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Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

Health, Fitness & Dieting

ADAMS, James L.

Psychology & Counseling

Norton

Good ideas are not easy to cultivate. They need rich soil, attention, and encouragement to take root and grow. Jim Adams's classic Conceptual Blockbusting was a handbook to weeding your garden, to clearing your mind of rubbish that stifles creative thought. The Care and Feeding of Ideas is its long-awaited sequel, a guide to creating a greenhouse environment in which ideas can thrive.If you're serious about encouraging creativity”, writes Adams, you need to understand the entire creative process-from concept to reality.” You need to understand thinking-the mysteries and mechanics of creative thought. You need to understand doing-the actions you can take to increase your creativity. Only by becoming aware of how you conceptualize, and of the techniques that lead to better problem solving, can you begin to bring forth your very best ideas.Adams leads a tour through the unconscious mind, the brain and nervous system, and the storehouse of memory, and points out how they work (and conspire against us) when we tackle problems. He shows that bad problem-solving habits can be broken, that money and time are your muse's best friends, that creativity involves risk but the risk is worth it, and that the stereo you bought with your last bonus was not a luxury but a necessary reward. He illustrates his arguments with ingenious games and exercises that will surpirse you with what they reveal about your patterns of thought. Whether you're a midnight novelist or a managment consultant, a Sunday painter or a city planner, this book can forever change the way you approach creative challenges.

The Care And Feeding Of Ideas: A Guide To Encouraging Creativity

Da Capo Lifelong Books

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide To Better Ideas, Third Edition

Now, twenty-five years after its original publication, Conceptual Blockbusting has never been more relevant, powerful, or fresh. Integrating insights from the worlds of psychology, engineering, management, art, and philosophy, Adams identifies the key blocks (perceptual, emotional, cultural, environmental, intellectual, and expressive) that prevent us from realizing the full potential of our fertile minds. Employing unconventional exercises and other interactive elements, Adams shows individuals, teams, and organizations how to overcome these blocks, embrace alternative ways of thinking about complex problems, and celebrate the joy of creativity. With new examples and contemporary references, Conceptual Blockbusting is guaranteed to introduce a new generation of readers to a world of new possibilities.

Self-Help

Creativity

Basic Books

We all run up against mental blocks, and thereâ€™s no better map for getting around them than Conceptual Blockbusting. This proven and popular book is packed with eye-opening exercises and original thought problems that will stretch your mind. Whether youâ€™re a student or a teacher, an artist or an executive, you need to think flexibly and creatively.

Explains the creative process, looking at such areas as brain chemistry, memory, the senses, and personality and shows readers how to create the proper environment to nurture creativity

Da Capo Press

We all run up against mental blocks, and there€™s no better map for getting around them than Conceptual Blockbusting. This proven and popular book is packed with eye-opening exercises and original thought problems that will stretch your mind. Whether you€™re a student or a teacher, an artist or an executive, you need to think flexibly and creatively.

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Business & Money

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

W.W.Norton&Company

Norton*(ww Norton Co

From Teflon to Velcro, from bandwidths to base pairs, the artifacts of engineering and technology reflect the broad scope--and frustrating limitations--of our imagination. Best-selling author James Adams takes readers on an enlightening tour of this exciting world, demystifying such endeavors as design, research, and manufacturing.

Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: The World of an Engineer

Science & Math

History & Philosophy

Harvard University Press

From Teflon to Velcro, from bandwidths to base pairs, the artifacts of engineering and technology reflect the broad scope―and frustrating limitations―of our imagination. Best-selling author James Adams takes readers on an enlightening tour of this exciting world, demystifying such endeavors as design, research, and manufacturing.

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Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

The Care And Feeding Of Ideas: A Guide To Encouraging Creativity

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide To Better Ideas, Third Edition

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide To Better Ideas, Third Edition

The Care And Feeding Of Ideas: A Guide To Encouraging Creativity

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas

Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: The World of an Engineer

Flying Buttresses, Entropy, and O-Rings: The World of an Engineer