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Informationen zum Autor Paul Sloane is an experienced speaker, course leader and facilitator. A recognised authority on innovation and creative speaking, he speaks and gives workshops to leading corporations around the world. He is also the best-selling author of How to Be a Brilliant Thinker , The Innovative Leader , The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills and editor of A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing , all published by Kogan Page. Klappentext Do you want to have great ideas? Do you want to break out of the rut of conventional thinking? Would you like to be a genius? Would presenting brilliant ideas help in your job! career and social life? How to be a Brilliant Thinker will help you to achieve all these ideals! by helping you to think in powerful new ways. It shows you how to harness techniques in lateral thinking! analytical thinking! problem analysis! idea generation and other areas so that you become much more creative. You will be able to conceive! evaluate and implement great ideas as well as improve your memory! sell your ideas and win arguments. It is packed with practical methods that you can put to immediate use! backed up by exercises! puzzles! quizzes! graphics and illustrations. Zusammenfassung How to be a Brilliant Thinker shows the reader how to find better ways to solve problems, conceive great ideas, retrain their brains, get out of the rut of conventional thinking and develop powerful thinking techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The need for different thinking2. Consider the opposite3. Confront assumptions4. Analyse problems5. Ask questions6. Think in combinations7. Parallel thinking8. Think creatively9. Think laterally10. Think what no one else thinks11. Evaluate ideas12. Make difficult decisions13. Develop your verbal thinking14. Think mathematically15. Get to grips with probability16. Think visually17. Develop your emotional intelligence18. Be a brilliant conversationalist19. Win arguments20. Ponder21. Maximize your memory22. Experiment, fail and learn23. Tell stories24. Think humorously25. Think positively26. Set goals27. Prioritize and focus28. Turn thinking into action29. Common thinking errors30. Boost your brain31. Games for brilliant thinkers32. Summary - a checklist for the brilliant thinkerAppendix 1: AnswersAppendix 2: References and further reading...
