A compelling account of how incorporating play into work can help us overcome the uncertainty and turbulence that surrounds work How can we learn to deal with uncertainty at work? The answer, as Dodgson and Gann eloquently portray in this pathfinding book, is to learn from the adaptive behaviors...

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prelude -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1 Why be playful? -- 1 Work -- Why 'play'? -- Noble behaviours -- A brief history of work and play -- Emily's story -- 2 Play -- Steve Shirley -- Rajeeb Dey -- Playful...

This paper is motivated by a desire to clarify the definition of 'openness' as currently used in the literature on open innovation, and to re-conceptualize the idea for future research on the topic. We combine bibliographic analysis of all papers on the topic published in Thomson's ISI Web of...

The management of technological innovation is one of the most important challenges facing businesses today. Innovation is now the fundamental driver of competitiveness for firms of all sizes in virtually all business sectors. The first edition of this book has been one of the most popular texts...