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Michael Michalko unveils the secrets of creative genius and brings life-changing creative techniques within everyone's reach.  His arsenal of powerful creative thinking tools can be used to tackle virtually any type of technical problem and to create new ideas.  Without a doubt, his tools are the closest thing there is to a tactical instruction manual for thinking like a genius.  His tools will help you approach problems with new vision, and you will discover a world of innovative solutions to everyday, and some not-so-everyday, challenges.  Take this opportunity to explore and study Michael's creative thinking techniques, exercises, articles, and experiments.  A trip to your local library was never this worthwhile... or so much fun.

Michael Michalko is an internationally acclaimed creative thinking expert and the author of:
Thinkertoys
A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques

New Edition

ISBN: 1-58008-773-6
416 pages
Paperback
Ten Speed Press

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This book presents dozens of field-tested, immediately usable tools for generating ideas and stimulating creativity, and you will gain an understanding of over 100 creativity techniques that can be applied to problems, opportunities, or situations.  The principles and methodologies include a variety of options developed by Michael Michalko, and the strategies are easily adapted to specific needs or industries.

Cracking Creativity
The Secrets of Creative Genius

 

ISBN: 1-58008-311-0
309 pages
Paperback
Ten Speed Press

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This trailblazing book shows you how to use the thinking secrets of hundreds of history's greatest thinkers, from Leonardo daVinci to Pablo Picasso.  By becoming familiar with concepts that result in original thought and examining a variety of creative thinking techniques, you learn to "see what others do not see" and to "think what others are not thinking."  The result is an "opportunity mindset."

Thinkpak
A Brainstorming Card Deck

Revised

ISBN: 1-58008-772-8
56 Cards, 64 pages
Boxed kit with book
Ten Speed Press

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This ingenious pack of brainstorming cards was developed to assist people in stimulating their creativity and foster new and different ideas.  It is a great tool for coming up with creative ideas for developing new (or changing existing) products, services, names, businesses, processes, marketing materials, etc. --- anything you need to think about in fresh, new ways.

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