{"product_id":"creative-acts-for-curious-people","title":"Creative Acts for Curious People","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Sarah Stein Greenberg and Stanford d.school\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an era of ambiguous, messy problems—as well as extraordinary opportunities for positive change—it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention. \u003cem\u003eCreative Acts for Curious People\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with ways to build those skills with resilience, care, and confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt Stanford University’s world-renowned Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, aka “the d.school,” students and faculty, experts and seekers bring together diverse perspectives to tackle ambitious projects; this book contains the experiences designed to help them do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA provocative and highly visual companion, \u003cem\u003eCreative Acts for Curious People\u003c\/em\u003e is a definitive resource for people who aim to draw on their curiosity and creativity in the face of uncertainty. Teeming with ideas about discovery, learning, and leading the way through unknown creative territory, the book includes memorable stories and more than eighty innovative exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by executive director Sarah Stein Greenberg, after being honed in the classrooms of the d.school, these exercises originated in some of the world’s most inventive and unconventional minds, including those of d.school and IDEO founder David M. Kelley, \u003cem\u003eReadyMade\u003c\/em\u003e magazine founder Grace Hawthorne, innovative choreographer Aleta Hayes, Google chief innovation evangelist Frederik G. Pferdt, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo bring fresh approaches to any challenge–world changing or close to home–you can draw on exercises such as Expert Eyes to hone observation skills, How to Talk to Strangers to foster understanding, and Designing Tools for Teams to build creative leadership. The activities are at once lighthearted, surprising, tough, and impactful–and reveal how the hidden dynamics of design can drive more vibrant ways of making, feeling, exploring, experimenting, and collaborating at work and in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will help you develop the behaviors and deepen the mindsets that can turn your curiosity into ideas, and your ideas into action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by David M. Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Annie Marino\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated by Michael Hirshon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Ten Speed Press, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 304 pages, full color, 7.5 × 10 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-98-485816-0\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67830870409370,"sku":"cos1792048752425","price":20.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/6051\/8810\/files\/creative-acts-for-curious-people_1.jpg?v=1792048759","url":"https:\/\/eyeletcutwear.shop\/products\/creative-acts-for-curious-people","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}