Full of cartoons, provocative puzzles, anecdotes, exercises, questions, quotations and tips, this book systematically breaks through mental blocks and unlocks the mind for creative thinking. "Whack" has been used by business people, teachers, scientists, and artists for stimulating creativity in millions of readers. The book will be packaged with ...
Roger von Oech takes readers on a guided tour through the four roles of the creative process--Explorer, Artist, Judge, and Warrior--providing exercises, stories, tips, and proven techniques to help them strengthen each creative role.
More versatile than a puzzle and more fun than a brain teaser, the "Ball of Whacks" comes with a 96-page illustrated book that provides exercises for creative brainstorming and problem-solving.
Roger von Oech whacks again! The Innovative Whack Pack offers just as much wisdom for business and leadership issues as his best-selling Creative Whack Pack. Featuring 60 all new creative thinking strategies.
Designed by von Oech as a companion product to the award-winning Ball of Whacks], the innovative X-Ball presents a playful new way to stimulate creativity. Thirty magnetic Xs click together to form an icosidodecahedron, and the uniquely angled geometry of the X-shaped pieces allows users to invent their own shapes and designs.
More fun than a brain-teaser, more versatile than a puzzle, and an ideal tool to stimulate innovators, artists, engineers, writers, and students, the "Ball of Whacks" comes with an illustrated text that provides exercises for creative brainstorming and problem-solving.
The revised version of Roger von Oech's book A Whack on the Side of the Head is available only in this set from U.S. Games. Book is 192 pp. III. (pb). The set includes the 64-card Creative Whack Pack "RM".
"You can't step in the same river twice". "Dogs bark at what they don't understand". "The doctor inflicts pain to cure suffering". The ancient Greek philospher Heraclitus was famous for such brilliant and provocative sayings, and today, more than 2500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature and the cosmos are as relevant as ...
Mental locks discourage the capacity for creative thought. Von Oech describes these locks and suggests challenging and enjoyable techniques for breaking free of them.
The world's first creativity teacher was Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosophers. This is a collection of 30 ancient "whacks" designed as individual creativity exercises.
Heraclitus was famous for his provocative sayings. For example: "you can't step in the same river twice"; "dogs bark at what they don't understand"; "expect the unexpected, or you won't find it, because it leaves no trail". Today, more than 2500 years after they were written, his ideas about life, nature and the cosmos remain as startlingly ...
More versatile than a puzzle and more fun than a brain teaser, the "Ball of Whacks" comes with a 96-page illustrated book that provides exercises for creative brainstorming and problem-solving.
Following on from "A Whack On The Side Of The Head", this is a pack of cards which distills the advice given in the book. Should the player have a decision to make, a problem to solve, a brainstorming meeting to attend or an idea to come up with, he selects a card and follows its advice. There are 64 different strategies to choose from, and each ...
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