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The art of creative thinking how to be innovative and develop great ideas /

Instructs the reader how to: develop an understanding of the creative process; overcome barriers to creating new ideas; broaden vision; build on new ideas; develop a creative attitude; become more confident as a creative thinker.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adair, John Eric, 1934-
Corporate Author: Gale Group.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London, England : Kogan Page, 2007.
Series:Gale virtual reference library
Subjects:
Creative thinking.
Creative ability.
Creative thinking > Study and teaching.
Online Access:Available for Universiti Teknologi MARA via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
Table of Contents:
  • On human creativity
  • Use the stepping stones of analogy
  • Make the strange familiar and the familiar strange
  • Widen your span of relevance
  • Practise serendipity
  • Chance favours only the prepared mind
  • Curiosity
  • Keep your eyes open
  • Listen for ideas
  • Reading to generate ideas
  • Keep a notebook
  • Test your assumptions
  • Make better use of your depth mind
  • Do not wait for inspiration
  • Sharpen your analytical skills
  • Suspend judgement
  • Learn to tolerate ambiguity
  • Drift, wait and obey
  • Sleep on the problem
  • Working it out
  • Think creatively about your life.

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