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Best 100 Ideas.
Small but growing site containing articles and tools, plus the
opportunity to buy ebooks, for taking a more creative approach. |
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Adventures in Creativity inc.
Videos, e-books, information and more on creativity at the most general level
from art and music to increasing the potential of individuals and
organizations. |
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Aha Puzzles
- a good selection of lateral thinking challenges and puzzles, plus an
effective links section. |
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Australian Creativity Page
The old master of the creativity world. Lots of info and links. Heavy focus on de Bono.
Sadly hasn't been updated for a while, but still well worth the visit. |
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Brainstorming
Don't be put off by the name - a site that isn't limited to
brainstorming but covers a much wider range of creativity
techniques. |
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COCD
Dutch creativity site (Centrum ter Ontwikkeling van het Creatif Denken)
with very slick presentation (English language). General background
information, a free 'Box' idea manager, training, consultancy and updates. |
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Creative Talks
- an interesting site based on a series of interviews and discussions
with creativity practitioners and others involved in creativity. |
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Creativity
at Work - very glossy site with some useful information
on organizational creativity. |
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Creative
Ideas - a simple site with good links, articles on
creativity and more. |
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Creativity
Pool A neat idea - a site to provide ideas for free to
anyone who wants them - but with a request for rewards. If you need
a few ideas out of the blue, why not trawl the pool - or contribute
your own thoughts on anything from standardizing hamburgers to world
domination. |
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Creativity Unleashed Limited Our own introductory
page on creativity |
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Directed Creativity Assorted information
about creativity in an interesting site. |
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Economic and
Social Research Council Various papers on innovation from Innovative Management
to developing a creative team |
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Go Create Lots of
information on (and a chance to try out) their extended brainstorming
technique called brainlining. This looks a very practical idea
generator. The site itself is a little low on more general information
(e.g. the books section is mostly just pointers to Amazon.com), but
still worth a visit. |
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How Much Joy Can You
Stand?
is a fun, friendly site for anyone
who has a dream to pursue that they need a little help with. Lots of
useful tools, including very busy bulletin boards for dreamers, a free
ezine, free articles, e-courses, and more. From Suzanne Falter-Barns,
author of the popular self help book How Much Joy Can You Stand?
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IM-BOOT
Rather strangely named (English language) German
site with a large database of information on innovation and
creativity. Takes a while to find your way around, but worth
investigating. |
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iMindMap
Site of mindmapping
software that also includes
articles by Tony
Buzan and videos of him
in operation. |
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Innovation
Point Consulting
and research firm focussed on strategic innovation. Their Resources
section contains a good range of white papers, articles etc. that are
worth taking a look at. |
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InnovationTools
Provides busy executives with a valuable collection of tools,
ideas and resources, designed to help them be more creative in their
day-to-day work. |
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Management of Innovation and New Technology Research Center. Interesting information from McMaster University's site, including
research and wide-ranging academic links. |
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ManyWorlds. Described as 'the knowledge network of business
thought leadership, ManyWorlds.com provides a wide ranging business
resource including sections on Innovation & Creativity Methods,
Innovation Processes and Knowledge & Learning. |
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Massey University To
investigate humanity, the mind, and learning - all factors that underpin creativity - see
Massey University's online Human Nature, Learning and Mind course. This sophisticated site
presents the whole of a high-level course in a remarkably friendly fashion. |
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The
Mental Athletics Programme - an excellent range of
activities resources and tactics to improve your creativity.
Developed for in-house use in a UK corporate, now available to
everyone. |
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Mind Games Software and
information on techniques and skills to improve your mind power |
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Mind Tools Software and information on
techniques and skills to improve your mind power. Also master your workload
and minimize stress with career coaching from Mind Tools. |
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Open
University - The UK's Open University has an excellent
alphabetical listing of a vast range of techniques. Not surprisingly
tends to be a little over-academic, but a valuable resource. |
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Quotes Central, Your Quotation Station A vast collection of
famous quotes, sorted by categories and authors, making it easy to
find a quote on any subject. Quotations are great creativity triggers
- dig up a random quote today. |
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Right Brain Works One of the whackier
sites, but none the worse for that. Excellent book lists, techniques, mailing list and
more. |
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The Science
Lab Directory of science-related resources, including
social sciences and cognitive science |
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Solve That Problem -
collection of creativity
techniques in a well-arranged structure. |
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Start2Think
- site based around the ASIT method. This is a cut down, much easier
to grasp version of TRIZ - well worth investigating. |
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Thinking
Applied Some interesting articles taking a different cut
on the nature of creativity. |
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Transformational Thinking Thinking philosophy for personal and business development,
offering skill-based programs to enhance thinking and improve decision making.
Free programs available online. |
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WordJuxtapoz
Creative thinking puzzles
using a combination of pictures and words (rather like the UK TV show
Catch Phrase) to stimulate the whole brain - well worth a visit. |
