Applied Imagination is an influential 1953 book on creative ideation by Alex Faickney Osborn, in which he introduces the technique of brainstorming.
Chapters
- The all-importance of imagination
- Indispensability of creativity in science
- Careers depend largely on creativity
- Creativity in leadership and professions
- Imagination can improve personal relations
- Universality of imaginative talent
- Ways by which creativity can be developed
- Our new environment - its effect on creativity
- Other factors that tend to cramp creativity
- Creative and non-creative forms of imagination
- The process of ideation vary widely
- Orientation calls for setting our sights
- Preparation and analysis go hand in hand
Editions
- Osborn, Alex F. (1953). Applied Imagination: Principles and Procedures of Creative Problem Solving. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. OCLC 641122686 6
- Revised edition, New York, Scribner, 1957 OCLC 1381383
- 3rd ed. New York C. Scribner 1963 OCLC 757425639
- French translation by Georges Rona and Pierre Dupont, L'Imagination constructive. Principes et processus de la Pensée créative et du Brainstorming, Paris, Dunod, 1959.
- Chinese translation by Ikkō Shō, 応用想像力 Taipei : Kyōshi Kōgyō Sōsho Shuppan Kofun Yūgen Kōshi, 1965 OCLC 673537763
References
Schilling, Melissa (2018-02-09). "Why Brainstorming Groups Kill Breakthrough Ideas (And What to do Instead)". Inc. https://www.inc.com/melissa-schilling/the-science-of-why-brainstorming-in-groups-doesnt-work.html ↩
Pavitt, Neil (2016-09-22). "You're Probably Not Brainstorming Long Enough". Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/3063855/work-smart/youre-probably-not-brainstorming-long-enough ↩
Kamenetz, Anya (2013-01-15). "From Alex Osborn To Bob Sutton: A Meeting Of The Minds To Build A Better Brainstorm". Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/3004450/alex-osborn-bob-sutton-meeting-minds-build-better-brainstorm ↩
Walton, Andre (2016-01-25). "Resolving the Paradox of Group Creativity". Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2016/01/resolving-the-paradox-of-group-creativity ↩
Wentworth, Robert B. (1955). "Review: Applied Imagination by Alex F. Osborn". Journal of Marketing. 20 (1): 97–99. doi:10.2307/1248180. JSTOR 1248180. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1248180 ↩
Osborn, Alex F. (2018-05-11). Applied imagination; principles and procedures of creative thinking. Scribner. OCLC 641122686 – via Open WorldCat. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/641122686 ↩