Michael Michalko

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Find the most creative people at work and ask for their ideas. Brainstorm daily with a co-worker. Present your biggest challenge to a child. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Invite your customers and vendors to brainstorming sessions. Think of five other ways to define your challenge. Have more fun.

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Michael Michalko

DECEMBER 10, 2021

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. And that’s exactly what you get in Thinkertoys.” multiple times. I was stunned!

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Handbook Exercises Brainstorming Creative Thinking 52

Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) , which the Wall Street Journal reported “will change the way you think.” The ultimate brainstorming guide. multiple times.

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Creativity Tips Handbook Exercises 40

Idea Champions

JUNE 6, 2018

Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas. Brainstorm with a co-worker. Present your challenge to a child. Go for a daily brainstorming walk. Invite your customers to brainstorming sessions. Think of new ways to define your challenge. Initiate cross-functional brainstorming sessions.

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Michael Michalko

JUNE 1, 2017

The nine-dot puzzle was popularized by William North Jayme, a direct-mail copywriter who was hired by Esquire magazine in 1958 because they wanted to abandon their unwholesome image for a more sophisticated one. Or, in other words, you had to break normal thinking patterns, something that the new Esquire said it could help modern men do.

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Michael Michalko

AUGUST 12, 2018

Think about what it is you still don’t understand about the problem. Learn and use the creative thinking techniques creative geniuses have used throughout history. Give yourself an idea quota of 40 ideas when brainstorming. • Open a magazine and free associate off the photos. Combine your ideas?

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