Work Like Da Vinci, Michael J. Gelb
Work Like Da Vinci, Michael J. Gelb
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Work Like Da Vinci
Gaining the Creative Advantage in Your Business and Career

Author: Michael J. Gelb

Narrator: Michael J. Gelb

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/08/2011


Synopsis

AN ORIGINAL AUDIO PROGRAM FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR!

In his instant self-help classic, the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Michael J. Gelb identified seven aspects of Da Vinci's genius that contemporary readers can emulate and apply in their own lives. Now, in WORK LIKE DA VINCI, Gelb adapts these principles to the specific demands of the workplace, sharing the innovative solutions to contemporary corporate and career challenges that have kept him in constant demand as a top-tier speaker and consultant to Fortune 500 clients.

In Gelb's expert perspective, Da Vinci's genius can be distilled into seven principles for the business listener:

Ask the right questions (Curiositá)
Put your answers to work (Dimostrazione)
Develop your business senses (Sensazione)
Turn uncertainty into opportunity (Sfumato)
Strike a profitable balance (Arte/Scienza)
Integrate for success (Corporalitá)
Make the break-through connection (Connessione)

These principles will help you tackle such timeless business challenges as: leadership; innovation; teamwork; strategic planning; decision-making; managing change and uncertainty; giving powerful presentations; giving and receiving feedback; and more.

About Michael J. Gelb

Michael J. Gelb, a renowned innovator in the field of creative thinking and leadership development, is the bestselling author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Body Learning, Samurai Chess and Present Yourself! Since 1978 Michael Gelb has conducted seminars around the world for companies such as BP, IBM, DuPont, KPMG, and YPO. He lives in Edgewater, New Jersey.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

The principles are accurate in my opinion but this whole book is basically just this guy waxing poetic about Da Vinci. Also, the audiobook is annoying. The author reads it himself, but he's reading it the way he'd deliver it if he were giving a speech to a room full of people and it's obnoxious. He.......more

Goodreads review by Karen

This book is full of simple, straight-forward, useful tools to starting thinking, organizing, and working like Da Vinci. Well, we assume the author did his homework and it is a very interesting collection. Da Vinci truly was a man before his time. I listened to the audiobook, read by the author. He h......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

Interesting tidbits about Di Vinci applied to modern life. Nothing particularly revolutionary here, just good solid writing on working creatively and effectively. The discussion of mind mapping was excellent and inspired me to start drawing mindmaps to plan/remember things.......more