Index
A
Aalborg University (Denmark)
Absorb New Media technique
Accidents: examples of inventions made from; Langer's drawing a picture experiment on; look for serendipity in. See also Bad ideas; Creativity mistakes
Act It Out technique
Adams, Joe
Adams, Scott
Adamson, Peter
Adaptive expertise
AESOP (surgical robot)
Aesthetic judgment
American Sign Language (ASLPro online dictionary)
Amway
Analogies: analogical thinking to create; definition of; fusing ideas to create; mimicking nature to create; using personal analogy to create; using direct analogy to create
Apple: Jobs' typographical literacy contribution to; Steve Jobs' debugging products of
Apply What You Know to New Situations technique
Appoint a Personal Board of Directors technique
Art Center Design Conference (2008)
Artists: Csikszentmihalyi's examination of creative process of; mindfulness as quality needed by; Perkins' study of “noticing” abilities of; “problem-finding” creative style of. See also Creative learners; Creativity
The Artist's Way (Cameron)
Asimov, Isaac
Ask step: Csikszentmihalyi's experimental studio groups findings on; description of; examples of asking the “right” questions; Personal Creative Assessment to self-assess yourself; practices of the; understanding how integrated it is with the other steps; when to focus on the
Ask step practices: Find the Question; Search the Space; Transform the Problem
Asking the right question: Csikszentmihalyi's examining artistic creativity and; Einstein on identifying the right “crime” by; Howard Schultz's development of Starbucks by; Instagram photo app created by
Assembly line innovation
ATMs innovation
B
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Bad ideas: exercise for coming up with; how Hasbro created a success out of a; how they can lead to good ideas; learning by looking at bad examples and. See also Accidents; Failure
Balance Specialty with Generality practice, Be a Dilettante
Balance Specialty with Generality practices: Be T-Shaped; Branch Out; issues to consider for; Pair Up with an Expert
Bardeen, John
Be a Beginner practices: Do Something for the First Time; Plan on Fun; Start a New Hobby
Be a Dilettante technique
Be Specific technique: connecting four dots exercise; list as many white things as you can exercise; for showing how creativity is enhanced by constraints
Be the Devil's Advocate technique
Be T-Shaped technique
Become More Aware technique
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Beginning: listing fun activities you'd like to start; a new hobby; returning to your childlike state of; something new that you've never done before; techniques for returning to your
Bell, Joshua
Bergman, Ingmar
Bieber, Justin
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Blacksmithing class (The Crucible arts center, Oakland)
“Blocker,”
Blume, Judy
Boyle, Dennis
Bradbury, Ray
Brain: how what the eye sees is impacted by the; Perkins' study of “noticing” abilities of artists,’; similarities of waking and sleeping; three exercises to self-assess “noticing” ability by your
Brainstorming: generating ideas through; IDEO's use of
Branch Out technique
Branson, Richard
Break It Down technique
Bridgman, Percy
A Brief History of Time (Hawking)
Brown, Tim
Bug fixing. See Find the Bug
Build It practices: Construct It; Try Quick and Dirty; Visit a Craft Store
burbn app
Burgess, Lowry
“Burnout,”
Burns, Ken
Bushnell, Nolan
C
Calligraphy knowledge
Cameron, Julia
Card trick tutorials (Expert Village channel, YouTube)
Carey, Drew
Carnegie Mellon
Carver, Raymond
Cat problem: description of the; Map Your Idea
Catholic Church canonization process
Challenge Your Assumptions technique
Challenge Yourself technique
Challenges: job-related problems and; some examples of common life; technical types of professional
Change: creativity by switching your perspective; looking for new patterns for new perspective and; zig zag creativity as process of constant evolution and
Chaplin, Charlie
Chart the Flow technique
Chartier, Émile-Auguste
Chase, William
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