Creative Acts For Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways

Bought one for my wife's birthday... then bought one for myself. Firmly rooted in Stanford's D.school practice, this book provides a series of exercises to get you approaching issues - be they design, or otherwise, a bit differently, and to generally keep you moving and open. It's well written and clear and I kind of like the mixed format, though it wasn't mixed all that often. If you're into any sort of design or creative act, it's well worth dipping into.

Con ejemplos para utilizarlo en el día a día. Gran herramienta para ejercitar la creatividad en equipos de diseño.

it's really not a good book

The Stanford d.school may now be thought to be the crucible of creativity. Many of Silicon Valley's great ideas grew from seeds germinated in this program. This book is a treasure trove of practical wisdom and practice. Sarah Stein Greenberg has assembled a collection of strategies, games, exercises, mind-melts, and how-to's that can be used not only by designers and software engineers but also elementary school teachers, and retirees. The book itself is a thing of beauty, ingenuity and visual delight. Each of the 80 chapters is a practice, game or idea that is a stand alone.. But the sum total is a philosophy for approaching the creation of anything, including lifestyle changes that we can all benefit from. She does a wonderful thing by giving credit for each chapter to people who may have originated the idea or who became its steward. This reminds us that the creative process is a community activity and that we are all in this together. It's a brilliant gift for anyone. I really love this book.

Takeaways from reading the book:Page 31: Talking to strangers exercise:- Step 1: When you walk from a to b, for example from your home to the supermarket, try and say hello and/or ask a question to everyone you pass.- Step 2: Ask yourself these questions: 1. How did people react? 2. How did your behavior change from the first person to the last person you said hello and/or asked questions to?Pages 33-34: Follow your senses exercise:- Step 1: Take a 1 hour walk during which you follow your senses. For example, you can follow a color.- Step 2: Allow yourself to slow down during the 1-hour walk and not pay attention to where you are.- Step 3: Note what you do during the 1 hour walk, for example by taking photos and/or videos.- Step 4: Share your notes / photos / videos, for example via social media.Page 64: What do people, whom you consider to be creative, do?- Step 1: Think about people in your life, whom you consider to be creative?- Step 2: Think about what they do differently than people, whom you consider to be less creative?- Step 3: Think about what you can do to be more creative?Page 74: Learning how you learn exercise- Step 1: Think of a moment in your life when you learned a lot.- Step 2: Answer these questions about the learning experience. A. Where were you? B. Who were you with? C. What happened?- Step 3: Formulate a hypothesis why you learned a lot.

It's truely an immense experience to learn good things from this book . It opens up our mind. Thanks to author . Loved this book .