Books to inspire creative thinking by creativitywakeup.com

Books to inspire creative thinking and innovation compiled by the creativity specialists at Creativity Wake-Up. These books help to kickstart creative thinking, build a creative mindset, build creativity skills and aid innovation in business. For more resources visit creativitywakeup.com

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1. To kickstart your creative reading

1.1. Creative Confidence : Unleashing the Creative Potential within Us All by Tom Kelley and David Kelley

1.2. The War of Art : Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

2. To build a creative mindset

2.1. 1. Curiosity

2.1.1. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (also At Home and The Body by Bill Bryson)

2.1.2. The Book of Beautiful Questions by Warren Berger

2.2. 2. Self-belief

2.2.1. The Art of Possibility Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander

2.2.2. Mindset: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck

2.3. 3. Learner

2.3.1. The Artist's Way : A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron

2.4. 4. Humour

2.4.1. Essential Calvin and Hobbes: a Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson

2.5. 5. Ownership

2.5.1. Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek

2.6. 6. Perseverance

2.6.1. The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness by Jeff Olson

2.6.2. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp

2.7. 7. Delight

2.7.1. A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit by S.A.R.K.

2.8. 8. Courage

2.8.1. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

3. To build creativity skills

3.1. 1. Mind mapping

3.1.1. The Mind Map Book: The Major Evolution in Human Thought by Tony Buzan

3.2. 2. Imagination

3.2.1. Big Magic : How to Live a Creative Life, and Let Go of Your Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

3.3. 3. Fluency

3.3.1. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Cziksentmihalyi

3.3.2. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport

3.4. 4. Flexibility

3.4.1. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

3.4.2. Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

3.5. 5. Stillness

3.5.1. Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind by Srini Pillay

3.5.2. Mindfulness : A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams and Danny Penman

3.6. 6. Association

3.6.1. Limitless : Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life by Jim Kwik

3.6.2. Head Strong: How To Get Physically and Mentally Fit by Tony Buzan

3.7. 7. Visual thinking

3.7.1. Draw to Win: A Crash Course on How to Lead, Sell, and Innovate With Your Visual Mind by Dan Roam

3.7.2. Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life by Amy Herman

3.8. 8. Collaboration

3.8.1. Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace

4. Creativity and innovation in business

4.1. Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation by Linda Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback

4.2. The Practice: Shipping Creative Work Hardcover by Seth Godin

4.3. The Innovative Team: Unleashing Creative Potential for Breakthrough Results by Chris Grivas & Gerard Puccio

4.4. Creativity 101 by James Kaufman

4.5. Blue Ocean Shift: Beyond Competing - Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne

4.6. Imagine It Forward: Courage Creativity, and the Power of Change by Beth Comstock

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