Creativity - sources
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WWW pages
- * Creativity Techniques, Mycoted - a site of Creativity, Innovation, Tools, Techniques, Books, Discussions, Puzzles, Brain Teasers, Training ...
- * Creativity principles, tools, articles and quotes, CreatingMinds.org
- * Creativity Unleashed Information Site - good source of creativity information
- * Creative Thinking, Michael Michalko's web site - a good source of creativity information
- Wikipedia article about Creativity
- Wikipedia article about Lateral Thinking
- Wikipedia article about Creative Problem Solving
- Wikipedia article about Brainstroming
- Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre (CIIC)
- Angela Booths free online creativity course
- Creative Center of the Universe
- Innovation Network
- Directed Creativity Home Page
- CreativeThink, Roger von Oech home page
- Creative Whack Company, creativity tools
- Edvard de Bonos home page
- Creative Education Foundation
- American Creativity Asociation
- Innovation Tools home page page
- SolutionPeople, lots of interesting (commercial) tools and services to facilitate creativity, check e.g. Thinkubator
- TRIZ Journal
- Mind Mapping Resources, Tool, and Tips, Accredited Online Colleges
- Decide-Guide - Guide to Decision Making, Models, Tools and Techniques, see also Brainstorming
- Lateral Puzzles - puzzles for later thinkers
- Toyota Idea Expo: 1, 2, 3
Literature
- * E. de Bono: Lateral Thinking. A Textbook of Creativity, Penguin Books, 1970 (or any of itse numerous reprints)
- * E. de Bono: Six Thinking Hats, Little, Brown & Co., 1999
- * E. de Bono: The 5-Day Course in Thinking, Penguin Books, 1986
- * E. de Bono: Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step-by-Step, HarperCollins, 1990
- * E. de Bonos Mind Pack. An interactive guide to expanding your thinking skills with games, puzzles & exercises, Allen & Unwin, 1995
- * E. de Bono: Mind Power. Discover the Secrets of Creative Thinking, Allen & Unwin, 1995
- * B. Clegg, P. Birch: Instant Creativity. Change the way you work, Creativity Unleashed Limited, 2006
- * B. Clegg: Instant Brainstorming. Generate new ideas now!, Creativity Unleashed Limited, 2006
- * R. Glass: Software Creativity, Prentice Hall, 1994
- * J. Koski, S. Tuominen: Kuinka ideat syntyvät. Luovan ajattelu käsikirja. WSOY 2004 (sorry, in Finnish only)
- * J. M. Higgins: 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques: The Handbook of New Ideas for Business, New Management Pub. Co, 2005
- * R. von Oech: A Whack on the Side of the Head, Business Plus, 2008
- * R. von Oech: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986
- D. Allan, M. Kingdon, K. Murrin, D. Rudkin: Sticky Wisdom, Capstone, 2002
- D. Allan, M. Kingdon, K. Murrin, D. Rudkin: ?WhatIf! How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work, Capstone, 2002
- P. M. Bailey: Creative License, Better Software, pp. 18 - 23, March 2005
- C. Barez-Brown: How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Get Curious, Get Adventurous, Get Creative, Harper Element, 2006
- T. Bentley: Sharpen Your Teams Skills in Creativity, McGraw-Hill, 1996
- T. Buzan, B. Buzan: The Mind Map Book : How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential, Plume, 1996
- T. Buzan: Use Both Sides of Your Brain, Leornian Press, 1993
- T. Buzan: Use your head, Ariel Books, BBC, 1985
- M.R. Chapman: In Search of Stupidity: Over Twenty Years of High Tech Marketing Disasters, Apress, 2006,see also book's companion site, an excerpt of the book available here
- D. Chatten, C. Skitt: Lateral Thinking & Logical Deduction, Barnes & Noble, 1998
- B. Clegg: Crash Course in Creativity, Kogan Page, 2002
- B. Colwell: Brainstorming, Influence, and Icebergs, IEEE Computer, pp. 9 - 12, April 2004
- P. Cook: Best Practice Creativity, Gower, 1998
- J.D. Couger: Creative Problem Solving and Opportunity Finding, Boyd and Fraser, 1995
- M. Csikszentmihaly: Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, Perennial, 1997
- E. de Bono: Creativity Workout: 62 Exercises to Unlock Your Most Creative Ideas, Ulysses Press, 2008
- P.J. Denning: The Social Life of Innovation, Communications of the ACM, pp. 15 - 19, April 2004
- J. Dew: TRIZ: A Creative Breeze for Quality Professionals, Quality Progress, pp. 44 - 51, January 2006
- M. Fisher: The IdeaFisher, Petersons Guides, 1995
- A. Fletcher: The Art of Looking Sideways, Phaidon Press, 2001
- J. Foster: How To Get Ideas, Berret-Koehler Publishers, 1996
- M. Gladwell: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Little, Brown, 2005
- D. Haskin: "Don't Believe the Hype: The 21 Biggest Technology Flops", Computerworld, April 04, 2007
- P. Howard: The Owners Manual for the Brain, Leornian Press, 1993
- B. Kosko: Fuzzy Thinking : The New Science of Fuzzy Logic, Hyperion, 1994
- H. MacLeod: Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity, Portfolio Hardcover, 2009, see also author's blog for highlights of the book
- C. W. McCoy Jr. : Why Didn't I Think of That? Think the Unthinkable and Achieve Creative Greatness, Prentice Hall Press, 2002
- M. Michalko: Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius, Ten Speed Press, 2001
- M. Michalko: Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), Ten Speed Press, 1991
- W. C. Miller: The Creative Edge, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1988
- M. D. Jones: The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving, Three Rivers Press, 1998
- B. Shneiderman: Creativity Support Tools (aslo a good article about creativity generally), Communications of the ACM, pp. 116 - 120, October 2002
- P. Sloane: "Six Great Ways to Ruin a Brainstorm", Lifehack, May 1st, 2008
- P. Sloane: The Innovative Leader: How to Inspire Your Team and Drive Creativity, Kogan Page, 2007
- P. Sloane, D MacHale: Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Pocket Puzzlers), Sterling Publications, 2000
- S.M. Smith, T.B. Ward, R.A. Finke, ed.: The Creative Cognition Approach, MIT Press, 1995
- R. Stenberg, T.I. Lubart: Defying the Crowd. Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of Conformity, Simon&Schuster, 1995
- R.J. Stenberg, J.E. Davidson, ed.: The Nature of Insight, MIT Press, 1995
- D. Straker: Changing Minds: in Detail, Syque Press, 2008, see also Chaningminds.org
- D. Straker: Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes, Da Capo Press, 1997
- R. van Oech: Expect the Unexpected or You Won't Find It: A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus, Berret-Koehler Publlishers, 2002
- V. Virkkala: Luova ongelmanratkaisu, Insinööritieto Oy, 1994
- J. Wonder, P. Donova: Whole Brain Thinking, Morrow, 1992
- J. Young: A Technique for Producing Ideas, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003
Magazines
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Creative Education Foundation, Buffalo, New York, USA