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12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor Gail McMeekin Conari Press (2001) Note: I re-read this book while formulating questions for an interview of its author, Gail McMeekin. If anything, her insights offer even greater value now than they did years ago when the book was first published.

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21 Ways to Kill Your Creativity

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Michael Michalko, author of business classics that include Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius (2001), Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques, 2nd Edition (2006), and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work (2011).

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Change is a Double-Edged Sword

Lead Change Blog

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. While many of us know change is typically rapid and non-linear, less often is depicted its exciting potential for creative, innovative solutions.

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Leading With Character: Gratitude

Michael Lee Stallard

Neuroscience research has shown that positive environments improve the human brain’s ability to solve problems and think creatively. Leading with Character: Creativity. Only recently, however, have scientists come to appreciate the positive influence gratitude has on human and organizational performance. . The great British writer G.K.

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Be Bold In Life.

Rich Gee Group

I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 You know when you get so caught up in your career and life you forget things? Well I did. Unported License.

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0813 | Outsmart Your Instincts with Adam Hansen

LDRLB

This impulse led him to a career in developing new products for innovative companies such as M&M/Mars, Melaleuca and American Harvest, before joining Ideas To Go in 2001. The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas. Why Irrationality Emerges and How to Deal With It.

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Out of Our Minds: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative Ken Robinson Capstone Publishing Ltd. 2011) How and why to think differently about learning to be creative This is a “New Edition, Fully Updated” of a book first published in 2001. Why a second edition?

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