2 edition. — Capstone, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN: 9781907312472, 1907312471. «It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way and you lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the other way and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realize our true...
Kogan Page, 2023. — 248 p. — ISBN: 9781398607972. Not every problem has an obvious solution. Utilize the power of lateral thinking to think imaginatively and creatively to tackle everyday problems in a new, fresh way, Lateral thinking is about rethinking your approach to problem-solving and using an indirect method to come up with innovative results. But how easy is it to do...
Hamilton Books, 2008. — 143 p — ISBN: 0761847006, 9780761847007, 9780761846260. Your Creative Power is a guide to harnessing and expressing your creative potential and leadership in the workplace. Foreword by Robert W. Galvin. Creativity Examined The lamp that lit the world can light your life. The creative effort pays in more coins than cash. All of us possess this talent....
Penguin Books Ltd, 2009. — 288 p. — ISBN: 9780141911250,0141911255. The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney to Matt Groening, creator of The...
Penguin Publishing Group, 2022. — 144 p. — ISBN 9780525505907, 2021038186. A call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better. Sir Ken Robinson changed the lives of millions of people. The embodiment of the prestigious TED conference, his...
Ten Speed Press, 2021. — 304 p. What do they teach you at the most prestigious design school in the world? For the first time, you can find out. This highly visual guide brings to life the philosophies of some of the d.school's most inventive and unconventional minds, including founder David Kelley, Choreographer Aleta Hayes Google Chief Innovation Evangelist Frederik Pferdt,...
Warner Books, 2003. — 168 p. Internationally best-selling author of Last of the Amazons, Gates of Fire, and Tides of War, Steven Pressfield delivers a guide to inspire and support those who struggle to express their creativity. Pressfield believes that “resistance” is the greatest enemy, and he offers many unique and helpful ways to overcome it.
Penguin Books, 2015. — 268 p. — ISBN: 9780670016716, 0670016713. A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times best-selling author of The Element and Finding Your Element. You, Your Child, and School is forthcoming from Viking. Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education, and his 2006...
Berkun Media, 2011. — 196 p. — ISBN10: 0983873100; ISBN13: 978-0983873105. This definitive best-of collection of one of the web’s best young writers is packed with provocations and entertainments, guaranteed to make you think and smile. You’ll learn to find passion, think free, manage time, pay attention and more. Fast paced, inspiring and memorable, you'll find new ideas and...
Berkun Media, 2011. — 196 p. — ISBN10: 0983873100; ISBN13: 978-0983873105. This definitive best-of collection of one of the web’s best young writers is packed with provocations and entertainments, guaranteed to make you think and smile. You’ll learn to find passion, think free, manage time, pay attention and more. Fast paced, inspiring and memorable, you'll find new ideas and...
Publisher: Berkun Media, 2011. — 196 p. — ISBN10: 0983873100; ISBN13: 978-0983873105. This definitive best-of collection of one of the web’s best young writers is packed with provocations and entertainments, guaranteed to make you think and smile. You’ll learn to find passion, think free, manage time, pay attention and more. Fast paced, inspiring and memorable, you'll find new...
Publisher: Penguin Books Language: English Year: 2015 ABOUT CREATIVE SCHOOLS A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element. You, Your Child, and School is forthcoming from Viking. Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education,...
Norwalk, CT: Crown House Publishing Limited, 2015. — 224 p. Taking her title from John Steinbeck's observation that "It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it," Harvard psychologist and world-renowned dream researcher Deirdre Barrett, Ph.D. demonstrates that answers, ideas, and...
Chronicle Books, 2018. — 152 p. — ISBN: 1452164231. The best thing a creative person can have is a crew of friends, allies, and mentors to support them. Packed with inspiration and ideas from author-illustrator Andrea Pippins, this is a one-of-a-kind handbook for doers and makers looking to expand and nourish their creative community. Drawing on her own network of talented...
Chronicle Books, 2018. — 152 p. — ISBN: 1452164231. The best thing a creative person can have is a crew of friends, allies, and mentors to support them. Packed with inspiration and ideas from author-illustrator Andrea Pippins, this is a one-of-a-kind handbook for doers and makers looking to expand and nourish their creative community. Drawing on her own network of talented...
The MIT Press, 2018. — 336 p. — ISBN: 0262038110. What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients. What does it take to be a genius? A high score on an IQ test? Brilliant physicist Richard Feynman's IQ was too low for membership in Mensa. Suffering from varying degrees of mental illness? Creativity is often considered a marker of mental health. Be a...
Pearson, 2012. — 240 p. — ISBN: 0273770470. Whatever you’re creative agenda is, use this book to instantly generate new ideas. Attractive and easy-to-use, Creativity Now provides an instant source of inspiration for times when creative stimulation runs dry. This updated edition is packed full of innovative exercises, tips, tricks, stories and inspirational examples. You will...
Pearson, 2012. — 240 p. — ISBN: 0273770470. Whatever you’re creative agenda is, use this book to instantly generate new ideas. Attractive and easy-to-use, Creativity Now provides an instant source of inspiration for times when creative stimulation runs dry. This updated edition is packed full of innovative exercises, tips, tricks, stories and inspirational examples. You will...
HOW Books, 2014. — 204 p. — ISBN: 1440333262. Make no mistake; creative thinking is a skill. As with any skill, it can be strengthened, honed and mastered. And just like any endeavor, mastery of creativity requires thoughtful study and practice. This book gives you the tools you need to make creative thinking a part of your approach to every aspect of your life. Breakthrough...
HOW Books, 2014. — 204 p. — ISBN: 1440333262. Make no mistake; creative thinking is a skill. As with any skill, it can be strengthened, honed and mastered. And just like any endeavor, mastery of creativity requires thoughtful study and practice. This book gives you the tools you need to make creative thinking a part of your approach to every aspect of your life. Breakthrough...
HOW Books, 2014. — 204 p. — ISBN: 1440333262. Make no mistake; creative thinking is a skill. As with any skill, it can be strengthened, honed and mastered. And just like any endeavor, mastery of creativity requires thoughtful study and practice. This book gives you the tools you need to make creative thinking a part of your approach to every aspect of your life. Breakthrough...
HOW Books, 2014. — 204 p. — ISBN: 1440333262. Make no mistake; creative thinking is a skill. As with any skill, it can be strengthened, honed and mastered. And just like any endeavor, mastery of creativity requires thoughtful study and practice. This book gives you the tools you need to make creative thinking a part of your approach to every aspect of your life. Breakthrough...
HarperOne, 2012. — 278 p. Imaginative. Innovative. Ingenious. These words describe the visionaries we all respect and admire. And they can describe you, too. Contrary to common belief, creativity is not a gift some of us are born with. It is a skill that all of us can learn. International bestselling author and award-winning Stanford University educator Tina Seelig has worked...
HarperOne, 2012. — 278 p. Imaginative. Innovative. Ingenious. These words describe the visionaries we all respect and admire. And they can describe you, too. Contrary to common belief, creativity is not a gift some of us are born with. It is a skill that all of us can learn. International bestselling author and award-winning Stanford University educator Tina Seelig has worked...
Ecco, 2018. — 288 p. — ISBN: 0062670557. A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove — inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life Questlove — musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore — shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to...
Ecco, 2018. — 288 p. — ISBN: 0062670557. A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove — inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life Questlove — musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivore — shares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to...
Sceptre, 2017. — 240 p. — ISBN: 9781473640061. Some business books are annoying because they try to tell you what to think. This one, however, shows you how to think. It features artfully simple prose, immersive and witty illustrations, and a range of eminently quotable aphorisms by anyone from Socrates to Pamela Anderson. Whatever job you are doing today, this book will help...
Sceptre, 2017. — 240 p. — ISBN: 9781473640061. Some business books are annoying because they try to tell you what to think. This one, however, shows you how to think. It features artfully simple prose, immersive and witty illustrations, and a range of eminently quotable aphorisms by anyone from Socrates to Pamela Anderson. Whatever job you are doing today, this book will help...
2014. What kind of world would you like to inhabit? To imagine something different, better, or more interesting is to push the existing world into a state of change. Some of the greatest revolutionary acts of our time came to be because someone had the courage to imagine something new. In The Imaginary World of…, Keri Smith asks readers to imagine something new: a unique world...
Pegasus Books, 2018. — 320 p. — ISBN: 168177674X. Following the success of The Man Who Couldn’t Stop, David Adam now expounds on the latest research into intelligence, revealing how this revolution in neuroscience will help us access the untapped potential locked within us all. What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just...
Pegasus Books, 2018. — 320 p. — ISBN: 168177674X. Following the success of The Man Who Couldn’t Stop, David Adam now expounds on the latest research into intelligence, revealing how this revolution in neuroscience will help us access the untapped potential locked within us all. What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just...
France, Gereso Édition 2016. — 233 p. — ISBN: 978-2-35953-346-0. Réveiller sa créafivité! Guide pour développer une attitude créative au quotidien. Louise Côté est coach professionnelle et enseignante certifiée en PNL. Hypnologue, elle est formée aux méthodes Eriksonienne et Humaniste. Conférencière et formatrice, elle utilise sa créativité pour innover, transformer les défis...
Rockport, 2005. — 138 p. When was the last time you saw the beauty in everyday objects? If you`re like most people, you probably haven`t paid much attention. To change all that, the authors of Extra Ordinary spotlight the simplest of objects and seemingly reinvent them into something new and unique. In a world of high-tech and mass production, people live in a world ruled by...
Debolsillo, 2010. — 360 p. — (Clave). — ISBN10: 8499083900; ISBN13: 978-8499083902. ¿Qué tienen en común Matt Groening, el creador de Los Simpsons, el empresario Richard Branson, o la periodista Arianna Huffington? Más allá de su enorme éxito profesional, todos ellos son personas que muestran una extraordinaria pasión por lo que hacen y que han encontrado lo que Ken Robinson...
Peachpit Press, 2014. — 224 p. — ISBN13: 9780133831719. The Sketchnote Workbook, the follow-up to Mike Rohde’s popular The Sketchnote Handbook, shows you how to take the basic sketchnoting skills you learned in the Handbook and use them in new and fun ways. You think you have fun taking sketchnotes in meetings? Try using them to record your travels. Or start a food journal. Or...
C&T Publishing / Stash Books, 2014. — 128 p. — ISBN13: 978-1607059608. You were born with a creative spark inside. Do you look at yourself now and wonder if the spark has gone out? Ignite that inner fire with the 30 engaging exercises, fun activities, inspirational images, and motivating ideas in this book. Learn what your Little Spark of creative passion looks like, how to...
C&T Publishing / Stash Books, 2014. — 128 p. — ISBN13: 978-1607059608. You were born with a creative spark inside. Do you look at yourself now and wonder if the spark has gone out? Ignite that inner fire with the 30 engaging exercises, fun activities, inspirational images, and motivating ideas in this book. Learn what your Little Spark of creative passion looks like, how to...
Wiley, 2015. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1118740248. Ever wonder where big, breakthrough ideas come from? How do innovators manage to spot the opportunities for industry revolution that everyone else seems to miss? Contrary to popular belief, innovation is not some mystical art that’s forbidden to mere mortals. The Four Lenses of Innovation thoroughly debunks this pervasive myth by...
How Books, 2006. — 362 p. — ISBN: 1581808674. What do you do if you are lagging in the morning? You probably grab a cup of coffee for that extra boost of energy. Throughout the day, you are asked to be creative, to come up with new and better ideas. So what do you do when you need a creative jolt for your brain? Now you can turn to Caffeine for the Creative Mind.
How Books, 2009. — 304 p. — ISBN: 1600611184. Brainstorming... In your office, your school or your group, it may have already become a bad word. You're charged with generating a great idea… the next big thing… the perfect concept. But you only have a limited amount of time, and you have to do it with your whole team. There's great pressure to come up with something outstanding....
Viking Adult, 2009. — 288 p. — ISBN10: 0670020478. The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that stifle that...
2 edition. — Capstone, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN10: 1907312471. "It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way andyou lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the otherway and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realizeour true creative...
Portfolio, 2017. — 235 p. — ISBN10: 1591847192. — ISBN13: 978-1591847199. The creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It's beautiful and erratic, hard to catch and highly valued as a result. If you want to capture it, you need a net. Enter the executive mode, the task-oriented network in your brain that help you tie your shoes, run a meeting, or pitch a client. To...
AMACOM Books, 1992. — 245 p. With less money, smaller staffs and stiff competition, today's companies desperatley need fresh, creative ways to use the resources they do have. But is it possible to "create" creativity? "Idea Power" provides a comprehensive, jargon-free guide to encouraging creativity - whether within a small group or throughout an entire company. It's a...
New Riders, 2012. — 145 p. The secret to creative success lies not in knowing the right answers, but in knowing how to ask the right questions–and this little book is full of them! A veritable therapy session on paper, 344 Questions is composed entirely of questions designed to help you determine where you are in your life and career, where you want to be, and how to get there....
Ten Speed Press, 2006. — 406 p. — ISBN13: 978-1580087735. In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas? In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this...
Ten Speed Press, 2006. — 406 p. — ISBN13: 978-1580087735. In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas? In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this...
Ten Speed Press, 2006. — 406 p. — ISBN13: 978-1580087735. In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas? In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this...
Dave Burgess Consulting, 2015. — 252 p. — ISBN: 978-0-9861554-9-9. Kids walk into schools full of wonder and questions. How you, as an educator, respond to students' natural curiosity can help further their own exploration and shape the way they learn today and in the future. The traditional system of education requires students to hold their questions and compliantly stick to...
Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. — 378 p.1. Creative ability. 2. Creative thinking. 3. Imagination Creativity shouldn’t be seen as something otherworldly. It shouldn’t be thought of as a process reserved for artists and inventors and other “creative types.” The human mind, after all, has the creative impulse built into its operating system, hard- wired into...
Bantam, 2009. — 257 p. What is the secret of talent? How do we unlock it? In this groundbreaking work, journalist and New York Times bestselling author Daniel Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople — and everyone else — with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.
Ebury Publishing, 2015. — 482 p. If you want to be the best, focus on your most valuable asset: the power of your creative mind As competition and the pace of change intensify, companies and individuals need to harness their creativity to stay ahead of the field. Under pressure, people often think they can't be creative; many more are convinced they are not creative at all...
NY.: HarperOne, 2012. — 278 p. Imaginative. Innovative. Ingenious. These words describe the visionaries we all respect and admire. And they can describe you, too. Contrary to common belief, creativity is not a gift some of us are born with. It is a skill that all of us can learn. International bestselling author and award-winning Stanford University educator Tina Seelig has...
Oxford University Press USA, 2013. — 240 p. — ISBN10: 0199976597; ISBN13: 978-0199976591. Genius. It is a word that invokes mystique. How did Einstein deduce the theory of special relativity? How did Rutherford intuit the inner secrets of the atom? Although (in hindsight) genius can appear to have been predictable, more often such thinking was inscrutable - like a bolt of...
Bookboon, 2016. —70 p. — ISBN: 978-87-403-1358-1 Put your “best foot forward”, “go with your gut instinct” ,“put your shoulder into it”, “expand your thinking”, or “get to the heart of the issues” - common phrases rooted in our bodies. This book aims to awaken parts of your psycho-physical system to give you a head start, and a good feeling in your heart about your life and...
Published by Kogan Page Ltd, 2007. — 133 p. The Art of Creative Thinking provides clear, practical guidelines for developing one's powers as a creative thinker. Using examples of entrepreneurs, authors, scientists and artists, John Adair illustrates a key aspect of creativity in each chapter. Stimulating and accessible, this book will help readers understand the creative...
HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2002. 10 ways to tap into your creative genius Did you know the number of ideas it is possible for your brain to create is greater than the number of atoms in the known universe? Creativity is not just painting a picture or playing an instrument – it can be part of every decision you take! This book is full of fun games and tools to help you make...
2014. What kind of world would you like to inhabit? To imagine something different, better, or more interesting is to push the existing world into a state of change. Some of the greatest revolutionary acts of our time came to be because someone had the courage to imagine something new. In The Imaginary World of…, Keri Smith asks readers to imagine something new: a unique world...
Reprinted in Penguin Books, 1990. — 211 p. The first practical explanation of how creativity works, this results-oriented bestseller trains listeners to move beyond a "vertical" mode of thought to tap the potential of lateral thinking. This book is intended for use both at home and at school At school the emphasis has traditionally always been on vertical thinking which is...
2 edition. — Capstone, 2011. — 352 p. — ISBN10: 1907312471 "It is often said that education and training are the keys to the future. They are, but a key can be turned in two directions. Turn it one way andyou lock resources away, even from those they belong to. Turn it the otherway and you release resources and give people back to themselves. To realizeour true creative...
Viking Adult, 2009. — 288 p. — ISBN10: 0670020478. The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, from ex-Beatle Paul McCartney to Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons; from...
Learning Strategies Corporation, 2003. — 170 p. — (Personal Power Books, Vol. 2). In this book you are asked to consider a wonderful phase of Personal Power which is latent, inherent and abiding within you — the Power of Imagination. This power is a phase of your Personal Power. Your Personal Power, in turn, is a phase of the manifestation of that POWER which is the source of...
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