and Ambiguity of Routinized Business Innovation
1 Robinson Crusoe in Manhattan: Planned Accidents Are Good to Innovate With
2 “Putting This Mess into a Structure”: Cultural Contradictions and Discursive Resolutions
3 “Listening to the Voice of the Product”: Human Creativity Displaced
4 The Post-it Note Economy: Understanding Post-Fordist Business Innovation
5 Clutter: Unpacking the Stuff of Business Innovation
6 “Life Design”: The Omnivorous Logic of Business Innovation
Conclusion: Institutional Myths of Innovation
Notes
List of References
Index
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