Resources

Below are selected resources on thinking, innovation, creativity, problem solving, systems thinking, interest bargaining and win-win negotiations.

Creativity, Problem Solving & Facilitation

Adams, James L. Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1986.

DeBono, Edward. Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step-by-Step. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.

DeBono. Parallel Thinking: From Socratic to DeBono Thinking. London: Viking, 1994.

DeBono. Serious Creativity. New York: Harper Business, 1993.

DeBono. Six Thinking Hats. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1985.

Gordon, W. J. J. The Metaphorical Way of Learning and Knowing. Cambridge: Porpoise Books, 1973.

Grossman, Steve, et. al. Innovation, Inc.: Unlocking Creativity in the Workplace. Plano: Wordware Publishing, 1988.

Hall, Doug. Jump Start Your Brain. New York: Warner Books, 1995.

Hurson, Tim. Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking. New York: McGraw Hill, 2008.

Jones, Chuck. Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist. New York: Avon Books, 1990.

Kayser, Thomas A. Mining Group Gold: How to Cash in On the Collaborative Brain Power of a Group. El Segundo, CA: Serif Publishing, 1990.

Land, George and Jarman, Beth. Breakpoint and Beyond: Mastering the Future-Today. New York: Harper, 1992.

Michalko, Michael. Thinkertoys. Berkeley: ten Speed Press, 1991.

Parnes, Sidney. A Facilitating Style of Leadership. Buffalo: Bearly Limited, 1985.

Osborne, Alex. Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem-Solving. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1979.

Osborne, Alex. Your Creative Power: How to Use Your Imagination to Brighten Life, To Get Ahead. Shaumburg, Illinois: Motorola University Press, 1991.

Parnes, Sidney. The Magic of Your Mind. Buffalo: Creative Education Foundation, 1982.

Parnes, Sidney. Sourcebook for Creative Problem Solving. Buffalo: Creative Education Foundation Press, 1992.

Parnes, Sidney. Visionizing: State-of-the-Art Processes for Encouraging Innovation Excellence. East Aurora, NY: D.O.K. Publishers, 1988.

Pergamit, Gail and Peterson, Chris. Leaping the Abyss: Putting Group Genius to Work. ISBN 0-9658995-0-0. 1997.

Treffinger, Donald J. and Isaksen, Scott. Creative Problem Solving: The Basic Course. Buffalo. Bearly Limited, 1985.

Torrence, E. Paul. The Search for Satori and Creativity. Buffalo: Creative Education Foundation, 1979.

Weisbord, Marvin R. and Janoff, Sandra. Future Search: An Action guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities. San Francisco: Barrett-Koehler Publishers, 1995.

Wenger, Wim. Beyond Teaching and Learning. Singapore: Project renaissance,1992.

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Wycoff, Joyce. Mindmapping: Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem Solving. New York: Berkeley Books, 1991.

Decision making

Gladwell, Malcom. Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.

Hammond, John et.al. Smart Choices: A Practical Guide To Making Better Decisions. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1999.

Lehrer, Jonah. How We Decide. Boston: Mariner Books, 2009.

Petland, Alex (Sandy). Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008.

Education

Costa, Arthur. Teaching for Intelligent Behavior. Sacramento, California State University.

Costa, Arthur. Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking. Arlington: ASCD, 1995.

Gardner, Howard. The Unschooled Mind: How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach. New York: Basic Books, 1991.

Marzano, Robert et.al. Dimensions of Thinking: A Framework for Curriculum and Instruction. Alexandria: ASCD, 1988.

McTigh, Jay. Cooperative Learning and Thinking Skills: A Marriage Made in Heaven. Baltimore: Maryland Department of Education.

General Business

Collins, James and Porras, Jerry. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. New York: Harper Business, 1997.

Davis, Stan and Meyer, Christopher. Blur: The Speed Of Change In The Connected Economy. New York: Warner Books, 1998.

Gladwell, Malcom. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2000.

Pinchot, Gifford. Intrapreneuring. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.

Schrage, Michael. Serious Play. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.

Schwartz, Peter. The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World. New York: Currency Doubleday, 1996.

Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Currency Doubleday, 1990.

Wheatley, Margaret J. Leadership and the New Science: Learning about Organization from an Orderly Universe. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1994.

Negotiation

Fisher, Roger and Ury, William. Getting to Yes. New York: Penguin, 1991.

Fisher, Roger and Brown, Scott. Getting Together: Building Relationships as We Negotiate. New York: Penguin, 1988.

Ury, William. Getting Past No: Negotiating With Difficult People. New York: Bantam Books, 1991.

Ury, William, Brett, Jeanne and Goldberg, Stephen. Getting Disputed Resolved: Designing Systems to Cut the Costs of Conflict. San Francisco: Jossey – Bass Publishers, 1988.

Psychology

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: the Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York: Harper and Row, 1990.

Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. New York: Basic Books, 1983.

Perkins, D. N. The Mind’s Best Work. Cambridge: Harvard University Press,1981.

Sternberg, Robert. Intelligence Applied: Understanding and Increasing Your Intellectual Skills. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986.

Sternberg, Robert. The Triarchic Mind: A New Theory of Human Intelligence. New York, Penguin, 1988.

Science

Capra, Fritjof. The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems. New York: Anchor Books, 1996

Drexler, K. Eric. Engines Of Creation: The Coming Age of Nanotechnology. New York: Anchor Books, 1986.

Gleick, James. Chaos. New York: Penguin Books 1987.

Kuhn, Thomas S. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970.

Kurzweil, Ray. The Age Of Spiritual Machines. New York: Penguin Books, 1997.

Web 2.0

Dyson, Esther. Release 2.1: Design for Living in the Digital Age. New York: Broadway Books, 1998.

Powazek, Derek. Design for Community: the Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places. Indianapolis: New Riders, 2002.

Renninger, K. Ann & Sumar, Wesley. Building Virtual Communities: Learning and Change in Cyberspace. Cambridge, The Cambridge Press, 2002.

Weinberger, David. Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2007.