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Start giftingThe Creative Contrarian
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Learn moreTackle your thorniest problems using the Wise Fool's savvy Strategies!
The Wise Fool is the archetypal contrarian known for his creativity, irreverence, and humor. He looks at life in unorthodox ways and pushes back against the status quo. Throughout history, powerful decision-makers (Egyptian pharaohs, Chinese emperors, Persian sultans, and European kings) consulted Wise Fools to question the assumptions that kept them mired in stale and obsolete solutions.
In The Creative Contrarian, bestselling author, speaker, and toy designer Dr. Roger von Oech provides readers with a "Wise Fool Guide" to challenge established procedures and engage in creative thinking.
Roger shows how to gain the confidence to speak up in "groupthink" situations—and boldly present a different perspective. From laughing at your most beloved ideas to test their validity to adding constraints to problems to reveal new solutions, he offers a framework for creativity that works in business, design, education, and anywhere new ideas are required—and appreciated!
Together, these jewels of insight will help you see things from the Wise Fool's perspective!
Roger von Oech has spent a lifetime listening to his Wise Fool. He started his company, Creative Think, in 1977, to stimulate innovation in business. His seminars and products have enhanced the creativity of millions around the world. His clients have ranged from Apple, IBM, Cartier, Columbia Pictures, Nestle, and Disney to NASA, Coca-Cola, Sony, Google, Microsoft, and USA Swimming. He is the author of four books on creativity, including the bestseller, A Whack on the Side of the Head. He is the creator of the Creative Whack Pack card deck and iOS app. In addition, he is the inventor of a line of magnetic manipulative geometrical toys, the most popular of which is the Ball of Whacks. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio State, and earned his PhD from Stanford University in a self-conceived program in the "History of Ideas."
Barry Abrams has narrated and produced audiobooks for a variety of publishers. He has worked as a behind-the-scenes producer at ESPN since 1992. Beginning in 2012, he has also hosted and produced ESPN's In the Gate podcast. Based in Danbury, Connecticut, Barry engineers and calls live webcasts of his son's ice hockey games.