Creativity - sources

1. * Creativity Techniques, Mycoted - a site of Creativity, Innovation, Tools, Techniques, Books, Discussions, Puzzles, Brain Teasers, Training ...
2. * Creativity principles, tools, articles and quotes, CreatingMinds.org
3. * Creativity Unleashed Information Site - good source of creativity information
4. * Creative Thinking, Michael Michalko's web site - a good source of creativity information
5. Wikipedia article about Creativity
6. Wikipedia article about Lateral Thinking
7. Wikipedia article about Creative Problem Solving
8. Wikipedia article about Brainstroming
9. Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre (CIIC)
   
10. Angela Booth’s free online creativity course
    
11. Creative Center of the Universe
    
12. Innovation Network
    
13. Directed Creativity Home Page
    
14. CreativeThink, Roger von Oech home page
    
15. Creative Whack Company, creativity tools
    
16. Edvard de Bono’s home page
    
17. Creative Education Foundation
    
18. American Creativity Asociation
    
19. Innovation Tools’ home page page
    
20. SolutionPeople, lots of interesting (commercial) tools and services to facilitate creativity, check e.g. Thinkubator
    
21. TRIZ Journal
    
22. Mind Mapping Resources, Tool, and Tips, Accredited Online Colleges
23. Decide-Guide - Guide to Decision Making, Models, Tools and Techniques, see also Brainstorming
24. Lateral Puzzles - puzzles for later thinkers
25. Toyota Idea Expo: 1, 2, 3
    

1. * E. de Bono: Lateral Thinking. A Textbook of Creativity, Penguin Books, 1970 (or any of itse numerous reprints)
   
2. * E. de Bono: Six Thinking Hats, Little, Brown & Co., 1999
   
3. * E. de Bono: The 5-Day Course in Thinking, Penguin Books, 1986
   
4. * E. de Bono: Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step-by-Step, HarperCollins, 1990
   
5. * E. de Bono’s Mind Pack. An interactive guide to expanding your thinking skills with games, puzzles & exercises, Allen & Unwin, 1995
   
6. * E. de Bono: Mind Power. Discover the Secrets of Creative Thinking, Allen & Unwin, 1995
7. * B. Clegg, P. Birch: Instant Creativity. Change the way you work, Creativity Unleashed Limited, 2006
8. * B. Clegg: Instant Brainstorming. Generate new ideas now!, Creativity Unleashed Limited, 2006
   
9. * R. Glass: Software Creativity, Prentice Hall, 1994
   
10. * J. Koski, S. Tuominen: Kuinka ideat syntyvät. Luovan ajattelu käsikirja. WSOY 2004 (sorry, in Finnish only)
11. * J. M. Higgins: 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques: The Handbook of New Ideas for Business, New Management Pub. Co, 2005
    
12. * R. von Oech: A Whack on the Side of the Head, Business Plus, 2008
    
13. * R. von Oech: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants, Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986
14. D. Allan, M. Kingdon, K. Murrin, D. Rudkin: Sticky Wisdom, Capstone, 2002
15. D. Allan, M. Kingdon, K. Murrin, D. Rudkin: ?WhatIf! How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work, Capstone, 2002
    
16. P. M. Bailey: ”Creative License”, Better Software, pp. 18 - 23, March 2005
17. C. Barez-Brown: How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas: Get Curious, Get Adventurous, Get Creative, Harper Element, 2006
    
18. T. Bentley: Sharpen Your Team’s Skills in Creativity, McGraw-Hill, 1996
    
19. T. Buzan, B. Buzan: The Mind Map Book : How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential, Plume, 1996
    
20. T. Buzan: Use Both Sides of Your Brain, Leornian Press, 1993
    
21. T. Buzan: Use your head, Ariel Books, BBC, 1985
    
22. 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
    
23. D. Chatten, C. Skitt: Lateral Thinking & Logical Deduction, Barnes & Noble, 1998
24. B. Clegg: Crash Course in Creativity, Kogan Page, 2002
    
25. B. Colwell: ”Brainstorming, Influence, and Icebergs”, IEEE Computer, pp. 9 - 12, April 2004
    
26. P. Cook: Best Practice Creativity, Gower, 1998
    
27. J.D. Couger: Creative Problem Solving and Opportunity Finding, Boyd and Fraser, 1995
    
28. M. Csikszentmihaly: Creativity : Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, Perennial, 1997
29. E. de Bono: Creativity Workout: 62 Exercises to Unlock Your Most Creative Ideas, Ulysses Press, 2008
    
30. P.J. Denning: ”The Social Life of Innovation”, Communications of the ACM, pp. 15 - 19, April 2004
    
31. J. Dew: ”TRIZ: A Creative Breeze for Quality Professionals”, Quality Progress, pp. 44 - 51, January 2006
    
32. M. Fisher: The IdeaFisher, Petersons Guides, 1995
    
33. A. Fletcher: The Art of Looking Sideways, Phaidon Press, 2001
    
34. J. Foster: How To Get Ideas, Berret-Koehler Publishers, 1996
    
35. M. Gladwell: Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Little, Brown, 2005
    
36. D. Haskin: "Don't Believe the Hype: The 21 Biggest Technology Flops", Computerworld, April 04, 2007
    
37. P. Howard: The Owners Manual for the Brain, Leornian Press, 1993
    
38. B. Kosko: Fuzzy Thinking : The New Science of Fuzzy Logic, Hyperion, 1994
39. H. MacLeod: Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity, Portfolio Hardcover, 2009, see also author's blog for highlights of the book
    
40. C. W. McCoy Jr. : Why Didn't I Think of That? Think the Unthinkable and Achieve Creative Greatness, Prentice Hall Press, 2002
    
41. M. Michalko: Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius, Ten Speed Press, 2001
    
42. M. Michalko: Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), Ten Speed Press, 1991
43. W. C. Miller: The Creative Edge, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1988
44. M. D. Jones: The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving, Three Rivers Press, 1998
    
45. B. Shneiderman: ”Creativity Support Tools” (aslo a good article about creativity generally), Communications of the ACM, pp. 116 - 120, October 2002
46. P. Sloane: "Six Great Ways to Ruin a Brainstorm", Lifehack, May 1st, 2008
47. P. Sloane: The Innovative Leader: How to Inspire Your Team and Drive Creativity, Kogan Page, 2007
    
48. P. Sloane, D MacHale: Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Pocket Puzzlers), Sterling Publications, 2000
    
49. S.M. Smith, T.B. Ward, R.A. Finke, ed.: The Creative Cognition Approach, MIT Press, 1995
    
50. R. Stenberg, T.I. Lubart: Defying the Crowd. Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of Conformity, Simon&Schuster, 1995
    
51. R.J. Stenberg, J.E. Davidson, ed.: The Nature of Insight, MIT Press, 1995
52. D. Straker: Changing Minds: in Detail, Syque Press, 2008, see also Chaningminds.org
53. D. Straker: Rapid Problem Solving with Post-It Notes, Da Capo Press, 1997
    
54. 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
    
55. V. Virkkala: Luova ongelmanratkaisu, Insinööritieto Oy, 1994
    
56. J. Wonder, P. Donova: Whole Brain Thinking, Morrow, 1992
57. J. Young: A Technique for Producing Ideas, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003