The Big Book of Creativity Games: Quick, Fun Activities for Jumpstarting Innovation

In the modern economy, where most workers are knowledge workers, creativity and innovation are the most easily sustainable competitive advantages. In The Big Book of Creativity Games, Harvard trained psychologist Robert Epstein provides dozens of games and activities designed to stimulate creativity and generate innovation in the workplace.

Dr. Epstein describes the scientific principles of creativity that underlie the games, and how these principles can be applied to tasks like problem solving, new product development, and marketing. Timely and innovative, The Big Book of Creativity Games is the ideal book for managers to turn to whenever they need:

1. Games that are easy to lead and fun to play
2. Exercises that go far beyond standard brainstorming techniques
3. Innovation jump-starters for team meetings and work groups

The creativity games help to:

• Produce dramatically innovative work
• Convince people that they¿re creative
• Get a new project off the ground
• Perk up a meeting
• Overcome a creative "block"
• Use failure to spur creativity
• Make people more inventive
• And much more!

About The Author:

One of the world's leading experts on human behavior, Robert Epstein is Editor-in-Chief of Psychology Today magazine, host of the magazine's nationally syndicated radio program, and University Research Professor at United States International University. He is the developer of Generativity Theory, a scientific theory of creative process, and is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Creativity. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University in 1981. His research on creativity and problem-solving has been reported inTime magazine, The New York Times, and Discover, and his popular writings have appeared in Reader's Digest, The Washington Post, Psychology Today, Good Housekeeping, Parenting, and other magazines and newspapers.