The art of creative thinking : how to be innovative and develop great ideas / John Adair.
Instructs the reader how to: develop an understanding of the creative process; overcome barriers to creating new ideas; broaden vision; build on new ideas; develop a creative attitude; become more confident as a creative thinker.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Philadelphia :
Kogan Page,
2007.
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| Series: | Gale virtual reference library.
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Table of Contents:
- On human creativity
- Use the stepping stones of analogy
- Make the strange familiar and the familiar strange
- Widen your span of relevance
- Practise serendipity
- Chance favours only the prepared mind
- Curiosity
- Keep your eyes open
- Listen for ideas
- Reading to generate ideas
- Keep a notebook
- Test your assumptions
- Make better use of your depth mind
- Do not wait for inspiration
- Sharpen your analytical skills
- Suspend judgement
- Learn to tolerate ambiguity
- Drift, wait and obey
- Sleep on the problem
- Working it out
- Think creatively about your life.