Creativity and Research
THINKERTOYS – A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques
New Edition
ISBN: 1-58008-773-6
416 pages
Paperback
Ten Speed Press
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This book presents dozens of field-tested, immediately usable tools for generating ideas and stimulating creativity, and you will gain an understanding of over 100 creativity techniques that can be applied to problems, opportunities, or situations. The principles and methodologies include a variety of options developed by Michael Michalko, and the strategies are easily adapted to specific needs or industries.
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CRACKING CREATIVITY - The Secrets of Creative Genius
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ISBN: 1-58008-311-0
309 pages
Paperback
Ten Speed Press
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This trailblazing book shows you how to use the thinking secrets of hundreds of history’s greatest thinkers, from Leonardo DaVinci to Pablo Picasso. By becoming familiar with concepts that result in original thought and examining a variety of creative thinking techniques, you learn to “see what others do not see” and to “think what others are not thinking.” The result is an “opportunity mindset.”
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CREATIVE THINKERING - Putting Your Imagination to Work
ISBN: 1-60868-024-X
256 pages
Paperback
New World Library
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This new book shows that in every field of endeavor our natural creativity is limited by the prejudices of logic and the structure of accepted categories and concepts. Through step-by-step exercises, illustrated strategies, and inspiring real-world example, this book will show you how to synthesize dissimilar subjects, think paradoxically, and enlist the help of your subconscious mind. You’ll liberate your thinking and literally expand your imagination. THINKPAK
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THINKPAK - A Brainstorming Card Deck
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ISBN: 1-58008-772-8
56 Cards, 64 pages
Boxed kit with book
Ten Speed Press
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This ingenious pack of brainstorming cards was developed to assist people in stimulating their creativity and foster new and different ideas. It is a great tool for coming up with creative ideas for developing new (or changing existing) products, services, names, businesses, processes, marketing materials, etc. — anything you need to think about in fresh, new ways. – See more at: http://creativethinking.net/#sthash.cVBzaJZ5.dpuf