About the Authors

Chris Grivas is an organizational development consultant who for more than fifteen years has been actively managing change and facilitating growth for leaders and companies worldwide, including Ernst & Young, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, New York University, and Blessing White. Whether consulting with individuals, teams, or entire organizations, Chris partners with his clients to customize comprehensive development approaches to support their unique needs and cultures. He helps teams come together, solve problems, and position themselves for future success. He consults with leaders on how they can develop themselves and build an organization designed to produce the behaviors and results they desire.

Exploring the nature of innovation and the corporate culture of creativity has long fascinated Chris since he earned his MS in creativity and innovation from the International Center for Studies in Creativity. Chris is qualified to use many psychological instruments, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, DiSC Behavior Styles Indicator, and a host of 360-degree and multi-rater instruments. One measure that he is particularly impressed by because of its ease of application and its focus on innovation is the FourSight measure, introduced by coauthor Gerard J. Puccio, which forms the basis for The Innovative Team.

Chris and Gerard first partnered on research examining the relationship between personality traits and creativity (published by Creativity and Innovation Management) and now have worked together on the book in your hand.

Gerard J. Puccio is the department chair and a professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo State, a unique academic department that offers the world's only MS degree in creativity. In addition to creating the FourSight measure, Gerard has written more than fifty articles, chapters, and books. Along with his colleagues Marie Mance and Mary Murdock, he recently completed the second edition of a book titled Creative Leadership: Skills That Drive Change (2011). In recognition of his outstanding work as a scholar, Gerard received the State University of New York Chancellor's Recognition Award for Research Excellence and the President's Medal for Scholarship and Creativity.

Gerard is an accomplished speaker, trainer, and consultant; he has worked with major corporations, universities, and numerous school districts in the United States and around the world. Some of the organizations Gerard has worked with recently include the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Paribas, Fisher-Price Brands, Rich Products, and Siemens. Gerard holds a PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Manchester, England.