He shows how creativity is a learnable skill one that everyone can use to improve their performance. How to be creative under pressure and turn ideas into action. His background is in medicine and psychology chiaramonte, 1989, and his book the mechanism of mind from 1969 was the first documentation of how the brain works as a system. However, serious creativity is a more elaborated study of lateral thinking in its broadest and most practical dimensions. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Serious creativity how to be creative under pressure and turn ideas into action. Serious creativity will seem a contradiction in terms for many people. He is the originator of the term lateral thinking and has developed the famous decision making method. It is precisely this misconception about creativity that has done so much damage and has held back the development of creativity for at least. Learn more about the man behind the thinking tools by clicking here. His father was a renowned physician and his mother was an intellectual journalist, he studied at st. It is precisely this misconception about creativity that.
The course in creativity combines and integrates two of dr. Everyone knows that creativity has to be fun, lively, and crazy so how can we have serious creativity. Lateral thinking methods are serious, deliberate, and system. It is precisely this misconception about creativity that has done so much damage and has held back. The essential tool for success in the 21st century. Sometimes this makes big jumps from one topic to another. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. He originated the concept of lateral thinking and developed formal techniques for deliberate creative thinking. Sometimes referred to as 6 hats or the six hats of thinking, these techniques focus on enhancing the structure of thinking so that group decision making and idea evaluation can be dramatically improved. Serious creativity free ebook download as pdf file. Using the power of lateral thinking to create new ideas, harpercollins 37 copy quote.
He calls one vertical thinking, which uses the processes of logicthe traditional, historical method. His key book, the mechanism of mind was published in 1969. He is widely regarded as the leading authority in the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. The journal for quality and participation, 18, 1218. I was especialy impressed with his explanations of the creative. He is a proponent of the direct teaching of thinking as a skill.
I have read most of his books, and seen him speak at the international conferences on thinking. He calls the other lateral thinking, which involves disrupting an apparent thinking sequence and arriving at. An exciting read for those who see value in creativity and have seen value in a new idea. He is the inventor of the phrase lateral thinking which is now in the oxford english dictionary.
He has authored more than 62 books over his career. We promote the use of his methods and practical techniques to maximise creativity and constructive thinking for individuals and organisations. He then explains how you can unlock your own creativity to reap the personal and professional rewards it will bring. In 1967 he invented the world famous lateral thinking technique. I was especialy impressed with his explanations of the creative pause, focus, and how to come up with alternatives. He calls the other lateral thinking, which involves disrupting an apparent thinking sequence and arriving at the solution from another angle.
You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking structured creativity. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book six thinking hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools. He has shown that creativity was a necessary behaviour in a selforganising information system. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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