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Caffeine for the Creative Team: 150 Exercises to Inspire Group Innovation

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I applaude the effort to compile a book of creative exercises. However, this book does not deliver. First, it is extremely hard to read...small type, too many fonts, color on color, all set on angles, ect. Also, a majority of the exercises just won't work in real environments. They need to be simpler, and quicker to perform. As a creative person, I found nothing new. From the perspective of a non creative person, too complex.

I first saw this book at local bookstore. Flipped through it and regretted not buying it then and there. It contained so many interesting, quirky and team forming projects. A few months ago I became an art teacher and decided to buy the book. The exercises range from simply drawing in pair to creating videos in groups of four. Usually the exercise has a main goal; for example, create something purposeful out of a turkey carcass. The teams can be from two to four or more depending. They allow for creative thinking to flow and help teams perform better together. I will be using this book as reference for my students in the very near future.

Loved the tone, style, design to start with. The authors come across as genuine, nice, creative people. It's full of ideas to keep the fun in the creative department and to get them thinking about creativity. Some of the ideas are pretty time consuming and those multi-national time sheets wouldn't look so hot I'm sure.

The most interesting part for me was the interviews with successful creative people and how their collaborative styles are achieving greater creative results.

Really enjoyed it. Easy to read. Looking forward to reading the other book Caffeine for the Creative Mind. It will be interesting to see how different it is.

I love everything about this book. The energetic, easy-to-read design. The witty, friendly, just-the-right-edge voice. The oven-fresh examples, exercises and insights crammed into a handbook-sized volume.

As a fellow writer of creativity-related books, I'm slow on the draw to get excited over yet another book about brainstorming. But Stefan Mumaw has me on my feet and clapping. He and co-author Wendy Lee Oldfield have approached the topic with a whole new slant, serving up one inspiring and fun exercise after another for teams of two, three and four or more.

Each exercise fits snugly on a single page, and the page titles alone are worth the price of admission. What's not to love about a book with topics such as "I Just Flipped Jeff's Tongue. Gross." "I'm Sorry, Sir, Your Ear Looks Like a G and I Need a Picture of It," "Crappy Idea Ornaments," "Look! Jill's Headfirst in John's Pocket!" and "A Turkey Carcass is a Terrible Thing to Waste."

Oh yes, you're gonna have some fun with this book. I sure did.