Creative Problem Solving

In Both/And Thinking, Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis help listeners cope with multiple, knotted tensions at the same time. Drawing from more than twenty years of pioneering research, they provide tools and lessons for transforming these tensions into opportunities for innovation and personal growth.

Being an apex problem solver is choosing to tackle those complex problems in your every day life and career. In The Apex Problem Solver: Understanding Critical and Creative Thinking to Enhance Complex Problem Solving, you will learn the difference between critical thinking and creative thinking and how both styles of thinking are essential aspects when it comes to any complex problem.

Unlock the power of artificial intelligence with this easy-to-understand, 2-in-1 guide designed for everyday people. Whether you're just starting out or ready to explore creative prompt engineering, this book is your roadmap to real-world AI skills.

Demonstrates daily practices for stress management, more effective persuasion, and creative problem solving Explores the use of trance and dreams among famous artists, philosophers, and inventors for making important breakthroughs in highly-competitive fields Explores the Six...

It isn't enough to just do your job anymore. In order to thrive in today's marketplace, all of us, regardless of our role, have to be ready to generate brilliant ideas on demand. Business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash your creative potential. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, Henry has created a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm.

How do you blow up your company's growth? Start with high quality training. Follow that up with thoughtful coaching by managers who refuse to rescue and value learning experiences. Implementing this proven algorithm creates a thinking company that generates exponential growth. Author Jill Young shares her vast experience in helping entrepreneurs discover and celebrate the creation of thinkers in their company, identify gaps in their system, and close those gaps.

Nearly all of today’s major innovation workshops and programs call on organizations to drive innovation. What they miss is that innovation comes from the personal creativity of individuals. And creativity doesn’t require an advanced education or technical skills. All employees can be creative. Often, all they lack is a fitting mindset and the right skills.

Best-selling author and scholar Michael Roberto presents a thorough investigation of organizational obstacles to creative thought. Highly relevant to the growth crises many enterprises face in today's economic landscape, this book examines how to break barriers to spark creativity and foster new ideas.

“A quietly uplifting, practical view of Buddhism.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Shows how Zen offers a creative problem-solving mechanism and moral guide ideal for the stresses and problems of daily life Shares the author’s secular, vernacular interpretations of the Four Noble...

Do you often feel like you're in a creative rut? You need to define your creative process. In How to Be Creative: The Ultimate Guide to Forming a Creative Process & Improving Creative Problem Solving, you'll learn the fundamentals of how to be more creative in every aspect of your life.

Health-care organizations cry out for a tool to decrease untoward events and bridge the communication gap between professional clinician teams and clients. Discover how to guide your team to creatively problem-solve, build emotional and social intelligence, increase workplace safety and employee retention, and guarantee client satisfaction with the results-don’t-lie Improv to Improve Healthcare system.

Tackle your thorniest problems using the wise fool's savvy strategies! The wise fool is the archetypal contrarian known for his creativity, irreverence, and humor. He looks at life in unorthodox ways and pushes back against the status quo. Throughout history, powerful decision-makers (Egyptian pharaohs, Chinese emperors, Persian sultans, and European kings) consulted wise fools to question the assumptions that kept them mired in stale and obsolete solutions.

Do you ever sense that you're not using your mind to its fullest potential? Being "stuck" means your brain is repeating the same neurological firing patterns again and again. It happens in business, relationships, personal goals, and mental health, over and over.

If you want to understand how improve decision making and find out what are the mental models, then keep reading...Do mental models affect an individual’s behavior? This audiobook shows how mental models are intertwined with decision making which is essential for business planning. Mental models are important for: Productivity, professional success, greater happiness, critical thinking, and decision-making. Focus on what really matters, and make complex decisions with speed and confidence.

Creativiteit is een krachtige drijvende kracht achter vooruitgang, of het nu gaat om kunst, wetenschap, technologie of simpelweg het dagelijks leven. In deze reis zullen we niet alleen de definitie van creativiteit verkennen, maar ook de intrigerende verbindingen tussen het creatieve proces en de complexe werking van het menselijk brein. We beginnen met het verkennen van de neurologische en psychologische aspecten van het creatieve brein, waarbij we de structuren en neurotransmitters identificeren die betrokken zijn bij de unieke dans van ideeën in onze geest.

How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to...

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Gândirea eficientă reprezintă cheia succesului în toate domeniile de activitate. Orice întârziere și orice ezitare pot însemna diferența dintre reușită și eșec. De la elevii de liceu la președinții unor mari companii, milioane de oameni din întreaga lume folosesc de peste trei decenii o metodă inedită de gândire creativă – metoda celor șase pălării gânditoare. Acest amuzant joc de roluri ne propune să împărțim felul în care gândim în șase categorii – fiecare simbolizată de o pălărie de altă culoare.

One of the nation's leading psychologists asks why today's corporate leaders desire but reject creative solutions - and finds some surprising conclusions.

Written by the former Executive Creative Director of Creations at Cirque du Soleil, this audiobook shows you how to step up your game, flex your creativity, and make big things happen. Whether you work independently or as part of a team, whether you're self-employed or part of an organization, and even if you think creativity isn't a part of the work that you do - this book gives you the perspective, courage, and kick-start you need to think differently about the things you do every day.

Social innovation and entrepreneurship are rising forces in the world. As stakeholder capitalism takes root, and as the extent of systemic challenges becomes clear - from climate change to income inequality to food security to health care and beyond - more and more of the best and brightest will hear the calling to become innovators and entrepreneurs who develop and deploy solutions to the world's thorniest problems.