Creative Whack Pack
Written by: Roger Von Oech
Editorial Reviews:
An illustrated deck of 64 creative thinking strategies that will whack you out of habitual thought patterns and enable you to look at your life and actions in a fresh way. Use the cards alone or with others to seek innovative solutions to issues. Created by best-selling author von Oech, the cards have been used by many organizations, including NASA, in strategy development and problem solving. Complete with detailed instructions.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Business / Innovation Focused
Comment: I ordered this hoping it would be good for idea generation. I'm an experienced entrepreneur and hoped it would prompt some helpful exercises. I found it to be 2nd rate in terms of quality of ideas and applicability to business and product innovation. I did find the perfect pack, namely the IDEO Method Cards which give fantastic ideas for product design and customer role playing.
I could be helpful for someone trying to rethink their careers and life, but not a rich source of ideas or well presented.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It Sucks
Comment: I got this as a gift at a Christmas party. It is the worst thing in the world. Maybe it is meant for people who can't think for themselves, I don't know. If you actually have a brain and can use it, then you don't need the whack pack.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Creativity Realized
Comment: I have two sets of the Creative Whack Pack. It is a very useful tool in helping to get unstuck when brainstorming for ideas. I used it in a "Creative Decision-Making" class in my MBA studies and it was useful in helping a group of mixed thinkers (creative and very linear thinkers) become unstuck. Our team actually came up with several creative solutions to a couple of problems.
It is also a valuable tool to use on one's own - sometimes it is fun just to pick a card and then use that as a basis for one's thinking for the day. This can be used in conjunction with the Innovators Whack Pack.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cute but useful book!
Comment: This book comes with poker-like cards to remind you think different all the time. You will find that it is the small book that you will reread again and again! To me, it is just like a tool. Every one should read to break the ordinary thoughts.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Whack-tastic
Comment: When you're stuck, this helps get you unstuck. The cards force you to change your train of thought - helpful for when you can't seem to think of anything new. I write a lot of press releases on somewhat mundane and repetitive topics, and the whack pack has inspired some new ideas and made the task less tedious.
Dewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9780880793582
ISBN: 0880793589
Label: U.S. Games Systems
Manufacturer: U.S. Games Systems
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 1989-11
Publisher: U.S. Games Systems
Studio: U.S. Games Systems
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Editorial Reviews:
An illustrated deck of 64 creative thinking strategies that will whack you out of habitual thought patterns and enable you to look at your life and actions in a fresh way. Use the cards alone or with others to seek innovative solutions to issues. Created by best-selling author von Oech, the cards have been used by many organizations, including NASA, in strategy development and problem solving. Complete with detailed instructions.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Business / Innovation Focused
Comment: I ordered this hoping it would be good for idea generation. I'm an experienced entrepreneur and hoped it would prompt some helpful exercises. I found it to be 2nd rate in terms of quality of ideas and applicability to business and product innovation. I did find the perfect pack, namely the IDEO Method Cards which give fantastic ideas for product design and customer role playing.
I could be helpful for someone trying to rethink their careers and life, but not a rich source of ideas or well presented.
Customer Rating:
Summary: It Sucks
Comment: I got this as a gift at a Christmas party. It is the worst thing in the world. Maybe it is meant for people who can't think for themselves, I don't know. If you actually have a brain and can use it, then you don't need the whack pack.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Creativity Realized
Comment: I have two sets of the Creative Whack Pack. It is a very useful tool in helping to get unstuck when brainstorming for ideas. I used it in a "Creative Decision-Making" class in my MBA studies and it was useful in helping a group of mixed thinkers (creative and very linear thinkers) become unstuck. Our team actually came up with several creative solutions to a couple of problems.
It is also a valuable tool to use on one's own - sometimes it is fun just to pick a card and then use that as a basis for one's thinking for the day. This can be used in conjunction with the Innovators Whack Pack.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cute but useful book!
Comment: This book comes with poker-like cards to remind you think different all the time. You will find that it is the small book that you will reread again and again! To me, it is just like a tool. Every one should read to break the ordinary thoughts.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Whack-tastic
Comment: When you're stuck, this helps get you unstuck. The cards force you to change your train of thought - helpful for when you can't seem to think of anything new. I write a lot of press releases on somewhat mundane and repetitive topics, and the whack pack has inspired some new ideas and made the task less tedious.
Technical Details
Binding: CardsDewey Decimal Number: 790
EAN: 9780880793582
ISBN: 0880793589
Label: U.S. Games Systems
Manufacturer: U.S. Games Systems
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 1989-11
Publisher: U.S. Games Systems
Studio: U.S. Games Systems
