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  title info:
    title: Think better (your company's future depends on it-- and so does yours)
    sub title: an innovator's guide to productive thinking
  name:
    name part: Hurson, Tim
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Prince, Christopher
    role:
      role term: narrator.
  type of resource: sound recording-nonmusical
  genre: Downloadable audio books.
  genre: Audiobooks.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 2012
    edition: [First edition].
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (1 sound file (6 hr., 29 min.))
  abstract: There are thousands of books about thinking. But there are very few books that provide clear how-to information that can actually help you think better. Think Better is about Productive Thinking-why it's important, how it works, and how to use it at work, at home, and at play. Productive Thinking is a game changer-a practical, easy-to-learn, repeatable process that helps people understand more clearly, think more creatively, and plan more effectively. It's based on the thinking strategies that people we celebrate for their creativity have been using for centuries. Tim Hurson brings Productive Thinking out of the closet and presents it in a way that makes it easy for anyone to grasp and use-so you can think better, work better, and do better in every aspect of your life. Think Better demonstrates how you can start with an intractable technical problem, an unmet consumer need, or a gaping chasm in your business strategy and, by following a clearly defined, practical thinking process, arrive at a robust, innovative solution. Many companies use the Productive Thinking model to generate fresh solutions for tough business problems, and many individuals rely on it to solve pressing personal problems. The principles you'll find in Think Better are straight-forward: separate your thinking into creative thinking and critical thinking; stay with the question; strive for the "third third" by generating lots and lots of ideas; and look for unexpected connections. The model consists of six interlocking steps: Step 1:What's Going On? Explore and truly understand the challenge. Step 2: What's Success? Envision the ideal outcome and establish success criteria. Step 3: What's the Question? Pinpoint the real problem or opportunity. Step 4: Generate Answers List many possible solutions. Step 5: Forge the Solution Decide which solution is best. Then make it better. Step 6: Align Resources Create an action plan. Tim Hurson starts by explaining how we all build inner barriers to effective…
  note: Tim Hurson.
  note: Read by Christopher Prince.
  subject:
    topic: Thought and thinking
  subject:
    topic: Thought and thinking
  classification: BF441
  classification: 153.4/2
  identifier: 9781639295807
  identifier: 1639295801
  identifier: 9781639295807 O'Reilly Media
  identifier: https://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: ORMDA
    record creation date: 220927
    record change date: 20260123230501.3
    record identifier: in00004672184
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng