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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.

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What Does a Coffee Cup Tell you About Yourself ?

Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko is the highly-acclaimed author of Thinkertoys : A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity : The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; Thinkpak : A Brainstorming Card Deck , and Creative Thinkering : Putting Your Imagination to Work.

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WE DO NOT SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE, WE SEE THEM AS WE ARE

Michael Michalko

……………………………. MICHAEL MICHALKO is the author of Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” In addition, he created Thinkpak (A Brainstorming Card Set) , which is a novel creative-thinking tool that is designed to facilitate brainstorming sessions.

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TO GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, TURN YOUR PROBLEM UPSIDE DOWN

Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko is a highly-acclaimed creativity expert and the author of Thinkertoys : A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques; Cracking Creativity : The Thinking Strategies of Creative Geniuses; Thinkpak : A Brainstorming Card Deck , and Creative Thinkering : Putting Your Imagination to Work.).

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SIMPLE WAYS TO INCREASE CREATIVITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION

Michael Michalko

Creative Corner Provide a special area for people to engage in creative thinking. Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. Let’s Do Lunch Encourage weekly lunch-time meeting of three to five employees to engage in creative thinking.

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About Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko

After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques. Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. CEO-READ listed Thinkertoys as one of the 100 Best Business Books of all Time.

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THE EXQUISITE CORPSE

Michael Michalko

Best-selling creativity expert Michael Michalko shows that in every field of endeavor, from business and science to government, the arts, and even day-to-day life — natural creativity is limited by the prejudices of logic and the structures of accepted categories and concepts.

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