Thinkertoys : a handbook of creative-thinking techniques
by
 
Michalko, Michael, 1940-

Title
Thinkertoys : a handbook of creative-thinking techniques

Author
Michalko, Michael, 1940-

ISBN
9781580087735

Personal Author
Michalko, Michael, 1940-

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, ©2006.

Physical Description
xx, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

General Note
Includes index.
 
Original title: Thinkertoys : a handbook of business creativity for the '90s.

Contents
Original spin -- Mind pumping -- Challenges -- Thinkertoys -- False faces (reversal) -- Slice and dice (attribute listing) -- Cherry split (fractionation) -- Think bubbles (mind mapping) -- Scamper (questions) -- Tug-of-war (force-field analysis) -- Idea box (morphological analysis) -- Idea grid (FCB grid) -- Lotus blossom (diagramming) -- Phoenix (questions) -- The Great Transpacific Airline and Storm Door Company (matrix) -- Future fruit (future scenarios) -- Brutethink (random stimulation) -- Hall of fame (forced connection) -- Circle of opportunity (forced connection) -- Ideatoons (pattern language) -- Clever Trevor (talk to a stranger) -- Chilling out (relaxation) -- Blue roses (intuition) -- The three B's (incubation) -- Rattlesnakes and roses (analogies) -- Stone soup (fantasy questions) -- True and false (Janusian thinking) -- Dreamscape (dreams) -- Da Vinci's technique (drawing) -- Dali's technique (hypnogogic imagery) -- Not Kansas (imagery) -- The shadow (psychosynthesis) -- The book of the dead (hieroglyphics) -- Warming up -- Brainstorming -- Orthodox brainstorming -- Raw brainstorming -- Murder board -- You are not a field of grass.

Abstract
A guide designed to encourage creative thinking in business offers techniques, hints, and tricks for generating ideas and offers dozens of success stories.

Subject Term
Creative ability in business.
 
Creative thinking.
 
Pensée créatrice.
 
Créativité dans les affaires.
 
Créativité.
 
Gestion.
 
Creative ability in business. (OCoLC)fst00882438
 
Creative thinking. (OCoLC)fst00882470

Electronic Access
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Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005036213.html
 
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2005036213-b.html
 
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2005036213-d.html