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Applied Imagination
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<h2 id="chapters">Chapters</h2> <ol><li>The all-importance of <a href="/facts/Imagination/FD85g9cD">imagination</a></li> <li>Indispensability of <a href="/facts/Creativity/8sNGv9no">creativity</a> in <a href="/facts/Science/IJoaD7rs">science</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Career/42rU4I9w">Careers</a> depend largely on creativity</li> <li>Creativity in <a href="/facts/Leadership/37hL95TH">leadership</a> and professions</li> <li>Imagination can improve <a href="/facts/Personal_relationship/pSvo1GuL">personal relations</a></li> <li>Universality of imaginative <a href="/facts/Aptitude/3QnTF4Jf">talent</a></li> <li>Ways by which creativity can be developed</li> <li>Our new <a href="/facts/Environment_(biophysical)/PNzMrGrz">environment</a> - its effect on creativity</li> <li>Other factors that tend to cramp creativity</li> <li>Creative and non-creative forms of imagination</li> <li>The process of <a href="/facts/Ideation_(creative_process)/PwYjvl1E">ideation</a> vary widely</li> <li><a href="/facts/Orientation_(mental)/LtTwMXqE">Orientation</a> calls for setting our sights</li> <li><a href="/facts/Preparedness/Er7ol5oK">Preparation</a> and <a href="/facts/Analysis/heFlRrYd">analysis</a> go hand in hand</li></ol> <h2 id="editions">Editions</h2> <ul><li>Osborn, Alex F. (1953). <i>Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem Solving</i>. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/641122686">641122686</a> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <ul><li>Revised edition, New York, Scribner, 1957 <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1381383">1381383</a></li> <li>3rd ed. New York C. Scribner 1963 <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/757425639">757425639</a></li> <li>French translation by Georges Rona and Pierre Dupont, <i>L'Imagination constructive. Principes et processus de la Pensée créative et du Brainstorming</i>, Paris, Dunod, 1959.</li> <li>Chinese translation by Ikkō Shō, <i>応用想像力</i> Taipei : Kyōshi Kōgyō Sōsho Shuppan Kofun Yūgen Kōshi, 1965 <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/673537763">673537763</a></li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Schilling, Melissa (2018-02-09). "Why Brainstorming Groups Kill Breakthrough Ideas (And What to do Instead)". Inc. <a href="https://www.inc.com/melissa-schilling/the-science-of-why-brainstorming-in-groups-doesnt-work.html" target="_blank">https://www.inc.com/melissa-schilling/the-science-of-why-brainstorming-in-groups-doesnt-work.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Pavitt, Neil (2016-09-22). "You're Probably Not Brainstorming Long Enough". Fast Company. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3063855/work-smart/youre-probably-not-brainstorming-long-enough" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3063855/work-smart/youre-probably-not-brainstorming-long-enough</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Kamenetz, Anya (2013-01-15). "From Alex Osborn To Bob Sutton: A Meeting Of The Minds To Build A Better Brainstorm". Fast Company. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3004450/alex-osborn-bob-sutton-meeting-minds-build-better-brainstorm" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3004450/alex-osborn-bob-sutton-meeting-minds-build-better-brainstorm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Walton, Andre (2016-01-25). "Resolving the Paradox of Group Creativity". Harvard Business Review. <a href="https://hbr.org/2016/01/resolving-the-paradox-of-group-creativity" target="_blank">https://hbr.org/2016/01/resolving-the-paradox-of-group-creativity</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Wentworth, Robert B. (1955). "Review: Applied Imagination by Alex F. Osborn". Journal of Marketing. 20 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1248180. JSTOR 1248180. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1248180" target="_blank">https://www.jstor.org/stable/1248180</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Osborn, Alex F. (2018-05-11). Applied imagination; principles and procedures of creative thinking. Scribner. OCLC 641122686 – via Open WorldCat. <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/641122686" target="_blank">https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/641122686</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>