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1. Creativity Revealed: Discovering the Source of Inspiration by Scott Jeffrey | |
Hardcover: 295
Pages
(2008-06-01)
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A Top Tier Volume on Creativity and Inspiration
Lots better than I originally thought
informative, interesting, helpful
Best Darn Book on Developing Creativity I Have Read/Found
Creative Breakthrough |
2. Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius by Michael Michalko | |
Paperback: 320
Pages
(2001-06-26)
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awesome!
AWESOME book
A very irritating and inaccurate book.
Puts you into a different mind set
Didn't I read this already? |
3. Kick-Ass Creativity: An Energy Makeover for Artists, Explorers, and Creative Professionals by Mary Beth Maziarz | |
Paperback: 256
Pages
(2010-05-01)
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Figure out how to lay the best groundwork for your creative life with this book.
Brilliant and Big fun! Very helpful and inspiring!
Not much meat here
Misleading
Jump Start Your Creative Battery! |
4. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi | |
Paperback: 464
Pages
(1997-06-18)
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Being Creative
how different people create meaning in life with full intention and focus thus gaining satisfaction and fulfillment
an odd definition of creativuty
I now more fully understand how I think
Excellent book |
5. The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life by John Daido Loori | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(2005-05-31)
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Touch Your Creative Soul
Creating art with heart
Not just a read through, but a journey.
The Zen of Creativity
Spirituality and creativity |
6. Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod | ||
Hardcover: 176
Pages
(2009-06-11)
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Editorial Review Product Description Amazon Exclusive: Author Hugh MacLeod on Having a Life Customer Reviews (87)
Fantastic Quick Read on Creativity
Good book for artists, didn't see how it applied for entrepreneurs
Ignore Everybody especially this book
Please reconsider your pricing policy
Hugh is a motivator |
7. The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm by Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman | |
Hardcover: 320
Pages
(2001-01-16)
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Editorial Review Product Description But The Art of Innovation really teaches indirectly (not to mention enlightens and entertains) by telling great stories--mainly, of how the best ideas for creating or improving products or processes come not from laboriously organized focus groups, but from keen observations of how regular people work and play on a daily basis. On nearly every page, we learn the backstories of some now-well-established consumer goods, from recent inventions like the Palm Pilot and the in-car beverage holder to things we nearly take for granted--like Ivory soap (created when a P&G worker went to lunch without turning off his soap mixer, and returned to discover his batch overwhipped into 99.44 percent buoyancy) and Kleenex, which transcended its original purpose as a cosmetics remover when people started using the soft paper to wipe and blow their noses. Best of all, Kelley opens wide the doors to IDEO's vibrant, sometimes wacky office environment, and takes us on a vivid tour of how staffers tackle a design challenge: they start not with their ideas of what a new product should offer, but with the existing gaps of need, convenience, and pleasure with which people live on a daily basis, and that IDEO should fill. (Hence, a one-piece children's fishing rod that spares fathers the embarrassment of not knowing how to teach their kids to fish, or Crest toothpaste tubes that don't "gunk up" at the mouth.) Granted, some of their ideas--like the crucial process of "prototyping," or incorporating dummy drafts of the actual product into the planning, to work out bugs as you go--lend themselves more easily to the making of actual things than to the more common organizational challenge of streamlining services or operations. But, if this big book of bright ideas doesn't get you thinking of how to build a better mousetrap for everything from your whole business process to your personal filing system, you probably deserve to be stuck with the mousetrap you already have. --Timothy Murphy Customer Reviews (77)
Overrated!
A New Perspective
Good Read, but Maybe Not Ideal for the Kindle
Worthwhile, but redundant...
A (somewhat dated) infomercial for IDEO |
8. Creativity in Business by Michael Ray, Rochelle Myers | |
Paperback: 240
Pages
(1989-01-24)
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A classic and well worth your attention
Great book!
Don't let the boring title fool you
A book about wisdom
stimulate your right brain |
9. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age by Clay Shirky | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(2010-06-10)
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A Social Entrepreneur's Handbook (of sorts)
"Media is the connective tissue of society" - Chpt. 2: Means
The Stupidest Possible Creative Act Is still a Creative Act
Look from round-the-corner ...
Not a waste of time! |
10. The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology) | |
Paperback: 512
Pages
(2010-08-30)
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11. The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance by Eric Maisel | |
Paperback: 304
Pages
(2000-06-19)
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If any book can teach creativity... it's surely not this one.
Great for some, but not for me
The Creativity Book
Bite-Size Brillance
Worth a Year of Your Time This book is structured in 52 weekly segments starting with beginning work and ending up with a project that should be completed. Each short chapter contains a brief essay of guidance and then an inventive exercise to try on for size. The author of this book, Eric Maisel, Ph.D., is a psychologist who teaches that the act of creating impacts all aspects of one's life. So this book is intended for everyone, not just those struggling to survive artistic blocks. Executives can develop new business ideas, cooks can create better dishes, lawyers can find new ways to argue, politicians can consider alternative ways to create democracy, children can become better students and so on. Overall an extremely good book for those willing to put forth a bit of effort towards creating new ideas. ... Read more |
12. Taking Flight With Creativity: Worship Design Teams That Work by Len Wilson, Jason Moore | |
Paperback: 138
Pages
(2009-04)
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Editorial Review Product Description Pastors and church leaders in many congregations have attempted to form teams for the purpose of planning, or designing, worship. Getting a group of people together in one room is fairly easy. But whether large or small church, staff or volunteer, most discover that it is difficult to form a team that actually works. Using the metaphor of early flight, this resource analyzes how to be a part of a worship design team that works. Major sections include discovering a strategic approach to worship, tips for team composition, a look at how to overcome a series of obstacles that frequently keep teams from finding success together, and some of the usual “mechanical difficulties” that keep teams grounded. Customer Reviews (1)
A great resource! |
13. Creativity is Forever by DAVISGARY A | |
Paperback: 396
Pages
(2004)
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Customer Reviews (2)
Buy it!
As far as textbooks go... |
14. The Big Book of Creativity Games: Quick, Fun Acitivities for Jumpstarting Innovation by Robert Epstein | |
Paperback: 223
Pages
(2000-07-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description Dr. Epstein describes the scientific principles of creativity that underlie the games, and how these principles can be applied to tasks like problem solving, new product development, and marketing. Timely and innovative, The Big Book of Creativity Games is the ideal book for managers to turn to whenever they need: Customer Reviews (7)
Creativity from one who knows the source
Hare-Brained
Disappointed Innovator
Unleash Your Creativity The forty-eight games in the book are based on Epstein's Generativity Theory. His ideas about the creative process grew out of his laboratory research. In addition to refuting popular myths about the creative process, Epstein identifies four core competencies that help individuals express their creativity (plus four more competencies to nurture creativity in others): Despite the fact that the book is grounded in theory and research, the information it contains is practical and easily accessible. The book is written in lay terms, and the information is as easy to understand as the juvenile format leads you to expect it to be. The games are categorized by purpose (such as "convincing people that they're creative") and by core competency. It is easy, therefore, to find games to fit a particular need. Epstein devotes about three pages to each game, providing a summary of the game, its objective, the time required (ranging from 5 to 90 minutes), the materials needed (generally readily available), the procedure, and discussion questions. The discussion questions are indeed a key feature of the book, for the games are intended not only to boost creativity but also to demonstrate creativity's basic principles. Epstein places a high premium on failure. He says that failure causes us to recall past methods of dealing with a problem -- and often discover a new solution. Without failure, creativity is not needed (remember the Apollo 13 mission). Many games involving the second competency, Challenging, deal with managing the frustration and other negative emotions that often accompany failure. In addition, the book includes an abridged version of Epstein's Creativity Competencies Inventory for Individuals (ECCI-i) along with a self-scorer. These tools are effective for evaluating a person's overall creativity and each of the four competencies. It is easy, then, for a person to see which areas would benefit from development.
CREATIVE PROCESS DEMYSTIFIED |
15. Creativity for Life: Practical Advice on the Artist's Personality, and Career from America's Foremost Creativity Coach by Ph.D. Eric Maisel | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(2007-03-08)
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Drummer's review
Eric Maisel is simply great!
A good overview of the creative personality
Midwest Book Review, May 2007 Issue
Comprehensive and Enlightening, |
16. Creativity for Graphic Designers by Mark Oldach | |
Paperback: 144
Pages
(2000-04-01)
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Better than Expected
Great Help for Designers
Creativity for Graphic Designers
easy reader
Design basics |
17. Chi and Creativity: Vital Energy and Your Inner Artist by Elise Dirlam Ching, Kaleo Ching | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(2007-05-08)
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Kaleo and Elise Ching, Chi and Creativity
accessing creativity and healing
Chi and Creativity
The best book on the subject
Chi Energy |
18. Corporate Creativity: How Innovation & Improvement Actually Happen by Alan G Robinson, Sam Stern | |
Paperback: 276
Pages
(1998-01-01)
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Promoting and Encouraging those Innovative Ideas
Corporate creativity
Creativity at Work
Analysis of Corporate Creativity
Quite entertaining, not meant as a "how to" |
19. Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation by R. Keith Sawyer | |
Paperback: 368
Pages
(2006-01-19)
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Explaining the Creativity of this Review
Comprehensive and easy to read
Good book on creativity
The Science of Creativity
poor to good yet narrow minded |
20. The Innovative Leader: How to Inspire Your Team and Drive Creativity by Paul Sloane | |
Paperback: 196
Pages
(2007-07-28)
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A must for people want to keep up in a world where staying ahead is a matter of live or death
Review of Innovative Leader
Inspirational, fun and most importantly practical
Both an Inspiration and a Reference for Success in Innovation
The Innovative Leader helps bosses to `get' innovation |
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