Some recent publications:
“Keeping Innovation Alive After
the Consultants Leave,” RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT, Vol 43, No. 5,
September-October 2000, pp 17-22
“Involve Everyone in
The Innovation Process” RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT, Vol 45 No
5., September-October 2002.
“Enhancing Organizational
Knowledge Creation for Breakthrough Innovation: Tools and Techniques,”
Chapter 4 in PDMA Toolbook, coauthored with Koen, McDermott, and Olsen,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2004.
“The Dumb Thing
About SMART Goals For Innovation” RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
MANAGEMENT, Vol 48 No 5.,
September-October 2005.
“Use Mistakes To
Foster Innovation” RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT,
Vol 51 No 2.,
March-April 2008.
“Manager’s Guide to Fostering
Innovation and Creativity in Teams” McGraw Hill, © 2010
Charles Prather Speech or
Seminar or Workshop programs
1. Thinking "Out of the Box" - tools and techniques
that can re-invent you and your business
2. Creative Problem Solving - how to
create new, useful and unexpected solutions to critical issues
3. The Five Pitfalls to Innovation - and how to
avoid them
4. Your Creativity Style - how to find a job you can
love and help your people do the same
5. Leading Innovation - create the right
working environment
6. Leading Innovation - create a self-sustaining
culture of innovation
7. Motivating for Innovation - hint: money
doesn't do it.
8. Leading Change - create dissatisfaction with the
status quo
9. Systems Thinking for Innovation - handling
mistakes & building trust
