James Adams's unique approach to generating ideas and solving problems has captivated, inspired, and guided thousands of people from all walks of life. Now, twenty-five years after its original publication, Conceptual Blockbusting has never been more relevant, powerful, or fresh. Integrating insights from the worlds of psychology, engineering, management, art, and philosophy, A...
James Adams's unique approach to generating ideas and solving problems has captivated, inspired, and guided thousands of people from all walks of life. Now, twenty-five years after its original publication, Conceptual Blockbusting has never been more relevant, powerful, or fresh. Integrating insights from the worlds of psychology, engineering, management, art, and philosophy, Adams identifies the key blocks (perceptual, emotional, cultural, environmental, intellectual, and expressive) that prevent us from realizing the full potential of our fertile minds. Employing unconventional exercises and other interactive elements, Adams shows individuals, teams, and organizations how to overcome these blocks, embrace alternative ways of thinking about complex problems, and celebrate the joy of creativity. With new examples and contemporary references, Conceptual Blockbusting is guaranteed to introduce a new generation of readers to a world of new possibilities.
作者简介
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James L. Adams is professor emeritus at Stanford University, where he has held a variety of administrative posts, taught courses on design and creativity, and won many teaching awards. Trained as an engineer and artist, he has been employed as a design engineer by several companies, as well as consulting for and coaching groups in the private and public sector around the world....
James L. Adams is professor emeritus at Stanford University, where he has held a variety of administrative posts, taught courses on design and creativity, and won many teaching awards. Trained as an engineer and artist, he has been employed as a design engineer by several companies, as well as consulting for and coaching groups in the private and public sector around the world. He lives on the Stanford campus.
the fifth cultural block on our list is"Reason, logic, numbers, utility, practicality are good; feeling, intuition, qualitative judgement, pleasure are bad". (查看原文)
The present awesome progress in genetics and biochemistry (through a large amount of secondary creativity) rests upon the discovery of RNA and DNA and their functions and structures (primary creativity). (查看原文)
2006年9月4日的《新闻周刊》(Newsweek)上有一书评，评论Curtis R. Carson and William W. Wilmot的《创新》(Innovation)一书。这篇书评的开头很引入注目：为什么有的人一辈子只有一个主意就江郎才尽，为什么有的企业拿出一种产品后坐吃山空，被人超越呢? 比如一度红火的宝丽来...
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很多人都问：去哪里找创意？似乎他们认为创意是100%灵感与偶然的东西。其实不尽然，有很多激发从创意的techniques(小方法)。 在公共假日的下午略读了《创意人的思考》（Conceptual Blockbusting: A guide to better），因为是台湾版的竖排书，读得好辛苦。在这里分享下笔记...
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程序员的主要问题与其说是技术问题 ，还不如说是心理问题 ：他不能解决问题 ，是因为他企图解决错误的问题 。问题的最终解决 ，是通过打破他的概念壁垒 ，进而去解决一个较简单的问题而实现的 。 J a m e s L . A d a m s所著的 C o n c e p t u e l B l o c k b u s t i n g一...
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You may start your journey towards being open-minded and innovative from reading this book, which was first published in 1974 and is now in its fourth edition. The book is about the processes by which one generates ideas and the mental blocks that impede th...
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Stein & Day Pub1976版
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钰晨成长手记
中信出版集团2022版
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0 有用 迷糊蛋儿 2021-08-17 01:44:34
实用且幽默
0 有用 綦 2020-04-12 11:00:59
17年在冰岛南角的airbnb巧取此册1976版本，大纲清晰、图文并茂，最重要是Jim工科/设计出身，文字输出以列表和模块为主，没啥废话。
0 有用 [已注销] 2013-03-20 04:32:36
quite a few good points here
2 有用 JDK 2011-11-02 21:09:50
开始明白中学教育为何会扼杀学生的创造性了。因为所有的考试题目都有标准答案。学生的分析和判断思维加强了，但综合思维、发散思维却变弱了。面对没有标准答案的问题，常常一筹莫展。
0 有用 Uraka.Lee 2013-09-24 18:43:40
很长时间只读和编程有关的书, 导致看这本居然有些吃力; 当然也可能和译文有关. 前七章有许多关于创造性思维的实践, 最后一章则讲述了如何在集体环境中创新(其中包含了关于有道/搜狗为什么存在的道理).