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Thinkertoys

a handbook of creative-thinking techniques

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An edition of Thinkertoys (1991)

Thinkertoys

a handbook of creative-thinking techniques

2nd ed.
  • 3.75 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 49 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

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Ten Speed Press
Language
English
Pages
394

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Thinkertoys: a handbook of creative-thinking techniques
2006, Ten Speed Press
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Thinkertoys: a handbook of business creativity for the '90s
1991, Ten Speed Press
in English
Cover of: Thinkertoys
Thinkertoys: a handbook of business creativity
1991, Ten Speed Press
in English

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Berkeley, Calif

Table of Contents

Original spin
Mind pumping
Challenges
Thinkertoys
False faces (reversal)
Slice and dice (attribute listing)
Cherry split (fractionation)
Think bubbles (mind mapping)
Scamper (questions)
Tug-of-war (force-field analysis)
Idea box (morphological analysis)
Idea grid (FCB grid)
Lotus blossom (diagramming)
Phoenix (questions)
The Great Transpacific Airline and Storm Door Company (matrix)
Future fruit (future scenarios)
Brutethink (random stimulation)
Hall of fame (forced connection)
Circle of opportunity (forced connection)
Ideatoons (pattern language)
Clever trevor (talk to a stranger)
Chilling out (relaxation)
Blue roses (intuition)
The three B's (incubation)
Rattlesnakes and roses (analogies)
Stone soup (fantasy questions)
True and false (Janusian thinking)
Dreamscape (dreams)
Da Vinci's technique (drawing)
Dali's technique (hypnogogic imagery)
Not Kansas (imagery)
The shadow (psychosynthesis)
The book of the dead (hieroglyphics)
Warming up
Brainstorming
Orthodox brainstorming
Raw brainstorming
Murder board
You are not a field of grass.

Edition Notes

Includes index.
Original title: Thinkertoys : a handbook of business creativity for the '90s.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
650.01/9
Library of Congress
HD53 .M53 2006, HD53.M53 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
394

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3419684M
Internet Archive
thinkertoyshandb0000mich
ISBN 10
1580087736
ISBN 13
9781580087735
LCCN
2005036213
OCLC/WorldCat
63229995
Library Thing
8714502
Goodreads
517518

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