THINKERTOYS, by Michael Michalko, is a hand-book of creative thinking techniques. It’s not a book you read, it’s a book you do. I’m always looking for ways to get an edge on life. Improving my thinking and innovation seems to be among the best ways. Whenever I’m stuck, I change my approach. To change my approach, I need to think of new ways to look at the problem. THINKERTOYS is the latest way I’m filling my head with specific techniques for producing results.
Working Backwards From the Fish
Rather than a catalog …

Six Thinking Hats, by Edward De Bono, presents a framework for organizing and improving thinking.
Key Take Aways
Here are my key take aways:

By switching hats, you can switch points of view.
It’s easier to ask somebody to wear another hat, than tell them to change their thinking
You can reduce time in meetings spent arguing towards constructive dialogue
You can better balance thinking, particuarly in a group (for example, creatitivity with negativity or emotional perspective with facts, particuarly)

Six Hats
The six hats are:

White Hat – the facts and figures
Red Hat – the …