BOOKS FOR INNOVATION!

Top Five Books on Idea Generation click on the book you want Click the book to order and for more information Thinkertoys is a great book with over 30 tools for getting ideas in groups and individually. The steps of the tools are nicely detailed and include both linear and intuitive approaches. We highly recommend this book. It should be used by all facilitators and team leaders Click the book to order and for more information What a Great Idea! is an excellent book for those unfamiliar with the creative process and how to inspire others. It includes lots of practical tools and ideas. It is easy to read. We highly recommend this book for a general background of the creative process and some tools. 101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques is a good book filled with techniques for creative problem solving. Click the book to order and for more information   The Universal Traveler is a classic. It is the one of first books I read over 20 years ago on tools for creative problem solving. In inlcudes techniques for every step of the creative process. An extremely useful and practical book. Click the book to order and for more information FEATURED Creative Collaboration: Simple Tools for Inspired Teamwork. It includes step-by-step tools and methods for collecting and generating ideas in a team setting. It also includes warm-up exercises that can be used before generating ideas as well as group energizers when the group is low in energy. A very practical book. We highly recommend this book. It should be used by all facilitators and team leaders <<<Click on the book to order

Creativity Tools click on the book you want and for more information

			Creativity in Product Innovation -- by Jacob Goldenberg, David Mazursky; Paperback

Games for Children and Adults click on the book you want and for more information

What To Do When The Kids Come Home More than 90 fun games and activites for challenging and expanding creativity, imagination, problem solving and critical thinking. Written for parents but can easily be adapted for adult audiences. $35 with shipping and handling, click book to order

Inspiring the Crazy Idea click on the book you want and for more information

Very fun stuff..if you are in the mood for some "What-will-they- think-of next" ideas. Great for inspiring the crazy idea. More of this "why-didn't-I - think-think-of -that" stuff. Great for inspiring the crazy idea. 30 wacky postcards by cartoonist Rube Goldberg of his crazy inventions. Great for inspiring the crazy idea. Fun and strange inventions. Great for inspiring the crazy idea.

Puzzles: For Warming-up Brainstorming Sessions click on the book you want & for more information

Books for training click on the book you want and for more information

	Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using Music, Improv, Storytelling and Other Arts to Improve Teamwork	Roberta's Rules of Order: Sail Through Meetings for Stellar Results Without the Gavel

Managing Innovation, Design and Creativity	Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market, and Organizational Change, Second Edition	Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Technology-Based Firms	Strategic Innovation: Embedding Innovation as a Core Competency in Your Organization
The Innovation Equation: Building Creativity and Risk-Taking in Your Organization	The Ultimate Book of Business Creativity: 50 Great Thinking Tools for Transforming your Business	Smart Things to Know About, Innovation & Creativity	Creativity
The Breakthrough Zone: Harnessing Consumer Creativity for Business Innovation	Clusters of Creativity : Enduring Lessons on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Silicon Valley and Europe's Silicon Fen	INNovation: Creativity Techniques for Hospitality Managers	Increase Your Brainpower: Improve Your Creativity, Memory, Mental Agility and Intelligence
Positive Turbulence: Developing Climates for Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal	Understanding Creativity: The Interplay of Biological, Psychological, and Social Factors	From Conflict to Creativity: How Resolving Workplace Disagreements Can Inspire Innovation and Productivity	Creativity at Work: Developing the Right Practices to Make Innovation Happen