The next big idea is out there—You just have to know how to spot it Creativity is crucial to business and design success. How do you unleash bursts of creativity, increase occurrences of spontaneity and ultimately find great ideas? Through anecdotes, interviews, quotes, tips, creative exercises and success stories from the biggest corporations in the country, author Sam Harrison shows you how to think outside the box—then throw away the box for good. You'll be encouraged to: Listen and observe Step outside your daily routine Explore through travel Find ideas in nature Break out of ruts Learn from mistakes Get past the surface Connect existing ideas Busy professionals CAN learn how to peek under the mundane to find the magical, to find insights rather than information, and to learn what makes their clients laugh, cry, scream—and ultimately buy.

Don't let your creative ideas get picked apart and put down! If you're like most creative people, chances are high that you've had your share of ideas rejected by clients or decision makers. While we sometimes make the mistake of believing ideas should sell themselves, the fact is that the better and bolder the idea, the more it needs selling. This book contains powerful techniques to help you sell your ideas to those with approval power. You'll find tips from designers, writers, marketers and other creative professionals, along with meaty advice from selling and branding gurus. In no time, you'll be able to convince those who hold the purse strings that your ideas are worth pursuing and investing in. "Designers have a little known secret: Designing something is the easy part, getting others, specifically clients, to embrace that design is the real hard part. Harrison has put together dozens of tips that, if applied correctly, independently or in unison, will help you get those great design ideas approved." —Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio, authors of Graphic Design, Referenced

As a technology pioneer at MIT and as the leader of three successful start-ups, Kevin Ashton experienced firsthand the all-consuming challenge of creating something new. Now, in a tour-de-force narrative twenty years in the making, Ashton leads us on a journey through humanity’s greatest creations to uncover the surprising truth behind who creates and how they do it. From the crystallographer’s laboratory where the secrets of DNA were first revealed by a long forgotten woman, to the electromagnetic chamber where the stealth bomber was born on a twenty-five-cent bet, to the Ohio bicycle shop where the Wright brothers set out to “fly a horse,” Ashton showcases the seemingly unremarkable individuals, gradual steps, multiple failures, and countless ordinary and usually uncredited acts that lead to our most astounding breakthroughs. Creators, he shows, apply in particular ways the everyday, ordinary thinking of which we are all capable, taking thousands of small steps and working in an endless loop of problem and solution. He examines why innovators meet resistance and how they overcome it, why most organizations stifle creative people, and how the most creative organizations work. Drawing on examples from art, science, business, and invention, from Mozart to the Muppets, Archimedes to Apple, Kandinsky to a can of Coke, How to Fly a Horse is a passionate and immensely rewarding exploration of how “new” comes to be.

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inners workings of our universe. From Newton's law of gravitation to black holes, Schrödinger's cat to chaos theory, 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introduction to the most important physics concepts in history.

A Practical Guide to Train your Creativity Do you want to think of more positive and creative ways to do things? Do you want to surprise your clients? In this book, you will find twenty-six practical behaviors and habits written in a clear and concise language that will help you have (and sell) original ideas. This is the result of the author’s clown training and learning, his analysis of best practices and his wide experience as a trainer in many national and multinational enterprises. The regular training of these proposals will free your personal creativity, increase the teams’ creative performance and, as a consequence, will turn your organization into a more innovative one. You only need to free your inner clown! Want to play?

Exactly what you need for the new AS level GCE in Applied Business These brand new books have been written to match the specifications of this new qualification and provide all the information needed - whether it is a single award or double award, with Edexcel or OCR. Four separate books ensure that students receive exactly the right support with no redundant material. Lots of activities add interest and give students the opportunity to work outside the classroom in the real business world. This helps to emphasise the vocational nature of the qualification. Case studies with questions give students real-life perspectives on business and the issues surrounding it. Marginal notes draw attention to key points and suggest relevant activities.

Generating new ideas is not a magical process. There are many ways to stimulate ideas and creativity@ work by getting into a creative state of mind. Growing Great Ideas: Unleashing Creativity at Work is a training guide providing easy, inexpensive ways to help ideas to flow more freely at work and train employees to think creatively to improve the bottom line.The book explores ideas and innovations, defines creativity's many faces, identifies barriers, and establishes the foundation to unleash problem-solving skills and creative potential, build teamwork, find new and improved processes, and turn business challenges into business opportunities.Show your employees the way, bring enthusiasm and fun, and most importantly, IDEAS back to work with Growing Great Ideas: Unleashing Creativity at Work.

The one-act play stands apart as a distinct art form with some well known writers providing specialist material, among them Bernard Shaw, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter, Caryl Churchill. Alan Ayckbourn, Edward Albee and Tennesee Williams. There are also lesser-known writers with plenty of material to offer, yet sourcing one-act plays to perform is notoriously hard. This companion is the first book to survey the work of over 250 playwrights in an illuminating A-Z guide. Multiple styles, nationalities and periods are covered, offering a treasure trove of compelling moments of theatre waiting to be discovered. Guidance on performing and staging one-act plays is also covered as well as essential contact information and where to apply for performance rights. A chapter introducing the history of the one-act play rounds off the title as a definitive guide.

Business Model Generation is a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow's enterprises. If your organization needs to adapt to harsh new realities, but you don't yet have a strategy that will get you out in front of your competitors, you need Business Model Generation. Co-created by 470 "Business Model Canvas" practitioners from 45 countries, the book features a beautiful, highly visual, 4-color design that takes powerful strategic ideas and tools, and makes them easy to implement in your organization. It explains the most common Business Model patterns, based on concepts from leading business thinkers, and helps you reinterpret them for your own context. You will learn how to systematically understand, design, and implement a game-changing business model--or analyze and renovate an old one. Along the way, you'll understand at a much deeper level your customers, distribution channels, partners, revenue streams, costs, and your core value proposition. Business Model Generation features practical innovation techniques used today by leading consultants and companies worldwide, including 3M, Ericsson, Capgemini, Deloitte, and others. Designed for doers, it is for those ready to abandon outmoded thinking and embrace new models of value creation: for executives, consultants, entrepreneurs, and leaders of all organizations. If you're ready to change the rules, you belong to "the business model generation!"

In a competitive and dynamic job market, having the right workplace skills is essential to securing a successful career. From finding a job and learning your way around a new work environment to scheduling projects and working effectively with colleagues, workers must know how to be effective, organized, and professional in the modern workplace. Each volume in the Career Skills Library details key competencies identified by the Department of Labor as essential to solid job performance. Through case studies, exercises, quizzes, and additional resources, these books will help readers learn and master the personal and professional skills essential for any career. Book jacket.