Internationally acclaimed creativity consultant and author of the brilliant and very hands on book Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work, Michael Michalko, describes how to resurrect your natural creative thinking abilities. Michael explains that creativity requires making connections between two or more dissimilar subjects, resulting in new ideas and concepts. Michael shares his proven techniques to put this connection skill to practical use to discover exciting new solutions to problems. Michael points out that everyone has the ability for creativity, and provides the techniques used by geniuses to develop your own genius capabilities. The methods offered by the author combine fun with real world results to boost your creativity and problem solving skills. Learn how to change your outlook and way of thinking to one where you act and behave like a creative thinker.
Michael Michalko is my internet radio show guest on Blog Business Success; hosted live on BlogTalkRadio.
The show airs live on Tuesday, January 31, at 8:00 pm Eastern Time; 5:00 pm Pacific Time.
Internationally acclaimed creativity consultant and author of the brilliant and very hands on book Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work, Michael Michalko, describes how to resurrect your natural creative thinking abilities. You will learn:
* Why everyone has the capability for genius level creativity
* Why people aren't as creative as they can and should be in iife
* How to learn and practice creative thinking skills
* How to change how you see the world and become a creative thinker
Michael Michalko (photo left)
is one of the most highly acclaimed creativity experts in the world and author of the best sellers Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), and Cracking Creativity (The Secrets Of Creative Genius).
As an officer in the United States Army, Michael organized a team of NATO intelligence specialists and international academics in Frankfurt, Germany, to research, collect, and categorize all known inventive-thinking methods. His international team applied those methods to various NATO military, political, and social problems and in doing so it produced a variety of breakthrough ideas and creative solutions to new and old problems. After leaving the military, Michael facilitated CIA think tanks using his creative thinking techniques.
Michael later applied these creative-thinking techniques to problems in the corporate world with outstanding successes. Michael has provided keynote speeches, workshops, and seminars on fostering creative thinking for clients who range from Fortune 500 corporations, such as DuPont, Kellogg's, General Electric, Kodak, Microsoft, Exxon, General Motors, Ford, USA, AT&T, Wal-Mart, Gillette, and Hallmark, to associations and governmental agencies. In addition to his work in the United States, Michael has worked with clients in countries around the world.
Some of Michael’s creative-thinking techniques that were refined by his government and corporate practice were published in his best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), which the Wall Street Journal reported "will change the way you think." Women In Business lauded it as "one of the most important business titles of the decade." USA said "believe it or not, this wonderful book will have you challenging the seemingly impossible every day."
Executive Book Summaries praised it by saying, "What we need is a compendium of ways to solve problems. And that’s exactly what you get in Thinkertoys." and Entrepreneur acclaimed it as "required reading for anyone in business." Success magazine awarded Thinkertoys with a Gold Medal for being "one of the best of the best business books." The medal is awarded to books that have that made a major impact on readers who say they've experienced a change -- an improvement in their lives and businesses.
He is also the author of ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), a novel creative-thinking tool that is designed to facilitate brainstorming sessions. Michael’s book, Cracking Creativity (The Secrets Of Creative Genius), describes the common thinking strategies creative geniuses have used in the sciences, art, and industry throughout history and shows how we can apply them to become more creative in our business and personal lives.
My book review of Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work by Michael Michalko.
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Let's talk with internationally acclaimed creativity consultant and author of the brilliant and very hands on book Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work, Michael Michalko, as he describes how to resurrect your natural creative thinking abilities. Michael explains that creativity requires making connections between two or more dissimilar subjects, resulting in new ideas and concepts. Michael shares his proven techniques to put this connection skill to practical use to discover exciting new solutions to problems. Michael points out that everyone has the ability for creativity, and provides the techniques used by geniuses to develop your own genius capabilities. The methods offered by the author combine fun with real world results to boost your creativity and problem solving skills. Learn how to change your outlook and way of thinking to one where you act and behave like a creative thinker on Blog Business Success Radio.
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