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The Imagineering Workout

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This book, like its title says, really will help you shape your creative muscles. The exercises that are provided are good and often can help you see things in a way you would have otherwise never imagined.

You don't need to be in the entertainment industry to find value in this book, there are practical stories of creativity; such as creating a more engaging party by giving it a themed story, thus giving every decision you make a direction.

You can begin to apply the concepts immediately and begin to consciously think about creative solutions to problems you might be facing at home or at work.

I discovered this book during a visit to Disneyland this fall, and I would have to rate it as one of the best "Process Improvement" books I've read this year. This simple little book covers everything from developing and launching ideas to selecting the right people when developing a new team.

No, this isn't your typical Process Improvement book - perhaps that is what makes it such a great read. The other reviews are suggesting this is a book for children. It is written very simply, but I don't think children and high school kids are plagued by writer's block, deadlines or selecting the right person for a team. This book is simple, but its message isn't.

This book is easy to read; each page is written from a different person in the Disney "Imagineering" team, so it contains hundreds of different perspectives. Once you read this book, leave it on your desk, open it to a random page and read one or two pages each day - you will find this to be an invaluable business resource...

Why shouldn't a book that can help you in business be fun to read?

This is a fun place to get practical ideas on how the creative mind works.

It is easy reading and filled with interesting quotes and anecdotes. The best part for me was that the writers share different tips on how they get around to solve creative problems.

More than formal thechniques you will find straightforward advice (like you would find from a friend or co-worker). I found it useful.

Disney tends to target its Imagineering messages and publications to a junior high/high school audience, but these exercises can benefit all age groups. Unlike most Disney products, this book doesn't pound you over the head with Disney cross-promotions/cross-marketing. There are obviously plenty of references to Disneyland and Disney World (since those are the two primary venues for Imagineering projects), but it's not heavy-handed, and the exercises are each geared toward "real-world" application.

This little volume was a great first read and will no doubt get pulled down from its slot amongst my writing and other creativity books and thumbed through on a regular basis.

This book is a must have, regardless of what your "day job" might be. Not only does it give some great exercises for "out of the box" thinking, but it helps you to apply imagineering ingenuity to even the most mundane of tasks.
As a huge fan of Disney and the way the imagineers operate, it felt great to apply their techniques to my creative projects. I am a grad student with one foot in the theatre world, the other in the writing world, and my day to day life requires that I be creative and burst through boundaries that ultimately I have placed on myself. The Workout was a great read and will remain on my shelf for years to come, dog-eared and inked up.

It also encouraged me to purchase the Imagineering Way, which is similar in it's insight into the Imagineering style of work. Also highly recommended.

Need ideas for your students, Need a fun activity for the class, Need to get the creative juices going on your team, Is your creative department stagnant, Are your children bored? Then you need to buy this book! My son wants to be an imagineer for Disney, so I bought this book for him. Tell you what... we love this book! The imagineers in this book share their ideas on how they get the creative juices cranking! Open the book and you'll be saying,(like we did) Good Idea! So that's how they came up with that! Cool perspective, didn't think of it in that way! Let's try it!... And you will!!

It's a good book for sure but the concepts are fairly basic. Reminds me a lot of another good creativity book "How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci".

This book really is useful and should be read by all high school students! We need to make sure that children learn creative thinking and this book is well suited to help teach this.

This insightful journey into the world of Imagineering is one sparkling with all of the mystery, surprise, magic and the element of believing to make it wonderful for boys or girls of any age, who want to reach beyond todays limits... you will have no limits on what you can accomplish, Disney is a great place to get a boost.

Casey Jacobson