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Horace Flournoy
Thinkertoys:
A HANDBOOK OF BUSINESS CREATIVITY
By Michael Michalko
Ideas
Book stresses looking at some of the same ordinary things that
you experience everyday in a new and different way.
Looking at information differently will generate new ideas and
unique insights.
Your future will be shaped by innovation occurring right now,
today.
YES!
But first, we must go back to the first line of the book:
Positive Thinking
You can condition yourself to trigger a particular chemical
pattern in your brain that will affect your attitudes and your
thinking in positive ways.
In order to do this, one must stop FUDs (Fear, Uncertainties,
Doubts) from controlling his/her life.
2 powerful levers for changing beliefs and overcoming fears:
1) The belief that one is capable of doing ones share and
can exert a certain amount of independence.
2) The belief that there is something inside one that makes one
equal in talent and ability to the rest of the world
Both of these solutions have the word belief in thembut is
this a disguised psychology book?
Developing Ideas
Some people stop thinking as soon as they have an answer.
But some answer are better than others: They cost less, afford
more status, are made better, easier to use, more aesthetic, are
easier to install, or whatever.
The creative minded individual must always be aware that there
is a possibility of a better route or invention.
Use the Thinkertoys! (Work with one at a time, Select one linear
and intuitive Thinkertoy to take advantage of both sides of your
brain and select a Thinkertoy at random.
Quantity
In the case of generating ideas, quantity is better that quality.
You must allow yourself to come up with multiple ways to solve
problems
Alex Osborn stated that The more sights that you take, the
more likely you are to hit port.
With all the generated ideas, it is important to sift through them.
Assumption reversal
Escape from looking at a challenge in the traditional way.
Free up information so that it can come together in new ways.
Think provocatively. You can take a novel position and then
work out its implications
Look for a breakthrough.
Thinkertoy Example
Da Vincis Technique
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