Thinkertoys
by Michael Michalko
A handbook of creative-thinking techniques, linear and intuitive: SCAMPER, false faces, idea box, slice and dice, lotus blossom, and dozens more, each with instructions and examples. It is a toolbox for people who need ideas on demand and is the most comprehensive of its kind.
Read it if…
you need a reliable method for generating ideas when inspiration is absent.
Skip it if…
you want theory; this is all technique.
Three things you will actually use
- Ideas are produced by procedure, not waited for.
- Quantity precedes quality.
- Change the question to change the answers.
Do this first
Run SCAMPER on a current problem: substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to other uses, eliminate, reverse.
Our verdict
Comprehensive toolbox.
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