The Art of Creative Thinking: How to Be Innovative and Develop Great Ideas - Hardcover

Adair, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749447990 ISBN 13: 9780749447991

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2007

Synopsis

The importance of creative thinking cannot be overemphasized. Developing the ability to come up with new ideas can help businesses gain a competitive advantage over their rivals and can also be rewarding for the individual. The Art of Creative Thinking shows you practical ways to become a more creative thinker.

Each succinct chapter is built around one core idea, which is then developed and illustrated. The Art of Creative Thinking shows you how to:

• Develop your understanding of the creative process

• Overcome barriers to creating new ideas

• Broaden your vision

• Build on new ideas

• Develop a creative attitude

• Become more confident as a creative thinker

About this title

About the Author

John Adair is acknowledged internationally as an authority on leadership. The world's first Professor of Leadership Studies, he advises many organisations in business, government, education, health and the voluntary sector. An effective speaker with a valuable message, he is one of the very few figures in recent years to have transformed the debate as to what effective leadership is all about.

John Adair has recently been made United Nations Chair of Strategic Leadership. Based in Turin, he has launched a strategic leadership programme in association with the UN. He has also received the Lifetime Achievement in Leadership Award and China has made him its first Honorary Professor of Leadership. The author of over 50 books, now in 25 languages, on leadership and management development, he continues to write and teach throughout the world, inspiring new audiences with his timeless and timely vision of leadership.

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1. On Human Creativity.

2. Use the Stepping Stones of Analogy.

3. Make the Strange Familiar and the Familiar Strange.

4. Widen Your Span of Relevance.

5. Practise Serendipity.

6. Chance Favours Only the Prepared Mind.

7. Curiosity.

8. Keep Your Eyes Open.

9. Listen for Ideas.

10. Reading to Generate Ideas.

11. Keep a Notebook.

12. Test Your Assumptions.

13. Make Better Use of Your Depth Mind.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0749447990
• ISBN 13: 9780749447991
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144