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A recent survey of CEOs revealed that creativity is considered the most important quality in leadership. Who Killed Creativity? investigates how companies, leaders, managers, and individuals can build (or rebuild) a culture of innovation by fostering creative thinking and problem-solving - finding better solutions faster. By exploring such questions as: Are bully bosses psychopaths in disguise? and Why does the future of civilization lie in a garbage dump in Mexico?, this book offers a compelling tale with a novel twist.

A thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opportunities into intentional design, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school. “Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of...

Have you ever wondered how off-key you are while singing in the shower? Or if your Bob Dylan albums really sound better on vinyl? Or why certain songs make you cry? Now, scientist and musician John Powell invites you on an entertaining journey through the world of music. Discover what distinguishes music from plain old noise, how scales help you memorize songs, what the humble recorder teaches you about timbre (assuming your suffering listeners don’t break it first), and more.

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST In this magisterial study of the relationship between illness and art, the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison, brings an entirely fresh understanding to the work and life of Robert Lowell (1917-1977), whose intense, complex, and personal...

Em O Caminho do Artista, Julia Cameron ensinou a milhões de leitores e ouvintes as três ferramentas essenciais para desbloquear a criatividade. Neste novo audiolivro, ela apresenta a quarta ferramenta a que recorre para encontrar inspiração: a escrita em busca de orientação. Você vai aprender a se conectar com o poder intuitivo dentro de si e confiar nas respostas que recebe, elevando seu potencial criativo e suas criações a um novo patamar.

Este libro ofrece un recorrido por algunos de los cuentos más interesantes y conocidos de la historia para enseñarnos a aprender una lengua olvidada que habita en nuestro interior, un lenguaje perdido que solo comprendemos cuando estamos dormidos. Frente a las visiones simplistas o ideológicas, que desdeñan los cuentos de hadas por infantiles o reaccionarios, la autora nos muestra que no hemos sabido profundizar en su mensaje más transcendente y sanador.

Raising an Entrepreneur presents 76 stories from the mothers of some of the most successful entrepreneurs today. Entrepreneurs are the new rock stars - they're the ones who turn their passions into ingenious projects, because they're willing to risk failure to make their dreams come true.

Art Thinking combines the mind-sets of art and the tools of business to protect space for open-ended exploration and manage risks on your way to success. Art Thinking takes you from "Wouldn't it be cool if...?" to realizing your highest aims, helping you build creative skills you can apply across all facets of business and life. Warm, honest, and unexpected, Art Thinking will help you reimagine your work and life-and even change the world-while enjoying the journey from point A.

Too many companies limit their strategic thinking by focusing on what they already know how to do. Executives are expected to set concrete objectives and create detailed, step-by-step plans to reach them. This approach may satisfy short-term considerations like quarterly earnings reports, but it produces modest innovation and evolutionary development at best. As a result, the business can find itself in a performance plateau that it cannot seem to break out of.

العديد من الدراسات أكدت أهمية قراءة ما بين سطور رواية الأمير الصغير. ومن المنطقي أن ترغب في فك شفرة بعض الرموز، أو تبحث عن المعاني الخفية التي ضمَّنها أنطوان دو سانت إكزوبيري في روايته، لكن هذه الطريقة في قراءة رواية الأمير الصغير تختلف كثيرًا عن طريقة قراءة كتابي. لقد أردت من تأليفي هذا الكتاب أن أركز على الأمير الصغير نفسه، على كلماته، ومخاوفه، ومسعاه، والقيم والأحلام التي يعتز بها، والأفكار التي تبناها.

Lange herrschte in der Wissenschaft die Auffassung vor, das Gehirn sei eine irgendwann fertig ausgebildete Struktur, an der sich ab einem bestimmten Alter kaum mehr nennenswerte Veränderungen ergeben. Heute weiß man es besser: Ihr Gehirn ist ein hochflexibles Organ, das lebenslang zu enormen Entwicklungen, Veränderungen und Erweiterungen fähig ist – und den Prozess können Sie gezielt gestalten. Das Stichwort „Neuroplastizität" beschreibt genau diese Fähigkeit und dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie das Prinzip nutzen, um tiefgreifende Veränderungen für Ihr Leben zu bewirken.

Erik Wahl, a visual artist, speaker, and entrepreneur, helps us unite the yin and yang of creativity - the dynamic new ideas with the dogged effort. He shows why we won't get far if we rely on the spark without the grind or the grind without the spark. What the world really needs are the creators who can hold the two in balance. This audiobook offers surprising insights and practical advice about how to fan the sparks and make the grind more productive.

Access a level of creativity you never thought possible, using techniques Tom Sturges - former head of creative at Universal Music Publishing Group - learned in his 25-plus years in the music industry. Every Idea Is a Good Idea invites listeners to find the pathway to their own creative endeavors.

Durante mais de vinte anos, o renomado psicólogo Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi pesquisou sobre o estado de concentração total e satisfação profunda. Seus estudos revelaram que o que torna uma experiência genuinamente agradável é o que ele chama de "flow" — um momento de completa concentração, em que estamos tão absortos em uma atividade que conseguimos alcançar um estado ideal de felicidade.

« L’essentiel, à partir du moment où vous entrez dans ce livre, c’est ce que vous déciderez de faire de votre désir d’écrire, qu’il vous conduise à réaliser une œuvre littéraire, à explorer votre existence, ou encore à mieux vous connaître et ainsi à mieux vivre. » Que faire de notre désir d’écrire quand des peurs et des freins nous nous musèlent ? Selon Eudes Séméria, psychothérapeute existentiel, il faut écrire pour se connaître et de se connaître pour écrire. Accéder à sa créativité passera alors par un travail d’analyse mais aussi par une mise à l’épreuve guidée permettant d'atteindre sa maturité.

Questo libro è dedicato al tema dello sviluppo, della coltivazione e della manifestazione del Potere Personale - il Potere Personale in tutte le sue fasi, aspetti e modalità di manifestazione ed espressione. Il "Potere personale", come viene inteso e insegnato in questo libro, può essere definito come: "L'abilità o la forza posseduta dall'individuo umano, grazie alla quale egli ottiene, o può ottenere, i risultati desiderati in modo efficiente, lungo le linee dello sforzo e dell'impegno fisico, mentale e spirituale".

Making art—giving form to the images that arise in our mind's eye, our dreams, and our everyday lives—is a form of spiritual practice through which knowledge of ourselves can ripen into wisdom. This book offers encouragement for everyone to explore art making in this spirit of self-discovery—plus practical instructions on material, methods, and activities.

Mit den Stimmen von DAS BO, MC Fitti, Galv, Curly, Vokalmatador, Porky, Doktor Allwissend, Onkel, Schmiddlfinga, Livia Matthes, Lucas Kazzer, Lux M, Babett Richter, Berit Sellmer, Hans-Georg Lauter und Franziska Lauter. Klavier: Yes! It´s Ananias. Diese spannende Fortsetzung des Hörspiels Kreativität - Die unsichtbare Dirigentin (2021) von Dipl.-Psych. Franziska Lauter ist ein humorvoller und vielschichtiger Krimi. Ein Buchmanuskript über die Persönlichkeitspsychologie kreativer Menschen und das kreative Gehirn wird entwendet.

O caminho do artista reúne uma série de exercícios, reflexões e ferramentas para ajudar você a despertar sua criatividade, recuperar a autoconfiança e se livrar dos bloqueios criativos. Organizadas num programa de 12 semanas, essas técnicas vão guiá-lo por uma viagem de autodescoberta, ajudando-o a enfrentar seus medos, crenças e inseguranças – os maiores obstáculos para quem deseja expressar qualquer forma de arte. Com este método, você vai aprender a abandonar as desculpas que o impedem de transformar suas ideias em realidade.

Have you ever sat down at your desk with an impossible deadline or an insurmountable obstacle staring you directly in the face and an expectation that you'll come up with a groundbreaking idea and solution? In Breakthrough, you'll find a powerful framework for bringing innovation and creativity to the surface not just once, but on a regular, daily basis.