
Serious Creativity
How to be creative under pressure and turn ideas into action
By: Edward de Bono
eBook | 5 March 2015 | Edition Number 1
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If you want to be the best, focus on your most valuable asset: the power of your creative mind
As competition and the pace of change intensify, companies and individuals need to harness their creativity to stay ahead of the field. Under pressure, people often think they can't be creative; many more are convinced they are not creative at all because they have never been 'arty'. Creative genius Edward de Bono debunks these common notions in this remarkable book. He shows how creativity is a learnable skill - one that everyone can use to improve their performance. He then explains how you can unlock your own creativity to reap the personal and professional rewards it will bring. Learn how to:
be creative on demand with de Bono's step-by-step approach
add value to ideas and turn them into financial assets
boost creativity with the power of lateral thinking
break free from old ways of thinking with creative challenging
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- 1: About the Author
- 2: Introduction
- 1: THE NEED FOR CREATIVE THINKING
- 2: Take-away Value 15
- 3: The Theoretical Need for Creativity
- 4: The Practical Need for Creativity
- 5: Information and Creativity
- 6: Misperceptions About Creativity
- 7: Sources of Creativity
- 8: Lateral Thinking
- 9: Perception and Processing
- 10: Design and Analysis
- 11: The Uses of Creative Thinking
- 2: LATERAL THINKING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
- 12: The Six Thinking Hats
- 13: The Creative Pause
- 14: Focus
- 15: Challenge
- 16: Alternatives
- 17: The Concept Fan
- 18: Concepts
- 19: Provocation
- 20: Movement
- 21: Setting Up Provocations
- 22: The Random Input
- 23: Sensitizing Techniques
- 24: Application of the Lateral Thinking
- 25: Techniques
- 26: Harvesting
- 27: The Treatment of Ideas
- 28: Formal Output
- 29: Group or Individual
- 3: THE APPLICATION OF CREATIVE THINKING
- 30: Application
- 31: Everyday Creativity/Specific Creativity
- 32: The Creative Hit List
- 33: Introduction of Creativity
- 34: Responsibility
- 35: Structures and Programmes
- 36: Training
- 37: Formats
- 38: Evaluation
- 39: Summary
- 4: Appendices
- 1: The Lateral Thinking Techniques
- 2: Notes on the Use of the Lateral Thinking Techniques
- 3: Harvesting Checklist
- 4: Treatment of Ideas Checklist
- 40: Index
ISBN: 9781473528031
ISBN-10: 1473528038
Published: 5th March 2015
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 480
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Edition Number: 1
























