A Whack on the Side of the Head
How You Can Be More Creative
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- On Sale
- May 7, 2024
- Page Count
- 352 pages
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- ISBN-13
- 9781538767214
For more than four decades, A Whack on the Side of the Head has been a consistent leader in stimulating creativity and innovation. Translated into over twenty languages, Roger von Oech’s bestselling classic is back—and better than ever! Completely revised, enlarged, and supercharged with new ideas, this definitive edition offers more stories and exercises to bring its famous innovation boosters to a new generation.
- Learn how to overcome the ten biggest mental locks and unleash your full creative potential.
- Use the four roles of the creative process—Explorer, Artist, Judge, and Warrior—to generate and apply new ideas.
- Exploit the power of discontinuity, constraints, and “playing the Wise Fool” to find the “second right answer”!
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“Let’s start with the best: A Whack on the Side of the Head, a book about increasing creativity. It is easy to understand its lasting appeal.”The New York Times
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“Business brilliance!”USA Today
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"Very refreshing...a book about how to get through life!"Richard Bolles, Author of What Color Is Your Parachute
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"Roger von Oech runs laps around everyone else in the creativity consulting business."San Francisco Examiner
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"A wonderfully entertaining book that will enhance your creative ability. It will make a difference in your life!"James Adams, author of Conceptual Blockbusting
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Format:
- ebook $11.99 $15.99 CAD
- Trade Paperback (Revised) $21.99 $28.99 CAD
- Trade Paperback (Special Edition) $17.99 $22.99 CAD
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