What they're saying about The Hothouse Effect

"The Hothouse Effect provides a dazzling array of practical methods and intriguing observations that can quietly revolutionize both management and the conduct of business. The book's message is quite clear: in our highly competitive and uncertain environment, success comes from freeing up the full range of creative talent in all members of a community or organization.  Witty and lively, The Hothouse Effect provides a unique response to the challenges of doing business in a global, 21st century context." -- Georges Fischer, Director for e-Development at the Paris Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the World Chambers Consortium

"The Hothouse Effect makes the case convincingly for organizational and community life as a vital frontier for the creative process. Barton Kunstler has written an erudite yet thoroughly practical and engaging book that integrates his unique experiences as a trained classicist, artist, and professor of management. Read this wonderful book that contains important ideas on the full spectrum of creation from art to business and use its wisdom to make a golden age of creativity in our present world." -- Shaun McNiff, author of Creating with Others: The Practice of Imagination in Life, Art and the Workplace; Trust the Process: An Artistic Guide to Letting Go; and other books.

"A most interesting and enjoyable read. The hothouse effect is the balance required between teamwork and individual genius that can help any company improve the quality and output of their ideas. The Hothouse Effect describes an approach to creativity very much in the spirit of the one we apply at Saatchi & Saatchi, and it's an approach that works." -- Claire A. Hassid, Executive VP, Director of Strategic Planning, Saatchi and Saatchi, "2003 Global Agency of the Year"