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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What we can learn about fostering innovation and creative thinking in any field from some of the most inventive people of all times-the ancient Greeks. When it comes to innovation and creative thinking, we are still catching up with the ancient Greeks. Between 800 and 300 BCE, they changed the world with astonishing inventions-democracy, the alphabet, philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematical proof, rational medicine, coins, architectural canons,...
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Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
What we can learn about fostering innovation and creative thinking from some of the most inventive people of all times-the ancient Greeks. When it comes to innovation and creative thinking, we are still catching up with the ancient Greeks. Between 800 and 300 BCE, they changed the world with astonishing inventions-democracy, the alphabet, philosophy, logic, rhetoric, mathematical proof, rational medicine, coins, architectural canons, drama, lifelike...
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Publisher
Columbia Business School Publishing, an imprint of Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Great ideas don't just happen. Innovation springs from creative thinking-a method of the human mind that we can study and learn. In The Art of Ideas, William Duggan and Amy Murphy bring together business concepts with stories of creativity in art, politics, and history to provide a visual and accessible guide to the art and science of new and useful ideas"--
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Publisher
Kogan Page Ltd
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Some people say that creativity is about thinking outside the box, while others believe it is about being creative inside the box; but what if there is no box? More than 82 per cent of companies believe creativity directly impacts results, yet few of us understand how it comes about or how to put it into practice. If we could identify and remove the 'box' around our thinking, we could unlock unlimited streams of creativity for professional and business...
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Diana Vreeland's insightful edicts and evocative aphorisms remain her strongest legacy. She looked at life as a romantic and lived through dreams and imagination. Showing leadership, vision, and timeless wit, this book celebrates her visionary words that not only transformed the world of fashion, but also gave us sage advice to live by. Sourced and edited by her grandson Alexander, Diana Vreeland: Bon Mots covers Vreeland's incisive views of subjects...
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Language
English
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Gather successful people from all walks of life — what would they have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as they do and revolutionize your work and life!
A Wall Street Journal bestseller, How Successful People Think is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world. America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how to be more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'll learn...
A Wall Street Journal bestseller, How Successful People Think is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world. America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how to be more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'll learn...
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"Drawing on the principles of his book Total Leadership--a national bestseller and popular program taught in organizations worldwide--Stewart Friedman and coauthor Alyssa Westring show working parents how to lead more purposeful lives, characterized by harmony, connection, and impact. Being a parent can be a disorienting experience filled with disruptive transitions, constant pushes and pulls at work, at home, and in the community, endless to-do lists,...
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Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"An accessible guide on training the brain to work effortlessly in your favor--from the international bestselling author of the productivity classic Eat That Frog,"--Amazon.com.
In business and in life when things change quickly, you need to tap into your brain in order to make sure that you maximize your opportunities. Tracy lays the groundwork on how to easily reconfigure your negative thinking patterns and habits, and reprogram your brain to achieve...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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A fascinating deep dive on innovation from the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Unexpected Life
The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery—these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives,...
The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery—these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technologies that push forward our lives,...
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Language
English
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Seth Godin challenges listeners to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art. Godin uses the legend of Icarus flying near the sun and meeting his demise to illustrate his point, but he points out a forgotten aspect of the myth--fly too low and close to the water and you will sink--an aspect he believes is more dangerous in business. Godin argues that aiming too low and conforming is more fatal to productivity, and he challenges listeners...
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Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" introduced Jim Henson's Muppets to the world. A visionary, Henson always believed that puppets could reach a wider audience. Henson's story celebrates and encourages creative thinking, determination, and courage. Full color.
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
Meetings. They hold such promise for moving your business forward, but they rarely deliver. We all know the steps we're supposed to take to run an effective meeting, but we seldom follow them. Why? Perhaps it just doesn't seem worth the time to pinpoint what we want to accomplish, craft an agenda, handpick participants, issue prework, and, after the meeting, send out notes summarizing key decisions and next steps. But meeting preparation and follow-up...
15) I have an idea!
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Publisher
Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The author meditates on the search for an idea, and the wonderful feeling when the right idea comes along, unleashing the creative process.
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Language
English
Description
Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds. The modern world has given us stupendous know-how. Yet avoidable failures continue to plague us in health care, government, the law, the financial industryin almost every realm of organized activity. And the reason is simple: the volume and...
18) Too-small Tyson
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Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As the smallest of five brothers, Tyson is used to being left out; but when the family's pet gerbil, Swish, escapes, Tyson's creative thinking and mathematical skills save the day.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Poundstone guides readers through the surprising solutions to dozens of the most challenging job interview questions, Zen-like riddles, and other interviewing techniques candidates need to know. The book covers the importance of creative thinking, ways to get a leg up on the competition, and much more.
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