{"product_id":"managing-creativity-iris-anne-griffin-9798252591148","title":"Managing Creativity: Lenses for Leading Creative Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eManaging creative people is hard. Doing it well is rare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManaging Creativity: Lenses for Leading Creative Work\u003c\/b\u003e is a practical guide for managers, producers, and arts leaders who live in the crossfire between originality, deadlines, budgets, and ethics. Instead of treating creativity as a mysterious gift, this book shows you how to see it as something you can design for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on ten major creativity theories-from personality and motivation to collaboration, culture, flow, leadership, burnout, and ethics-each chapter gives you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first-person story from \"inside the artist's head,\" set in a specific creative world (music, comedy, TV writers' rooms, festivals, agencies, arts nonprofits, and more).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clear, jargon-free explanation of the theory in management language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA second story from a manager's point of view, applying the same pattern under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short analytic bridge that names the pattern and helps you recognize it in your own work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA branching mini-case that forces you to make tough calls and see the consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead different creative personalities and design around them rather than fighting them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalance structure and freedom so your teams can take real risks without chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eProtect intrinsic motivation and reduce burnout in long, grinding projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNavigate power, culture, and ethics when your work could go viral for the wrong reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurn abstract theories into concrete questions you can ask in meetings, rehearsals, and crises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you manage artists, writers, designers, performers, or any team that has to invent under pressure, this book gives you a portable set of lenses for diagnosing what is really going on-and a toolkit for responding in ways that are strategically sound and humanly sane.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever thought, \"I wish I had a way to explain what I'm seeing in this room,\" this book is designed to be that missing language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iris Anne Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252591148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Iris Anne Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084144320767,"sku":"9798252591148","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/managing-creativity-iris-anne-griffin-9798252591148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}