2006
Open your mind with the creative enigmas of Heraclitus. These innovation strategies-from "You Can't Step in the Same River Twice" to "Dogs Bark at What they Don't Understand"-are as relevant today as they were 2,500 years ago when this provocative Greek phoilosopher wrote them.
Roger von Oech breathes fresh life into these ancient ideas to produce a treasury of useful creativity insights including "Appreciate Turbulence," "Practice Forgetting," "Ask a Fool," "See the Obvious," "Connect the Unconnected," "Find a Pattern," "Use What's not There," and "Reverse Assumptions."
Whether you read it from start to finish as a creativity workbook, or consult it as a daily oracle, Expect the Unexpected or You Won't Find It offers a welcome jolt to the imagination!
1994
Mixing warm humor, shrewd irony, and penetrating insight, commentator David Graulich gently twits the pretensions of American business and exposes the humorous truth behind the serious facade of the workplace.
Politely pointing out contradictions, unmasking absurdities, and providing badly needed perspective on the awkward situations that abound in business life, the forty-one commentaries in this book offer a humorous view of office etiquette, corporate mores, and more. Treasured as classics by Marketplace listeners, Dial 9 to Get Out! includes Graulich's pointed observations on:
Graulich's sharp eye for the humor in everyday interactions will appeal to anyone who has ever held a job.
2008