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  <title><![CDATA[Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques (2nd Edition)]]></title>
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  <default_description>THINKERTOYS will teach you how to generate new ideas for businesses, markets, sales techniques, and products and product extensions. Packed with fun and practical tools and exercises, it outlines 30 practical linear and intuitive techniques that can be used by individuals or groups to tackle and solve business problems in fresh, creative ways.  &lt;P&gt;An updated edition of the best-selling business creativity book, with more than 30 brainstorming techniques and hundreds of creative-thinking tips and tricks. Revision includes new techniques, examples, and sections on group brainstorming and endgames.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1992</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Michael Michalko]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do you need any new ideas for practical designs?  How about when something is wrong with your business and you cannot put your finger on it?  Did you ever need to brainstorm but not have anyone else around?  Have you ever been stuck with writer’s block and for the life of you could not get back to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61150999">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun May 24 19:08:34 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 24 19:10:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I once believed either we were born creative or an idea person, or we were not. Or that creativity was not something one could develop. This book changed that view. A friend and I are reading it together and talking about tangible ways to use the information. I would recommend this for those in mark...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57200768">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Derek]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 27 10:03:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 29 10:45:35 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book gives more practical brainstorming ideas than you will know what to do with.  Be prepared to do mental exercises to get the most out of this book.]]></body>
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    <review id="78963471">
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    <name><![CDATA[Akahler03]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great for people of all kinds! Fantastic ideas for new ways to think about problem solving!]]></body>
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    <review id="55369785">
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  <date_added>Fri May 08 08:41:02 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was included in my book: The 100 Best Business Books of All Time. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.100bestbiz.com">www.100bestbiz.com</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61010528">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tips for stimulating new ideas.  Comprehensive.]]></body>
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    <review id="3261537">
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book I translated. I happened to be lucky to get a part time job as a book translator for Mizan Publishing in Indonesia, while I was studying at the university. It did help improve my English. Besides, I got to read the book before anyone else in Indonesia :-)<br/><br/>This is a useful b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3261537">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3261182">
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    <body><![CDATA[I edited a lot of (translated) books about creativity, learning, and education early in my career as an editor at Kaifa, but I think <em>Thinkertoys</em> is one of the best of them all. The book is well-structured, the idea-generating techniques it presents are highly practical, each one clearly illustrated ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3261182">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14916631">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't read it page after page but skipped around - liked it better that way. Had some really interesting suggestions and techniques that I tried and was actually impressed - worth keeping around to reference back to.]]></body>
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    <review id="12708533">
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting workbook for cultivating creativity in your life.  I should treat it more like a &quot;workbook&quot; (as is it's intention) but I am just scanning it right now.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mildly interesting, but I didn't feel that any of the exercises had any real value to me. Maybe I was just not trying hard enough.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am hoping to get into this one before too long.  I looking forward to applying the ideas in this book to my writing.]]></body>
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    <review id="26995676">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting book for creativity and innovation.<br/>I know this book cause the module (SD5001) I had taken.]]></body>
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    <review id="23286843">
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    <body><![CDATA[Best collection  of creative thinking exercises. Very accessible. Highly recommended.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Full of great ideas and ideas for innovation.]]></body>
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