Top Creativity Books

We have put together a list of the top creativity books. Most of these books are available in your local bookstore or on Amazon.com. We encourage you to get these top creativity books for your library.

	Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Saul Wurman Wurman turns the information world on its head. We have so many things thrown at us every day that it's a wonder we remember anything. This book will help you understand how to structure your information so your audience will be able to grasp what you are saying and remember it.
	Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty : The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need By Harvey MacKay This is an excellent book on why and how to build a network for your personal and business life. Harvey MacKay has been building his personal network his whole life and gives very good instructions on how you can too.
	Focus : The Future of Your Company Depends on It By Al Ries This is one of my new favorite books. I'm so impressed by the amount of examples of companies that did and didn't focus. Focusing your company helps you put your energy, expertise and financing into moving forward. Those companies that diversified too much are learning now that wasn't such a hot idea.
	Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life By Anne LaMott If you aspire to be a writer or become a better writer, this is an excellent book. LaMott takes the courses she teaches on writing and puts it in narrative form.
	Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith By Anne LaMott These are biographical essays about how one woman reluctantly incorporated spiritual aspects to her life. It is very funny and touching.
	The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference By Malcolm Gladwell Much of this book originally appeared as essays in the New Yorker. It's a good instructional book on why trends for good and bad appear. The author contends that just a little push or change can tip a trend to grow in influence and impact.
	101 Creative Problem Solving Techniques: The Handbook of New Ideas for Business by James M. Higgins One of the problems businesses often have is doing the same thing over and over again. We need to break out of the same old routine. This book has many different techniques and tools that will help you do just that. Very practical.
	A WHACK ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD : How You Can Be More Creative by Roger von Oech Von Oech is the king of creativity. In this book he takes a swipe at the 10 mental locks people often put on themselves in the creative process.
	A Kick in the Seat of the Pants by Roger von Oech In this book, von Oech takes a look at the different roles in the creative process. This process is often stunted when you judge ideas too early or are never willing to fight for an idea. The four roles he speaks of is the Explorer (gatherer of information), Artist (manipulator of information), Judge (judging if an idea is a good one and how it could be improved), and Warrior (fighting for an idea by selling it to the decisionmakers).