The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice

The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice

by Todd Henry
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice

The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice

by Todd Henry

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Overview

Have better ideas, faster, without the stress and burnout.

It isn't enough to just do your job anymore. In order to thrive in today's marketplace, all of us-even the accountants-have to be ready to generate brilliant ideas on demand.

Business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to establish effective practices that unleash your creative potential. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, Henry has created a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm. He focuses on five key elements:

•Focus: Begin with your end goal in mind.
•Relationships: Build stimulating relationships and ideas will follow.
•Energy: Manage it as your most valuable resource.
• Stimuli: Structure the right "inputs" to maximize creative output.
•Hours: Focus on effectiveness, not efficiency. This is a guide for staying inspired and experiencing greater creative productivity than you ever imagined possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781101516973
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 07/07/2011
Sold by: Penguin Group
Format: eBook
Pages: 240
File size: 581 KB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Todd Henry is the founder and CEO of Accidental Creative, a consultancy that helps organizations generate brilliant ideas. In 2006 he started The Accidental Creative, one of the top business podcasts. Henry is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and coach.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Accidental Creative 1

Part I The Dynamics

1 The Dynamics of Creative Work 9

2 The Dynamics of Team Work 25

3 The Side Effects: Dealing with the Assassins of Creativity 43

Part 2 Creative Rhythm

4 Focus: Zeroing in on What's Critical 69

5 Relationships: Being Brilliant Together 93

6 Energy: Your Invisible Ally 113

7 Stimuli: What Goes in Must Come Out 135

8 Hours: They're the Currency of Productivity 161

9 Putting it All Together: The Checkpoints 181

10 Cover Bands Don't Change the World 201

Acknowledgments 219

Appendix 221

Index 225

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“Mr. Henry’s prescription for maximizing productivity is sagacious, innovative, and sublimely practical. The Accidental Creative is high-octane fuel for creative productivity.”

—Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art

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