The release date for the English version of 'Imagine: How Creativity Works' by
Jonah Lehrer is Mar 2012. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The most innovative businesses, it turns out, have central restrooms. that having brainstorming sessions is a bad idea? that you can increase your creative productivity by using the colour blue?
A fascinating and illuminating look at the emerging science of creativity from the emerging York Times best-selling author of How We Decide. Jonah Lehrer dispels the myths surrounding muses, higher forces, and even creative "types," showing that creativity is a multifaceted talent shared by a fortunate few. We may all learn to use these various, unique mental processes more skillfully.
In his insights, Lehrer highlights the value of accepting oneself, thinking like a kid, engaging in constructive daydreaming, and assuming the viewpoint of an outsider (travel helps). He reveals the ideal ratio of established to emerging collaborators in each creative endeavour and clarifies the role that criticism plays in the process. Then he pans out to demonstrate how we may improve the vibrancy of our communities, the productivity of our businesses, and the efficiency of our educational system.
You'll discover more about poets' drug addictions and Bob Dylan's composing practises. You'll meet an autistic surfer who created a whole new surfing motion, and a barman in Manhattan who thinks like a scientist. You'll discover why Elizabethan England saw a creative boom and how Pixar's workspace is intended to inspire the company's next major animated innovation.
Imagine breaks down the barriers that separate the neuron from the completed symphony to unveil the profound creativity of the human mind and its crucial function in our ever-complex environment.The website for Jonah Lehrer.