Work Like Da Vinci: Gaining the Creative Advantage in Your Business and Career

Five years before The Da Vinci Code, Michael Gelb tapped into the enduring interest in Leonardo with his instant self-help classic, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, which identified seven aspects of Da Vincis genius that contemporary audiences can emulate and apply in their own lives. Now, in WORK LIKE DA VINCI, Gelb adapts these seven Da Vincian principles to the specific demands of the workplace. Gelb shares the innovative solutions to contemporary corporate and career challenges that have kept him in constant demand as a top-tier speaker and consultant to such clients as Microsoft, Nike, DuPont, G.E., Merck and others, many of whose success stories are recounted here. In Gelb's expert perspective, Da Vinci's genius can be distilled into seven principles for the business listener, based on the original Italianate principles familiar to hundreds of thousands of readers of How to Think: Ask the right questions (Curiosit) 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 (Corporalit) Connect to greatness (Connessione) These principles will help listeners tackle such timeless business challenges as: leadership, innovation, team-work, strategic planning, decision-making, managing change and uncertainty, giving powerful presentations, giving and receiving feedback and more.