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Brain Boosters for Business Advantage: Ticklers, Grab Bags, Blue Skies, and Other Bionic Ideas
The difference between the right book about creative thinking and the almost right book is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. [This book] is the right book. It is lightning.
--Michael Michalko, Author, Thinkertoys and ThinkPak Here are 101 fun, enlightening games and activities for sparking creativity and creative problem solving in individuals and groups. These idea-generation techniques, or brain boosters , lead to the A-HA! in problem solving. VanGundy knows the field [of creativity and idea generation] backward, forward, up, down, sideways, you name it. . . . We suspect VanGundy knows the field as well as anyone, and probably better.
--Wayne Kirchner, Personnel Psychology These proven idea-generators provide immediate results in: Plus, this easy-to-read resource relates the major principles of creative thinking and explains how to successfully use the techniques. In no time, your organization will be on the road to greater productivity, ingenious problem solving, and improved bottom line results!
--Michael Michalko, Author, Thinkertoys and ThinkPak Here are 101 fun, enlightening games and activities for sparking creativity and creative problem solving in individuals and groups. These idea-generation techniques, or brain boosters , lead to the A-HA! in problem solving. VanGundy knows the field [of creativity and idea generation] backward, forward, up, down, sideways, you name it. . . . We suspect VanGundy knows the field as well as anyone, and probably better.
--Wayne Kirchner, Personnel Psychology These proven idea-generators provide immediate results in: Plus, this easy-to-read resource relates the major principles of creative thinking and explains how to successfully use the techniques. In no time, your organization will be on the road to greater productivity, ingenious problem solving, and improved bottom line results!
352 pages, Hardcover
First published November 10, 1994
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September 7, 2016
101 activities to choose from. I read every darn one of them and found a few that I loved, a lot that have potential and many that I just can't imagine asking students or professionals to do without creating a room full of groans and eye rolls. I'm not saying those activities wouldn't lead to interesting ideas -- I just want a chance to do some tweaking first.
I always enjoy theory more than details, so I found the goals of the different types of activities at least as helpful as the descriptions.
Props to this VanGundy, who took the time to write not only the exercise instructions, but examples of how they might play out -- for all 101 scenarios! If I didn't quite understand the facilitation steps, the examples led me home.
This book was written for the business world, so the examples are mostly about selling more goods or developing new products, but as an educator I can take the leap.
Read more scholarly books about creativity if you want the real goods, but use this for fodder to make it real.
I always enjoy theory more than details, so I found the goals of the different types of activities at least as helpful as the descriptions.
Props to this VanGundy, who took the time to write not only the exercise instructions, but examples of how they might play out -- for all 101 scenarios! If I didn't quite understand the facilitation steps, the examples led me home.
This book was written for the business world, so the examples are mostly about selling more goods or developing new products, but as an educator I can take the leap.
Read more scholarly books about creativity if you want the real goods, but use this for fodder to make it real.
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