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Donna Shirley

Donna Shirley has written an autobiography, Managing Martians: The Extraordinary Story of a Woman's Lifelong Quest to Get to Mars--and of the Team Behind the Space Robot That Has Captured the Imagination of the World. It's the story of her life from her childhood in Oklahoma to managing the Mars Exploration Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It chronicles the struggles and triumphs of the Pathfinder and Sojourner Rover teams, and tells the ongoing saga of the Mars Global Surveyor currently orbiting and imaging the red planet. For some years, Donna has taught a course called Managing Creativity, based on her experience at NASA and JPL. After leaving NASA in 1998, she wrote an on-line book called Managing Creativity: A Practical Guide to Inventing, Developing and Producing Innovative Products. She shares her strategies for using the collective creativity of groups to develop ideas and efficiently and effectively turn them into real products. In covering such topics as: Using Creative Models, Building and Using Creative Teams, Creative Communication, Creative Planning, Creating Within Constraints, and Unleashing Your Own Creativity, Donna provides an invaluable tool for managers who want to get the most out of their teams.

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