Creative Velocity
Propelling Breakthrough Ideas in the Age of Generative AI
1. Auflage Mai 2025
272 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Expert guide to sharpen and revitalize your creative spirit in any business environment
Written by trailblazing global product innovator Leslie Grandy, Creative Velocity: Propelling Breakthrough Ideas in the Age of Generative AI provides everything readers need to develop the mindset, skills, and confidence that allow creativity to flourish, enabling them to challenge conventional thinking to improve customer, business, and personal results and collaborate effectively with generative AI to cultivate and explore novel ideas. This book integrates Grandy's real-world examples and practical exercises with compelling insights from thought leaders and academic researchers, rooting her approach in cognitive science and providing empirical evidence of the value of these techniques.
The book is an enduring reference that readers can return to whenever they need to revitalize their creative spirit. In this book, readers will learn about:
* Non-linear thinking methods and how to use them to explore novel possibilities
* Trigger mechanisms that can jump-start new trains of thought and spark disruptive ideation
* Different forms of play that stimulate creative thoughts, critical thinking skills, and flexibility
* Achieving a state of flow and how it helps identify groundbreaking discoveries.
Creative Velocity: Propelling Breakthrough Ideas in the Age of Generative AI earns a well-deserved spot on the bookshelves of product leaders, business professionals, and entrepreneurs seeking to build a culture of innovation within their organizations and generate fresh ideas to solve business challenges.
Chapter 1 The MacGyver Mindset 1
Chapter 2 When X Meets Y 21
Chapter 3 The Same, Only Different 41
Chapter 4 Change the Rules 63
Chapter 5 Do the Opposite 85
Chapter 6 All the Feels 103
Chapter 7 Conscious Mind, Unconscious Behaviors 125
Chapter 8 Go with the Flow 143
Chapter 9 Go Play 163
Chapter 10 Spin a Story 183
Epilogue 205
Endnotes 209
Puzzle Answers 223
Acknowledgments 227
About the Author 229
Index 231