First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

. * * * “In our experience, everyone is the creative type.” The quote comes from Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All, the new book by my good friends […]. Bob''s blog entries “What’s Stopping You from Being Creative?”

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

There are times when one simple quote is worthy of standing alone… “Creativity doesn’t come from doing what you already know how to do…” Steve Wozniak, from The Wisdom Of Woz — Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Shares Nine Tips For Starting Companies, Solving Problems, And Finding HappinessFiled under: Randy''s blog entries.

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APRIL 17, 2013

George Bernard Shaw Leonardo Da Vinci Linus Pauling Marcel Proust Margaret Mead Max Planck Michelangelo Pablo Picasso The Creative Mindset: Classic Insights Thomas Edison Vladimir Nabokov' Bob''s blog entries Andre Gide Edgar Degas Eugene Delacroix Galileo Galilei Jonas Salk.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Sir Ken Robinson, Creative Schools ——————— It is no secret – we are all worried about the quality of education. … Read More Creative Schools by Sir Ken Robinson – My Six Lessons and Takeaways. I suspect that we expect the practically impossible.…

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JUNE 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Aaron Dworkin Apple Facebook Beyond Basics Cristo Rey High School Dan Gilbert Detroit Venture Partners Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity Futurist New York Times bestselling author The Sphinx Orchestra University of Michigan Why Josh Linkner Advocates "The Creative Twist"'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. * * * Most people think creativity is divinely-inspired, unpredictable and bestowed on only a lucky few. There are a lot of popular myths about business […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

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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NOVEMBER 18, 2013

In his latest book, The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas, David Burkus dispels ten myths, including The Eureka Myth: “the notion that all creative ideas arrive in a ‘eureka’ moment.”

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

As I worked my way through Burkus’ lively and eloquent narrative, I was also keenly interested in his discussion Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s insights relevant to incubation in Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1997): “Once the incubation stage has run its course, which could be a few days or several years, (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 15, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Bill Breen Brick by Brick Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry Capitalism [comma] Socialism [comma] and Democracy: Third Edition (1942) concept of "creative destruction" Crown Business David C.

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MAY 27, 2016

I’ve just read the sample pages of the book Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results by Drew Boyd and Jacob Goldenberg. The premise: there are templates, “inside the box” templates, to help come up with creative breakthroughs.

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AUGUST 27, 2011

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. This is another of several [.].

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you’ve never watched Ken Robinson’s TED Talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity?, Although, from his book Creative Schools: “I know that’s not as many views as Miley Cyrus gets. His book is… Read More How to Bring about Change, and other thoughts – insights from Sir Ken Robinson’s Creative Schools. But I don’t twerk.”

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JANUARY 11, 2014

I am deeply into the new book by the Kelley Brothers, Tom and David (the IDEO Guys): Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All. Maybe I am finally understanding the “creativity” (and innovation) challenge after a lot of exposures to their work, and the work of others. Randy''s blog entries'

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

To come up with that next new big thing will take great creativity and […]. Book after book after article after presentation after seminar and workshop all saying the same thing. The future belongs to the company that comes up with the next new big thing. Randy''s blog entries'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 30, 2012

Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work Michael Michalko New World Library (2011) How and why conceptual blending of dissimilar subjects, ideas, and concepts is the most important factor in creative thinking Those who have read any of Michael Michalko’s previously published books, notably Cracking Creativity and Thinkertoys, already (..)

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JANUARY 4, 2012

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

A conversation with Beau Willimon about streaming, the creative process, and the meaninglessness of the word “television” by Spencer Kornjaber. I just read this terrific conversation from The Atlantic: Is House of Cards TV? Its creator doesn’t think so.

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JUNE 1, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Harvard Business Review HBR Blog Network HBR email alerts Hogan Assessment Systems John Irving: "the reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it''s not work for me" London School of Economics Mark Zuckerberg metaprofiling.com.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 20, 2013

Bob''s blog entries "Embrace Ambiguity" Apple “Make Others Successful” Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation HarperBusiness IDEO Microsoft PepsiCo Procter & Gamble Steelcase Tim Brown on "How to Sail Through Creative Uncertainty"'

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson Harvard Business Review Press (2013) How and why focused, individual work can achieve innovation breakthroughs when combined with structured team interaction However different they may be in many respects, all of the healthiest organizations (most highly admired, best to (..)

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MARCH 25, 2016

”
 Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. ——————– So, I went back though Creativity, Inc. Pixar films are not good at first, and our job is to make them so—to go, as I say, “from suck to not-suck.”
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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 8, 2013

{Note: I know that there are differences between change and innovation and creativity. But they are all cousins – and they seem to fit together. Please keep this in mind as I use all three of these words in this post.). This happened when I was presenting a book synopsis to a group of about […]. Randy''s blog entries'

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

If creativity, change, and innovation were easy… There has been no shortage of books and articles and case studies and blog posts to read about this… But, the reality is, change is hard. Creativity is harder. And, you don’t learn to be good at change, you don’t become a creative genius, by reading one book […].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 2, 2012

I have now read enough about creativity to know that we have our work cut out for us. What we think, what we wish, is that creative ideas just fall from the sky in blinding moments of inspiration. That does happen, but… But, just as Twyla Tharp says in The Creative Habit, and Jonah Lehrer [.].

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NOVEMBER 23, 2013

hancethe ABC Ariston Anderson CBS CNN Evernote Facebook Forbes Fortune Fox NBC New York Times Bestsellers List Outside The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro [comma] Learning Anything [comma] and Living the Good Life The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5 [comma] Live Anywhere [comma] and Join the New Rich (Expanded and Updated) The Economist (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment’s Notice Todd Henry Portfolio/The Penguin Group (2011) How and why almost anyone can learn to survive and (perhaps) thrive in a create-on-demand world Contrary to what this book’s subtitle suggests, even people who are highly renowned for being “brilliant” cannot turn it on ”at a [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 28, 2011

The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight. There is nothing yet to research. For me, these moments are not pretty. I look like a desperate woman, tortured by the simple message [.]

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JULY 31, 2015

The first steps of a creative act are like groping in the dark: random and chaotic, feverish and fearful, a lot of busy-ness with no apparent or definable end in sight. There is nothing yet to research. For me, these moments are not pretty. I look like a desperate woman, tortured by the simple message […].

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JANUARY 24, 2013

Why Are We So Good at Extinguishing Creativity and Originality? Even as corporate leaders chase the vital, elusive spark of creativity, their organizations’ structures, processes, [.]. Because we say we want them, but we really don’t.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 18, 2012

The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life Twyla Tharp Simon & Schuster ((2006) Enjoy the pleasure of her company and the magic of her mind As is my custom when a new year begins, I recently re-read this book and The Collaborative Habit. The insights that Twyla Tharp shares in them are, [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 1, 2013

I was re-reading it this past week, and was reminded that buried in it is a pretty clear call to set creative people free. It may be the most famous speech in history on the place, the role, of television. It is the famous “vast wasteland” speech. Always a pretty worthy goal, don’t you think? [.].

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

Creativity, Inc.: Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by… Read More Leadership BS by Jeffrey Pfeffer; Creativity, Inc. Here are our two book selections for the November 6 First Friday Book Synopsis. Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace.

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MARCH 20, 2012

And a few on creativity. (Bob America seems to be experiencing an increase in the number of people who work alone. Is it possible that these are connected? I have read a lot of books on innovation. Bob Morris, our blogging colleague, is good at reminding [.].

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Tom Kelley and David Kelley for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * What does it take [.].

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APRIL 16, 2011

Here is an article co-authored by Marla M. Capozzi, Renée Dye, and Amy Howe and featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (April 20110), the business journal of McKinsey & Company.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2012

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Teresa Amabile and Steve Kramer for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * We live in a world mad for talent. [.].

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