The Accidental Creative - Todd Henry

The Accidental Creative

By Todd Henry

  • Release Date: 2011-07-07
  • Genre: Management & Leadership
Score: 4.5
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Description

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.

Reviews

  • Have it on Kindle and Hardcover, really enjoyed it

    5
    By tdhurst
    I've been a fan of the AC podcast for a while and very much enjoyed this book. It was a fairly jargon free guidebook that opened my eyes to a few little things that I could change that can make a big difference. While changing isn't easy nor have I done everything I set out to do, I'm glad to have been given a ton to think about. I'm also a member of his street team. I bought the kindle edition and was given the hardcover book, which I gave away, after reading, to an audience member at a talk I did for LaidOffCamp Avondale.

  • Read only if you want to go deeper and reach higher...

    5
    By mentorman
    Just today, having a conversation with a total stranger while hiking on a trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, he told me some of his story and about the transitions he was facing in his rather remarkable career. I mentioned this book to him, told him that it was what he might read to help form his future...as it has helped me form some of mine, in the midst of some radical transitions. Frankly, every person who is committed to making a difference in our world needs to read this book......soon! It's that well worth it going forward.

  • Want to get more mileage out of your creativity ?

    5
    By mestudio
    A necessary read for EVERY creative! Todd Henry explores, explains and enlightens you on the essential self-care habits that enable your creativity to be renewable resource. He goes beyond the conceptual in The Accidental Creative, to map it out for us.

  • Excellent ideas

    5
    By Jim Weible
    An excellent work that applies to people in all kinds of positions. In it, author Todd Henry explores the dynamics and processes of creative work and thought. He also gives the readers many practical tools and techniques designed to help the reader develop habits and disciplines to make creativity and spontaneity more sustainable. Definitely a good read for anyone who needs to think outside of the box on a regular basis.

  • It was fate.

    5
    By wolfiemac
    Feeling in need of help, I turned to some written inspiration and by chance I run into this book. Thus far half way into it, I'm amazed by how much the material applies. Thank you.

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