December 2006
Beginner
272 pages
6h 57m
English
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The Imagination Challenge: Strategic Foresight and Innovation in the Global Economy
by Alexander Manu
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Index
A
accountability, measuring in play, 93–94
action research
methods, 171
strategic creativity and, 108
adults
adult imagination compared with child imagination, 51–52
extending kindergarten style learning to adults, 71
grownups as contrast to, 65
people as outputs in organizations, 59
toys, 58
age demographics, tech saviness and, 192
AI (artificial intelligence), 5
Alexander, Franz, 83
altruism, points of departure and, 196
analytical (“left-brained”) thinking, 170
answers. see questions/answers
Apple Computer, 95
archetypes
defined, 164
relationship with signals, 174
sports, 164–165
the trickster, 6–7
Aristotle, 49
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