How are you expanding your creativeness and creativity?

[Robert "Alan" Black]

How are you expanding your creativeness and creativity this year and next?

Are you going to one of the many great creativity programs: Mindcamp (Sept in Toronto), ACRE (Oct in South Africa), NEXT IDEA (Oct in New York state), Florida Creativity Weekend (Mar in 09), ACE - Atlanta Creativity Exchange (Mar 09) CREA-Italy (Spring 09), CPSI (June in Boston)......to see a more complete list go to...

http://www.ifoco.org

Are you reading specific books?

Please share how you are expanding, enriching, engaging your creativeness and creativity.

[Robert "Alan" Black]

To prime the pump...

Daily I spend time reading new and old books on creativity.
Often during each year I attend and present at many creativity conferences.
Daily I internet with a growing community of creativity friends around the globe.
Most days I write about what I am learning.

I apologize for leaving out the ACA - American Creativity Association Conference...Tacoma, Washington/Seattle Area March 2009.

Alan

[Chris Barlow]

I think it may be more important to reduce my creativeness.

Ideas can be thought of as new directions to apply hard work to.

At some point you have to keep focus on one or two of the directions until the potential becomes actual success and impact.

Idea focused creativity without action about something you care about is a delightful form of recreational pleasure without offspring...

[Robert "Alan" Black]

Chris

Seeing that you have been exposed to creative thinking development and deliberate creativity since you were a child, reining in your creativity may fit.

Alan

[Robert "Alan" Black]

I am currently reading...

THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN
by Dan Roam
a visual thinking consultant

It has been an interesting read over the first 100 pages so far. Fairly analytical and structured in its approach to what often is considered subjective and unstructured.

[Say Keng LEE]

Hi, Alan:

You are right. Dan Roam's approach is analytical & structured, but nevertheless it offers a good systems approach to problem analysis, at least from the visual thinking perspective.

Personally, I like Kurt Hanks' approach, as documented in his book, 'Rapid Viz' - unstructured, free-form & spontaneous.

[Robert "Alan" Black]

Totally agree about Hanks and Belliston's books Rapid Viz and DRAW!

Both are visual books about visual thinking

Roam's is a verbal book about visual thinking.

Alan

[MichaelBurns]

I'm working on some rather rudimentary things, like taking note of what foods do for my thinking capacity, and looking at things like Yoga and exercise in general. External tools, like software, are next on my list.

[Aliyah Marr]

I am writing books and giving seminars on creativity. My book, "Parallel Mind, The Art of Creativity" is available in e-book version for free to any member of this site. All I ask is a reader review on Amazon or on your blog. Go to:

http://www.parallelmindbook.com
http://parallelmind.wordpress.com

If you are interested, please send me your email address to:

parallelmindbook [at] gmail [dot] com

Please tell me why you think you would like to review the book and where you plan to review it. If you want me to host a seminar, just email me at the same address.

[Robert "Alan" Black]

Aliyah

I am always interested in reviewing new books on creativity.

How may I help you?

I can book my review on Amazon.com

Alan
[e-mail]
http://www.cre8ng.com

[Annabelle Hoffman]

Hi Alan,
My most recent books read: Purple Cow, AND Tribes, by Seth Godin, The Secret Language of Leadership by Stephen Denning. Parallel Minds by Aliyah Marr,Visualize confidence by K Rockefeller.Relationship Economics David Nour and Alan Weiss, and Find your great Work by Bungay Stanier. All excellent for me.definately enriching ( at my level)IMHO- Well Worth checking out .
I have continued my education, and practise in painting and benefiting immensely. " having a marvelous time playing.

regards Annabelle

[Robert "Alan" Black]

Annabelle

Thank you for sharing your recent favorite books. Some I have read and others look interesting.

I have two parallel questions running on CREATIVITY CHAMPIONS. 1) The one I wrote August 10, 2008 and 2) the one I wrote yesterday, May 20th, 2009.

Thanks for responding,

Alan

[Robert "Alan" Black]

What have been your thoughts on this question in the past couple months?

Alan