The Creative Mindset
eBook - ePub

The Creative Mindset

Mastering the Six Skills That Empower Innovation

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Creative Mindset

Mastering the Six Skills That Empower Innovation

About this book

"In this era of AI and increasing automation, creativity is what sets us apart. Jeff and Staney DeGraff show us how to master the creative mindset." —Tan Le, Founder, EMOTIV
Nearly all of today's major innovation workshops and programs call on organizations to drive innovation. What they miss is that innovation comes from the personal creativity of individuals. And creativity doesn't require an advanced education or technical skills—all employees can be creative. Often, all they lack is a fitting mindset and the right skills.
The Creative Mindset brings how-to advice, tools, and techniques from two master innovators who have taught and worked with over half of all Fortune 500 companies. Jeff and Stanley DeGraff introduce six essential creative-thinking skills that can be easily mastered with limited practice and remembered as the acronym CREATE: Concentrate, Replicate, Elaborate, Associate, Translate, and Evaluate. These six skills, sequenced as steps, simplify and summarize the most important research on creative thinking and draw on over thirty years of real-world application in some of the most innovative organizations in the world.
It's time to rethink the way we make innovation happen. Individual creativity is an immense untapped resource, and you don't have to be Beethoven to make a big difference. As the chef Gusteau proclaims in the Pixar classic  Ratatouille, "Anyone can cook."
 
"Emphasize[s] that small acts of creativity can have huge consequences and that ordinary people can do extraordinary things if they can see the opportunities in front of them." —Mitch Jacobson, Executive Director, Austin Technology Incubator, UT Blackstone LaunchPad, University of Texas at Austin

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction: Demystifying Creativity
  8. Chapter 1 What Is the Creative Mindset?
  9. Chapter 2 Clarify: Getting the Challenge Right
  10. Chapter 3 Replicate: Mimicking and Reapplying Ideas
  11. Chapter 4 Elaborate: Multiplying Ideas by Adding New Ones
  12. Chapter 5 Associate: Connecting Ideas with Analogies
  13. Chapter 6 Translate: Creating Stories from Ideas
  14. Chapter 7 Evaluate: Selecting the Best Ideas
  15. Chapter 8 Putting It All Together
  16. References
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Index
  19. About the Authors
  20. Discussion Guide