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The Smart Creative Finding, Developing and Keeping Leaders for the Digital Age • Learn how to identify, develop, challenge and retain the managerial and technical leadership your company needs to succeed in the 21st century. • Meet the smart creative, understand their developmental needs in a way you can be sure to keep them growing, and power your company’s growth. • This is human resource strategy at its scientific best. At a time when the brightest programmer, systems engineer, or skilled manager can yield an order of magnitude more productivity than the average, here is the key to unlock- ing the brain power you need to succeed. The Authors Don and Bonnie Fowke are seasoned management consultants. They focus on excellent organization which aligns peo- ple with strategy. They serve executives across a broad range of industries. Their deep experience builds on Don’s educa- tion in industrial management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and Bon- nie’s education at The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. They practice as members of The New Management Network, and live in Toronto. DeDication To Elliott Jaques (1917 – 2003) On the 100th anniversary of his birth 2017 iii contents D eDication iii a cknowleDgements vii F oreworD xi t s c 1 he mart reative D t s c 19 eveloping he mart reative i h m 55 DentiFying igh oDe t t U 81 he alent pshiFt w D w l ? 105 hat iD e earn c 109 opyright a a 111 boUt the Uthors v acknowleDgements We wish to acknowledge the many managers and professionals in our client companies who have participated in the talent management programs exploring their paths of development with us, and the executives of these companies who have commissioned the talent management work. These companies, spanning manufacturing, resources, packaged goods, software, engineering and construction, financial services and data analytics, remain anonymous for privacy and confidentiality reasons. We also acknowledge the contribution of Joshua Fowke and T. Owen Jacobs to this book. In addition, our colleagues Herb Koplowitz, Glenn Mehltretter, Michelle Malay Carter and Heidi Mehltretter have been important to the development of the themes presented here. We wish to express our appreciation to Rebecca Cason of the Requisite Organization International Institute for her efforts to keep the Elliott Jaques work in print, and for her assistance vii in ensuring that our interpretation of that work remains consistent with his findings and scientific conclusions. In addition, we acknowledge Ken Shepard’s role in creating and sustaining the Global Organization Design Society that has brought so many professionals together to share ideas and advance knowledge in the field of organization design. Finally, to our graphic artist Andalee Motrenec and especially our editor, Robert (Sam) Cudney for bringing it all together. Don and Bonnie Fowke Toronto February 2017 viii
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