Jack's Notebook
A business novel about creative problem solving
- Work, Money & Leadership
- Publisher: Nelson Books (Thomas Nelson)
- Published: 2008
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Publisher's Description
Problems! Jack Huber has his share. But when he is introduced to the creative problem solving process from an unexpected source, life soon changes... drastically. Jack Huber dreams of being a professional photographer and starting his own business. He has a few ideas but doesn't know how to process them to make his dream a reality. That is until an unlikely mentor stumbles upon Jack's path and shares a whole new way of thinking through problems. In Jack's Notebook, Gregg Fraley, an innovation consultant to Fortune 500 companies, illustrates a well-kept secret of corporate America: the Creative Problem Solving process. "If you are struggling to move ahead in your career, if you're an executive with a thorny corporate challenge, someone trying to solve a messy community issue, a family trying to sort through an emotional conflict, or an entrepreneur looking for ways to make the most of limited resources-this book is for you. If you have a 'mess' on your hands, you have found a useful tool." -from the Introduction
Endorsements (5)
“Praise for JACK’S NOTEBOOK “Both innovative and inspirational, Jack’s Notebook swings open a long-neglected door to the creative process. All of us are creative, but many of us do not know how to access our creativity. Like James Redfield’s Celestine Prophecy, Gregg Fraley uses story to convey principles that deserve a wide audience.”
“Gregg Fraley’s idea of teaching creativity principles using a novel is fascinating; the story he tells is engaging. It’s unique and exciting. Jack’s Notebook will bring creative thinking and creative problem solving skills to a much broader audience.”
“Rather than relying on divine intervention to solve your challenges, read Jack’s Notebook. This book cleverly teaches you how to build the skill of deliberate creative problem solving. This is crucial for thriving in today’s volatile age of change.”
“Story and metaphor can make the imponderable ponderable, the impossible possible, and the improbable probable. Using the framework of creative problem solving, Jack’s Notebook does exactly that. It is the quintessential, user-friendly guidebook to living a life of creative possibilities that transform into realities. In simpler words, I know this guy. I work with him. He uses this stuff. His dreams happen. It works. Buy this book.”
“The processes of making ideas a reality have made creativity and innovation hot topics in the prevailing world economies. However, few people have the gift of making creative process accessible and readily applicable to all. Gregg Fraley’s deep knowledge of creative problem solving, his gift of storytelling, and his wonderful humor come together in this compelling novel. And Jack’s Notebook gives fresh breath to a topic that otherwise could be very dry and academic. It leaves you feeling good about your own creativity and wanting to practice what you have learned from Jack’s trials and tribulations well before you read the last word.”
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