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Title: A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD : How You Can Be More Creative by Roger von Oech ISBN: 0-446-67455-9 Publisher: Warner Business Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.39 (36 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: BUY IT! BUY IT!!! BUY IT!!!
Comment: In the mid 80's we were looking for books to give to all the managers at an upcoming management conference. I saw this book and knew right away this was a top book. To top it off it was a book that was more likely to be read than others. I called it a "bathroom book", easily read in short time frames.
This book was packed with all the info that we were trying to get across to the management team at the time. Brainstorming, teambuilding, and just plain creative thinking and this book gives you more ways of finding a different way of looking at situations than you would ever think of on your own.
Now some 12 years later I find myself working with the, "Odyssey of the Mind" program and school age people instead of corporate managers. The "Whack on the Side of the Head", in hand to help our future leaders, inventors and innovators, to help them solve their long term & spontaneous problems. The caricatures help to draw the kids into the message, as well as the adults.
Roger Von Oech is a genius.
I love this book so much that I am personally on my 6th copy of this book, most lost to friends who have borrowed and love it so much I just gave it to them. My latest copies have come with "The Whack Pack", and these cards are a must for you desk when you are stuck and can't think of a new angle on something.
BUY IT!!!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: This book changed my life!!!
Comment: This book deserves 8 stars out of 5! My first encounter with this book came when my roommate gave it to me as a Christmas present. She had read it in a creativity course and said this book changed her perception of the world and helped her be more creative.It is clearly organized and very easy to understand. Plus, it gives you the tools to apply its ideas to your problems in order to find creative solutions. Now a year later I give A Whack on the Side of the Head to my friends for Christmas! I also loved his new product on Heraclitus, the ancient Greek philosopher. The cards feature thirty sayings that will make you think about the world and your problems in a whole new way. Kudos Roger von Oech on all your creative thinking tools.
Rating: 4
Summary: a healthy dose of creativity
Comment: There are some self-help books which are enjoyable to read, but may not be entirely beneficial. A Whack on the Side of the Head falls close to this. What it offers isn't really groundbreaking. Heck, I can sum it up like this: "do something different when faced with a problem." But sometimes we need to be reminded of what seems obvious because we, as society, have come to ignore the obvious. So this 150 page reassurance isn't a bad thing to look through. Like I said, it was enjoyable to read because of the way it was written. It had a lot of spelling errors, though, and the author doesn't exactly treat other's quotes right. Not to mention a plethora of pictures so wacky, they're disturbing. But for those who are struggling with ideas as of late, give it a whirl.
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Title: A Kick in the Seat of the Pants by Roger Von Oech ISBN: 0060960248 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 12 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Creative Whack Pack by Roger Von Oech ISBN: 0880793589 Publisher: United States Games Systems Pub. Date: January, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity) by Michael Michalko ISBN: 0898154081 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Expect the Unexpected or You Won't Find It: A Creativity Tool Based on the Ancient Wisdom of Heraclitus by Roger Von Oech, George Willett ISBN: 1576752275 Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Pub Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius by Michael Michalko ISBN: 1580083110 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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