Donald J. Treffinger, Carole A. Nassab, Patricia F. Schoonover, Edwin C. Selby, Cindy Shepardson, Carol V. Wittig, & Grover Young

This innovative kit offers an in-depth, hands-on approach to guide individuals and groups in learning and applying CPS. If you are new to CPS, the kit provides a practical, systematic way to learn the process and put it to use immediately. Experienced CPS users will find the kit helpful in organizing and managing process applications.

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Scott Isaksen, Brian Dorval & Donald Treffinger

A comprehensive textbook on the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) framework (version 6.1). This book provides in-depth background, detailed descriptions, and thorough explanations of the CPS method. It includes a variety of tools for each of the three process components (Understanding the Challenge, Generating Ideas, and Preparing for Action), for the management component (Planning Your Approach), and for every CPS stage. The explanations are enhanced by practical examples, and each chapter includes stories of real applications from businesses, educational groups, and other organizations around the world.

Donald Treffinger, Scott Isaksen & Brian Dorval

This definitive guide shows you how to apply both creative and critical thinking to find successful solutions to everyday problems. Creative Problem Solving (CPS) can help you to approach problems and deal with change in a deliberative and constructive way, and consequently build your confidence and success in working with complex challenges. Written for both group leaders and individuals seeking a systematic way to build innovative and effective solutions, Creative Problem Solving: An Introduction is perfect for educational, business, and community groups. This best-selling introduction offers a concise, practical guide to the CPS process.

Scott Isaksen & Hans Akkermans

The Introduction to Climate booklet is designed to provide a good overview of the topic and describe its importance as a key factor for innovation, change, and transformation. The booklet also provides a summary of the approach we use to assess climate through the use of the Situational Outlook Questionnaire, and how the SOQ can be applied to actually improve the climate within organizations and teams.

Donald Treffinger

Updated to accompany CPS Version 6.1™'s New Language! These resources will help you in your efforts to link CPS instruction and today's focus on "authentic assessment". It offers a variety of practical, reproducible instruments and checklists for use in: evaluating students' knowledge of CPS strategies and concepts; assessing their attitudes about CPS and their self-concepts as creative problem solvers; and assessing and documenting the effectiveness or impact of instructional or training programs in Creative Problem Solving. These instruments are offered in a Research Edition format, for field testing and group use.

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Scott G. Isaksen, Ed.

This book assembles and synthesizes our current knowledge of the dynamics of facilitative leadership. It addresses the conceptual foundations and history of CPS, practical guidelines for facilitating CPS, managing clients and resources groups, encouraging teamwork in CPS groups, exploring group dynamics, planning for the unexpected, and applying experiential learning in CPS. It also contains a separate section summarizing hundreds of published sources documenting support for the effectiveness and impact of CPS.

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Donald Treffinger & John Feldhusen

A practical guide to curricular and instructional planning for today's students and tomorrow's needs, from the foundation skills and tools to involvement in real life opportunities and challenges. The authors "Reach Each You Teach" guided thousands of teachers in instructional planning using Bloom's Taxonomy since 1979; this book will enable you to "reach beyond" Bloom.

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Donald Treffinger

Updated to accompany CPS Version 6.1™'s New Language! This book provides 50 interesting and varied "Messy Situations" to use as motivating and effective starting points for Creative Problem Solving with groups of many ages. These one-page practice problems can be used to help students learn and apply CPS components, stages, and tools in both an engaging and enjoyable way. The reproducible problems and worksheets have been revised from previous editions, based on field-tests in several sites, and new text has been added to help you use the materials more effectively.

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Bob Eberle

Stimulate each student’s imagination through a series of guided activities and games in which students imagine different events or things. The Scamper activities help students imagine the world in a completely new way. Whether they think up new animals by combining characteristics of two very different animals, or try to imagine the perfect meal, students are challenged to create new possibilities. This new edition combines the activities formerly found in the two original books (Scamper and Scamper On) into one user-friendly volume. Each of the imagination activities is designed to fit easily within class time.

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