Imagineering Workout Excercises To Shape Your Creative Muscles

The Disney Imagineers, renowned for their ability to turn fantastical ideas into magical realities, confront creative challenges every day. They do so-and succeed-utilizing time-proven techniques and a belief that anything can be achieved if the mind is freed from conventional formulas. Now, just as you would work out physically for better agility and health, you can shape and develop your imagination by adapting the mental processes and creative techniques the Imagineers have honed over many years to your own home and work life. The Imagineering Workout: Exercises to Shape Your Creative Muscles will stimulate your creativity, strengthen your ideas, and most importantly, inspire new approaches with interactive, ingenious, and practical creative exercises time-tested and used by the Disney Imagineers. This workout is for anyone who wants to learn new ways to problem-solve tasks or assignments-whether they're creative, logic-oriented, everyday, or event-inspired. Begin your workout with topics such as Dream and Do, Establishing Objectives, and finding Skills to Match Creativity. We'll show you how to Blurt It Out and Let the Absurd Lead the Way in a brainstorming session. Then explore methods to bulk up your creative muscles, including: Unbuilding Things, Curiosity in Action, Starting at the Back End, and Recalibrating Normal. Create on demand with Deadlines as Motivators and Combining Ideas. Go the distance by Thinking in Adjectives, Keeping a Bright Idea Bright, and Getting to the Real Solution, then cool off by Refilling the Well, among many other inspiring activities. In addition to the exercises oriented toward individuals, emphasis is also given to ideas for teams and groups. Get your imagination into the best shape it's ever been in with The Imagineering Workout.Van Pelt, Peggy is the author of 'Imagineering Workout Excercises To Shape Your Creative Muscles', published 2005 under ISBN 9780786855544 and ISBN 0786855541.