The Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy Open Your Mind to

In today?s business environment, gaining the competitive edge through creative and original thinking is a crucial component of brand strategy. Creative leader of advertising Monahan offers a fresh look at the subject, providing hard and fast methods for freeing the mind and inspiring active creativity in oneself and others. His 180-degree Thinking?, 100MPH Method and other techniques he employs are easy-to-use strategies for unleashing new ideas and facilitating creative product development, advertising and marketing plans.

TOM MONAHAN, cofounder and former creative director of award-winning advertising agency Leonard/Monahan, is now President and Head Creativity Coach of Before and After, Inc., a leader in the field of applied creativity in business. His clients include AT&T, VIACOM, ABC Sports, The Wall Street Journal, McDonalds, Texas Instruments, Sears, and many others. Monahan is also a regular contributor to Communication Arts magazine. For more information please visit www.Do-It-YourselfLobotomy.com

PART I: WHAT DO GREAT IDEAS DO?

Introduction.

How This Book Works.

The Rewards of a Great Idea.

The Consequences of a Bad Idea.

1. The First Real Chapter (Finally!).

PART II: UNDERSTANDING AND DEMYSTIFYING CREATIVITY.

2. Creativity = Problem Solving.

3. Change Your Thinking about Change.

4. Creativity versus Talent.

PART III: TOOLS FOR THE JOB OF THINKING CREATIVELY.

5. Ask a Better Question.

6. Ask the Question Early.

7. 100 MPH Thinking: Thinking at the Speed of Enlightenment.

8. 180o Thinking: A Tnereffid Way to Ideate.

9. Intergalactic Thinking.

10. Collaborate with Genius.

11. Conceptual Solitaire.

12. How to Put These Tools to Work.

PART IV: DIMENSIONALIZING YOUR NEW CREATIVE TOOLS.

13. Aids to Creativity.

14. Accidental Genius.

15. Stop Making Sense.

16. Redefining the Acceptable Range.

17. Selling Creative Ideas Requires Its Own Creativity.

18. Mind Farming.

19. Storming the Brain.

20. The Five Greatest Barriers to Creativity.

21. The Real Bibliography.

22. Proceed with Passion.

Afterword.

Appendix.

Acknowledgments.

Index

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The Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy Open Your Mind to Greater Creative Thinking

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