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According to the latest scientific research, anyone can be creative. You just have to know how to think creatively, which involves taking a more imaginative approach to the challenges we all face. Learn how to wield the same research-based tools that today's creative people use and tap into your inner creative thinker with Professor Puccio's engaging 24-lecture series that takes you step-by-step through the creative-thinking process.

You'll get a solid introduction to the four major stages of creative problem solving, one of the most effective methods used in creativity training around the world. Just like today's creative geniuses, you'll learn how to approach professional and personal challenges by clarifying your obstacles, ideating potential solutions, developing the ones that are workable, and implementing them in the real world.

You'll also learn how to wield the tools of the creative trade with the aid of simple exercises, in-studio demonstrations, hypothetical scenarios, and more. These powerful tools include everything from tapping into the power of brainwriting (an alternative take on brainstorming) to the effective use of How-How diagrams (which help you develop concrete action steps).

Whether you want to overcome writer's block, solve a complex business problem, or figure out the best way to resolve a tense argument, this series will give you everything you need so that when other people are dodging challenges, you're uncovering the hidden opportunities they'll have missed.

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The book itself is a real idea generator. Worth 6 stars if I could give it.

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If you think that you are not a 'creative' person because you cannot draw or write well, if you think there are people born to create and those who are not, then listen to these lectures and think again. If you ARE an artist, musician, writer, or consider yourself creative in any other ways, then listen to these lectures and grow! These lectures are for everyone, and follow the belief that EVERYONE can be creative, as long as you practice creativity. It will not teach you have to have those skills such as an artist or musician will have, but it will help you unlock your thinking in more of a creative way. I have found these lectures truly fascinating and insightful. I have always considered myself creative - an animator by trade - but found that animating alone hasn't satisfied my creative itch. Through these lectures, I have begun to explore the habits of creative thinkers, changing my own concepts and mindsets in order to develop in this way. The work is not yet completed, however, and I know that over the next few years I will be listening to this series of lectures again and again, slowly gaining further insights as I do so.

These lectures are for everyone!

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This is a fantastic course. Very good advice which applies across all aspects of life. Strongly recommend

Great Course - very wide range of applications

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Another great lecture by Gerard Puccio, full of insightive and practical learning points to help you achieve more creativity in you career or life.

A Great Lecture

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A really comprehensive, really useful course with well structured coverage and presentation of the topic, dwelling deep into practical aspects of creativity. I will be listening again to this course.

Very very good course on creativity

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