Crisp: Rousing Creativity (Crisp Professional Series)5 reviews Floyd Hurt Crisp Learning, 1999 Rousing Creativity Does... + Best handbook on "how to" generate team creativity! + Rousing Creativity challenged me to question the status-quo. I hate books on creativity. They can generally be summed up as long-winded restatements of "just be more creative" and are based on one or two catchy phrases. Worse, they don't seem to be very creative. Not so with Hurt's Rousing Creativity. I like this book. It's different from practically every ...             75 Cage Rattling Questions to Change the Way You Work: Shake-Em-Up Questions to Open Meetings, Ignite ...7 reviews Dick Whitney, Melissa Giovagnoli McGraw-Hill, 1997 Makes you fully aware of the pitfalls of patterning in our minds & to encourage you to constantly challenge your assumptions! + Book review + Well worth the price + Questions and More!             Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain15 reviews Stefan Mumaw, Wendy Lee Oldfield How, 2006 Fantastic Book! + Caffeine for the Creative Mind I have to say that even after working through all of the exercises, I want to go back and do them again! The book inspired us to write our own exercises. To the person who posted about the sideways layout--I think that's the point. Get out of your cube, look at things differently. A 45 or 90 ...             Changing Patterns: Discovering the Fabric of Your Creativity3 reviews Wren Ross, Daena Giardella Hay House, 2006 Patterns & Changing + A "PlayDate" for Me! From the initial pages of the preface where Daena and Wren outline their vision of this book during their brainstorming sessions through to the afterword Listen to your River, I felt mesmerized by the words, by the depth of information & wisdom about the creative process, by the photographs (most ...             New Ideas About New Ideas: Insights on Creativity from the World's Leading Innovators16 reviews Shira P. White, G. Patton Wright Basic Books, 2003 Brainstorm in a book + Brainstorm in a book I have to admit that I bought this book over a year ago and started to read it and put it down out of frustration due to a feeling that this was just a rehash of creative ideas, with no real direction. I have read many books on creativity and innovation and this book seemed to be nothing new. BUT 1 ...             Positive Turbulence: Developing Climates for Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal (J-B CCL (Center for ...9 reviews Stanley S. Gryskiewicz Jossey-Bass, 1999 Innovation Principles That Produce Results + Stay Innovative + Practical Guide for Leaders + You'll come away embracing change, not avoiding it + Real Innovation? Wow a,d How!             Imagineering Workout, The6 reviews The Disney Imagineers Disney Editions, 2005 Great techniques to use on the job and in life. + A Hidden Gem for Process Improvement... + Not just for 'tweens + great book             Life Is Too Short To Be Ordinary3 reviews Jeanne H. Chambers Full Moon Ink, 1996 Absolutely delightful! + This book has a delightful, energizing qualilty. + It's fun to laugh outloud. This charming book will leave you laughing so hard you cry. Jeanne's anecdotes brighten your day while giving you creative ideas. It will also make you think and help you reevaluate everyday things in your own life. It's a must-read and is definitely "chicken soup for the soul". You'll love it!             The Ultimate Book of Business Creativity: 50 Great Thinking Tools for Transforming your Business1 review Ros Jay Capstone, 2001 Great, practical overiew of creativity techniques This book provides a clear, concise guide to creativity techniques. The introduction stresses the need for quantity to create quality when generating ideas. Each of the 50 techniques is outlined in a few pages with a clear focus on practical application. If you want a book with a lot of ...             The Well of Creativity (New Dimensions Books) Natalie Goldberg, Deena Metzger, ... Hay House, 1997 New Dimensions radio-host Michael Toms explores the subject of creativity with six specialists: Julia Cameron ( The Artist's Way ), Natalie Goldberg ( Writing Down the Bones ), Deena Metzger ( Writing for Your Life ), composer-musician Keith Jarrett, author Isabel Allende, and psychologist Mihály Csikszentmihályi. If you are already familiar with the work of Toms's subjects, there is not a ...             Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention22 reviews Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Harper Perennial, 1997 The Real Facts About Creative People + Interesting + Excellent book + Long and deep but very interesting + A book for all psychology majors             Harnessing Creativity to Improve the Bottom Line (Cima Professional Handbook) A. Rajan, B. Martin CIMA Publishing, 2001 This study looks at the drivers and inhibitors of creativity. It is the first study of its kind to give due regard to cultural differences, as it presents assessments provided by over 800 senior executives from the UK, EU, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The study aims to: *identify the ways in which organisations are promoting creativity as global competition ...             The Artist's Muse: Unlock the Door to Your Creativity10 reviews Betsy Dillard Stroud North Light Books, 2006 A Book and Deck of Inspiration + Great stuff + Great!!! + The Artist's Muse--Stroud             How the Paper Fish Learned to Swim: A Fable About Inspiring Creativity and Bringing New Ideas to Life2 reviews Jonathon A. Flaum AMACOM, 2006 Using a Parable to illustrate the process of innovation + How the Paper Fish Learned to Swim In the book, Jonathon builds the story by illustrating a parable of Origami master and her creation, the Paper fish that learns to swim. Using this parable, Jonathon attempts to illustrate the `process' of innovation. I particularly found the case study on the small-town Newspaper, Maple, ...             The Creative Professional: A Survival Guide for the Business World1 review Howard J. Blumenthal Emmis Books, 2005 A handy book for unconventional thinkers in all walks of business The Creative Professional: A Survival Guide For The Business World is a handy book for unconventional thinkers in all walks of business. Chapters address how to apply one's personal assets and ways of thinking for maximum profit; the advantages and disadvantages of working for oneself vs. working ...             The Art of Business: Make All Your Work a Work of Art8 reviews Stan Davis, David McIntosh Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005 How to use artistic flow patterns to use emotion, imagination and intuition to improve the outputs of a job + A life-affirming book + Find the Aesthetic Whether you're a student, a business executive or an aspiring artist, all can benefit from seeing the world through eyes blending aesthetic appreciation and strategy. Using the artist's eye, The Art Of Business: Make All Your Work A Work Of Art shows how to use artistic flow patterns to use ...             Releasing the Creative Spirit : Unleashing the Creativity in Your Life2 reviews Dan Wakefield Skylight Paths Publishing, 2001 Not bad Years ago I read Wakefield's Returning and enjoyed the book. Wakefield's book is a coaching guide on tapping into and using the creative process. I believe the exercises are valuable and interesting. Along the way, Wakefield interjects various stories by celebrities that offer various insights ...             Creativity and the Management of Change (Manchester Business and Management Series)1 review Tudor Rickards Wiley-Blackwell, 1999 A TRUE FIND FOR THE ADVENTUROUS MIND! According to the author, the premise of the book is 'what they teach at business school' is a base from which you have to develop creative insights to deal with specific tasks. The received wisdom gives insight into the nature of the organizational box; the challenge is to go beyond its ...             Brain Storm: Tap into Your Creativity to Generate Awesome Ideas and Remarkable Results2 reviews Jason Rich Career Press, 2003 A Good Read! Jason R. Rich has used his creative juices to write a book that promises to help your brain come up with its own storm of ideas. The book covers the basics of using a creative environment to brainstorm and develop new ideas. While some of the concepts discussed are fundamental, they are also ...             Creativity in Business12 reviews Michael Ray, Rochelle Myers Main Street Books, 1989 A book about wisdom + stimulate your right brain + Practical Tools for the Art of Business + Title Needs Revision