How to Have Creative Ideas

62 exercises to develop the mind

Edward de Bono

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Vermilion London
01 May 2007

Psychology; Self-help & personal development; Memory improvement & thinking techniques; Puzzles & quizzes

Bestselling author Edward de Bono presents 62 practical exercises to encourage creativity and lateral thinking

Everybody wants to be creative. Creativity makes life more fun, more interesting and more full of achievement, but too many people believe that creativity is something you are born with and cannot be learned.

In How to Have Creative Ideas Edward de Bono - the leading authority on creative thinking - outlines 62 different games and exercises, built around random words chosen from a list, to help encourage creativity and lateral thinking. For example, if the task were to provide an idea for a new restaurant and the random word chosen was 'cloak', ideas generated might be- a highwayman theme; a Venetian theme with gondolas; masked waiters and waitresses. Or, if asked to make a connection between the two random words 'desk' and 'shorts', readers may come up with- both are functional; desks have 'knee holes' and shorts expose the knees; traditionally they were both male-associated items.

All the exercises are simple, practical and fun, and can be done by anyone.

By: Edward de Bono
Imprint: Vermilion London
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 136mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 195g
ISBN: 9780091910488
ISBN 10: 009191048X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 May 2007
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Edward de Bono is widely regarded as the leading world authority in the direct teaching of creative thinking. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and has had appointments at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and London. He has written 63 books with translations into 37 languages. Dr de Bono is the originator of the term 'Lateral Thinking' and now has a network of 923 trainers in 28 countries around the world teaching his methods in business.

Reviews for How to Have Creative Ideas: 62 exercises to develop the mind

The master of creative thinking Independent on Sunday Edward doesn't just think. He is a one-man global industry, whose work is gospel in government, universities, schools, corporates and even prisons all over the world Times 2 Edward de Bono is a cult figure in developing tricks to sharpen the mind The Times Simple, practical and great fun. Best of its kind. Management Today Edward de Bono is a toolmaker, his tools have been fashioned for thinking, to make more of the mind Peter Gabriel