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Creative Thinkering by Michael Michalko — WisdomDeck honest review
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Creative Thinkering

by Michael Michalko

Michalko on conceptual blending: combining dissimilar subjects to produce new ideas, with the ways experts kill creativity and how to avoid them. Playful.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Blend concepts.
  2. Think inclusively.
  3. Act like a creator.

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Blend two unrelated objects into a product idea.

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Conceptual blending.

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