具体描述
There are thousands of books about thinking. But there are very few books that provide clear how-to information that can actually help you think better.
Think Better is about Productive Thinking — why it’s important, how it works, and how to use it at work, at home, and at play. Productive Thinking is a game changer — a practical, easy-to-learn, repeatable process that helps people understand more clearly, think more creatively, and plan more effectively. It's based on the thinking strategies that people we celebrate for their creativity have been using for centuries. Tim Hurson brings Productive Thinking out of the closet and presents it in a way that makes it easy for anyone to grasp and use — so you can think better, work better, and do better in every aspect of your life.
Think Better demonstrates how you can start with an intractable technical problem, an unmet consumer need, or a gaping chasm in your business strategy and, by following a clearly defined, practical thinking process, arrive at a robust, innovative solution. Many companies use the Productive Thinking model to generate fresh solutions for tough business problems, and many individuals rely on it to solve pressing personal problems.
The principles you'll find in Think Better are straight-forward: separate your thinking into creative thinking and critical thinking; stay with the question; strive for the “third third” by generating lots and lots of ideas; and look for unexpected connections.
The model consists of six interlocking steps:
Step 1:What's Going On? Explore and truly understand the challenge.
Step 2: What's Success? Envision the ideal outcome and establish success criteria.
Step 3: What's the Question? Pinpoint the real problem or opportunity.
Step 4: Generate Answers List many possible solutions.
Step 5: Forge the Solution Decide which solution is best. Then make it better.
Step 6: Align Resources Create an action plan.
Tim Hurson starts by explaining how we all build inner barriers to effective thinking. He identifies our habits of thinking that severely limit our behavior, from “monkey mind” to “gator brain.” Then he demonstrates how to overcome these barriers.
More than anything, productive thinking is an attitude that will let you look at problems and convert them into opportunities. At the end of this disciplined brainstorming process, you'll have a concrete action plan, complete with timelines and deadlines.
The book is filled with many of Hurson's original brainstorming tools that will empower you to generate, organize, and process ideas. For example, you can identify your best ideas using the five C's: Cull, Cluster, Combine, Clarify and Choose. And you can transform an embryonic idea into a robust solution with POWER, which stands for Positives, Objections, What else?, Enhancements and Remedies.
To create the future, you first must be able to imagine it. Productive thinking is a way to help you do that.
From the Back Cover
Want to Outsmart the Competition? Learn how to Think Better.
“Marvelously choreographed and insightful... A treasury of powerful ideas for anyone who wants to boost their own brand equity and contribute mightily to their company's success.”-Andy Boynton, Ph.D., Dean, Carroll School of Management, Boston College, and author of Virtuoso Teams
“If you want success in your career, in your business, or in your life, Think Better is for you. Buy it, read it, and don't look back.”-Roger J. Burns, Worldwide Partner Mercer Human Resource Consulting
“Brilliant, thought-provoking, easy-to-read, this book is one of the best creativity books I have read in 30 years. Buy it, read it, and change your life!!””-Arthur B VanGundy, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, University of Oklahoma, author of Getting to Innovation
“Get copies for everyone you work with, talk about it together, and then get on with inventing your future. This book will show you how.”-Ian Percy, author of The Profitable Power of Purpose
“A practical guide to the power and importance of productive thinking that should be read by everyone. Use it to unlock the full creative power of your mind.”-Glenn Bishop, Director, Engineering, Yahoo! Europe
“Tim will get your gray matter in an uproar. I can't stop thinking about Think Better. But you should. Stop thinking about buying this book and go buy it…NOW.-Stephen Shapiro, author 24/7 Innovation
“More than worthwhile - a must.”-Roger von Oech, author A Whack on the Side of the Head
作者简介
Tim Hurson is a founding partner of thinkx intellectual capital (www.thinkxic.com), a firm that provides global corporations with training, facilitation, and consultation in productive thinking and innovation. He's both a faculty member and Trustee of the Creative Education Foundation, and a founding director of Facilitators Without Borders.
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读后感
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评分如何最大程度运用好各种思维，运用重复思维，可以节约一些时间和减少一下不必要的思考及烦恼。运用创新思维，抓住闪光点，营造不一样的人生,但不被拉着天马行空。运用批判思维，让闪光点变的可实施，但不成为绊脚石。 很多能力，资源，你都具备，只是缺乏了合理运用的能力。
评分 评分總的來講,是ㄧ本非常實用的書,根據書的中的精神,你能夠一步步的理清思路,找到更為滿意的,或者說更有創意的解決方案,而且在矯正方案,還有更好的執行方案上都較有幫助!覺得沒有白讀!
用户评价
说实话，我很少对一本书产生强烈的“相见恨晚”的感觉，但这本书绝对是其中之一。它打破了我对传统“批判性思维”教条的固有印象。以往的训练多是集中在逻辑论证的有效性上，但这本则更进一步，探讨了“有效性”背后的“动机”和“情境”。它深入探讨了人类语言的局限性，以及当我们试图用语言去描述超越语言的经验时，思维是如何扭曲和受限的。书中关于“心智模型”的论述，是我读过的最全面、最实用的部分。作者没有停留在罗列各种模型，而是提供了一套动态评估和迭代模型的方法论。我开始将生活中的重要选择，都用这种“模型套用-检验-修正”的流程去处理，效果立竿见影。这本书的行文风格非常具有感染力，它有一种不容置疑的权威感，但这种权威感并非来自高高在上的说教，而是源自作者深厚的积累和对事物本质的透彻理解。它更像是一张邀请函，邀请读者进入一个更清晰、更有条理的认知领域，去探索思维的无限可能。
评分坦白说，当我翻开这本书的扉页时，我带着一丝怀疑，毕竟市面上关于“如何思考”的书籍已经堆积如山，多数都是重复造轮子。然而，这本书迅速打消了我的疑虑。它的独特之处在于其对“思维的惰性”的深刻洞察。作者似乎直接穿透了我们习惯性的思维捷径，直击那些我们不愿承认的认知舒适区。书中对“确认偏误”和“锚定效应”的案例分析，简直是教科书级别的精确和生动，它们不仅仅是理论名词，而是被还原成活生生的生活场景，让我立刻就能联想到自己过去犯下的错误。最让我震撼的是关于“概率思维”的那几个章节。它没有用复杂的数学公式吓唬人，而是用一种近乎诗意的语言，阐述了如何在不确定的世界中做出相对最优的选择。这种将严谨的逻辑与直觉的艺术完美融合的写作风格，让我感到耳目一新。它不是在教你如何“变得更聪明”，而是在教你如何“更诚实地面对自己的不聪明”，这才是成长的起点。读完后，我发现自己看新闻、做商业判断时，下意识地开始构建反例，开始追问“还有没有其他的可能性”，这种思维习惯的转变，价值无法估量。
评分这本书最让我惊艳的地方，在于它对“创造性思维”的解构。很多人认为创造力是与生俱来的灵光一现，但这本书提供了一个令人信服的、可学习的路径。作者将创造性过程分解为对现有元素的重新组合和连接，并提供了一套系统的方法来拓宽你的“连接点库”。它强调了知识的广度如何直接影响思维的深度和独特性。我过去总是在追求单一领域的精深，但这本书让我意识到，真正的突破往往发生在不同学科交叉的边缘。书中引用的那些历史上的创新案例，无一不印证了这一点。更重要的是，它提供了一套“逆向设计”思维的工具，即从最终目标出发，反推所需的思维结构和信息输入。这对于项目规划和战略制定极为有效。整本书读下来，感觉就像经历了一次彻底的“认知重塑手术”，那些过去阻碍我清晰思考的“锈斑”都被剔除干净了。它不仅是一本关于如何“想得更好”的书，更是一本关于如何“活得更明白”的实战指南，其价值远超同类著作的平均水准。
评分我是一个对书籍的结构和逻辑链条要求极高的人，很多所谓的“深度思考”书籍，读起来总是散乱无章，像一堆散落的宝石。但这本书的构建，堪称精妙。它采用了一种螺旋上升的结构，前面对基础概念的铺垫，为后面对复杂框架的构建提供了坚实的基础，没有任何一处是多余的赘述。作者在处理某些哲学概念时，表现出了惊人的克制力，既不过分简化，也不陷入晦涩的学术泥潭。我特别欣赏作者在引入“系统思维”时所采用的比喻——将世界看作一个相互连接的反馈回路，而不是孤立的事件。这种宏观视角，极大地拓展了我对问题的边界感。在处理日常决策时，这本书教会了我如何识别出那些隐藏在表象之下的驱动力和约束条件。它不是教你“赢”的方法，而是教你如何“不输”的原则。这种防守性的、基于最小化风险的思考方式，对于任何需要长期规划的人来说，都是宝贵的财富。书中的一些习题和思考提示，设计得非常巧妙，它们不是那种能用简单“是/否”回答的问题，而是需要你动用书中所有工具箱里的工具才能解开的谜题。
评分这本书简直是为我量身定做的！我一直都在寻找那种能真正触及思维核心、提供清晰框架的指南，而不是那些泛泛而谈、人云亦云的“成功学”鸡汤。这本书的叙事方式非常引人入胜，它不像传统教材那样枯燥乏味，反而像是一位经验丰富的朋友在与你进行一次深入的、坦诚的对话。作者似乎对人类认知过程中的那些“盲点”了如指掌，毫不留情地揭示了我们日常决策中那些潜藏的偏见和逻辑谬误。我特别欣赏它对“元认知”的阐述，那种从更高维度审视自身思维模式的能力，简直是打通了任督二脉。阅读过程中，我经常需要停下来，合上书本，对着镜子里的自己进行反思——这才是真正有价值的阅读体验，它强迫你将理论付诸实践。书中对复杂问题的拆解技巧，尤其是在面对信息过载时如何进行有效的“信息熵管理”，是我过去苦苦思索却不得其解的关键。它没有提供一蹴而就的万能药，而是提供了一套严谨的、可操作的“思维工具箱”，让你学会如何自己去修理和升级你的大脑操作系统。那种清晰、有力的逻辑推导，让人仿佛站在了思维的高地上，看清了以往纠缠不清的迷雾。
评分non-linear, right brain, creativity,innovation . a book where these terms get real and easy
评分This book is very classic about creative thinking and the author,Tim Hurson is very logic. He gives the answer about how to thinking creatively. And every paragraph give an example and give you how to use it. That is a good thing. And it's a it's a very logical way.
评分First two parts are better than the rest.
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评分non-linear, right brain, creativity,innovation . a book where these terms get real and easy
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