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Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques [Kindle Edition]

Michael Michalko (Author)

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Rethink the Way You Think

In hindsight, every great idea seems obvious. But how can you be the person who comes up with those ideas?
In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this comprehensive handbook details ingenious creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. Through fun and thought-provoking exercises, you’ll learn how to create original ideas that will improve your personal life and your business life. Michalko’s techniques show you how to look at the same information as everyone else and see something different.

With hundreds of hints, tricks, tips, tales, and puzzles, Thinkertoys will open your mind to a world of innovative solutions to everyday and not-so-everyday problems.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 2263 KB
Print Length: 416 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 2 edition (1 Dec 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004CFAWU2
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #59,117 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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A cookbook for creativity 19 Mar 2010

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Jurgen Wolff, author of "Creativity Now!" tells what makes this a great book to have by your side when any creative challenges arise. Creativity Now: Get Inspired, Create Ideas and Make Them Happen - Now!

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Not usually my sort of book 26 Oct 2009

By Adam T. Cearns

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I don't buy this sort of book - I work in IT and prefer 'facts'. I bought it on a whim - and have read most of it (you can dip in and out). Comes across as a sound, well crafted, non opinionated, set of scenarious on thinking outside the norms - with examples, and, it also happens to be a very good read - recommended

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Useful range of thinking techniques 16 July 2010

By Amanda B

Format:Paperback

Thinkertoys provides a substantial range of tools and techniques for creative thinking, including examples of where the tool has been used and how. This makes it easy to pick up and look for a suitable approach for the issue you face and to apply that immediately.
A good compilation of lots of well-known approaches and a few more.

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