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An interactive guide to stimulating creativity, includes idea action sheets, idea maps to stimulate free association techniques to trigger responses and move beyond creative blocks
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About the Author:
Chic Thompson s passion is inspiring executives, MBA students and children to be curious first critical second while problem solving. He is president of Creative Management Group and is an adjunct faculty member at:
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The University of Virginia s Darden Business School
The YPO University (Young Presidents Organization)
The FBI Academy
Accenture s Center for Professional Education
The Federal Executive Institute
Chic s first book, What a Great Idea!, published by HarperCollins, was a main selection of the Executive Book Club and is also published in Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese and Spanish. In 2001, Harvard Business School released a case study on the speaking career of Chic Thompson entitled "What a Great Idea®."
Chic s second book, "Yes, But..." is a guide to overcoming the bureaucratic language that stifles continuous innovation.
Chic received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Delaware and his Masters in Education from the University of Virginia. He then worked in new product development and marketing for:
W.L. Gore and Associates (Gore-Tex®)
Johnson & Johnson
Walt Disney
During the last 20 years, Chic has given over 2500 presentations and has teamed up with talent ranging from Tom Peters and Stephen Covey to Cirque du Soleil and Second City.
"Chic Thompson is a genius." -- Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu, inventor of floppy disk, CD and digital watch
"Chic has crafted a creative process to move almost anything from what is to what could be." -- Rick Goings, President of Tupperware
"Chic is the world's greatest creativity workshop presenter." -- Doug Hall, New Product Inventor and author of Jump Start Your Brain
"Chic has crafted a creative process to move almost anything from what is to what could be." -- Rick Goings, President of Tupperware
"Chic is the world's greatest creativity workshop presenter." -- Doug Hall, New Product Inventor and author of Jump Start Your Brain
"What a Great Idea! is an extremely valuable contribution to executive development. The application of Chic's ideas goes a long way in compensating for the reduction in resources experienced by private and public sector organizations. What a Great Idea! is a must read for all who have management responsibilities." -- Chong M. Pak, D.P.A., Director, Virginia Executive Institute
"Chic Thompson has crafted a creative process to move almost anything from what is to what could be." -- Rick Goings, President, Avon Products U.S.A.
"Chic Thompson is exciting! He brings out the creativity in all of us, but further, he shows how an organization's creativity can be multiplied beyond all expectation. Every ambitious team should use this book." -- Professor Thomas C. MacAvoy,Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, and former President and COO, Corning Glass Works
"Chic has given us a workbook that makes the process of continuous improvement fun and understandable from the shop floor to the boardroom." -- Donald C. Borwhat, Jr., Senior Vice President Human Resources & Relations GE Fanuc Automation
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- PublisherRandom House Value Publishing
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0517126516
- ISBN 13 9780517126516
- BindingHardcover
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