Michael Michalko

Michael Michalko is a highly-acclaimed creativity expert and author of the best-seller Thinkertoys (A Handbook of Business Creativity), ThinkPak (A Brainstorming Card Deck), Cracking Creativity (The Secrets of Creative Genius), and Creative Thinkering: Putting Your Imagination to Work. Michael provides keynote speeches, workshops, and seminars on fostering creative thinking for clients who range from Fortune 500 corporations to associations and governmental age

Personal Development Articles

9 Easy Ways to Get New Ideas
Michael Michalko | 7 min read
An easy way to generate a lot of ideas is to apply a checklist of nine creative-thinking principles that were first formally suggested by Alex Osborn...
Personal Development Articles

Jolt Your Imagination Awake With These 7 Tips
Michael Michalko | 10 min read
If we toss seeds on the hard-packed ground, the chances of them taking root and producing healthy plants are minimal. However, if we plough and till...
Personal Development Articles

16 Ways to Jump Start Creativity
Michael Michalko | 6 min read
Simply put, the key to increasing creativity in any organization is to make it start acting like a creative organization. Suppose you wanted to be an artist: You...
Articles About Motivation

You Become What You Pretend to Be
Michael Michalko | 7 min read
Your attitude influences your behavior, and conversely, your behavior influences your attitude. Our attitudes influence our behavior. Michelangelo believed he was the greatest artist in the...

Michael Michalko

9 Easy Ways to Get New Ideas

Jolt Your Imagination Awake With These 7 Tips

16 Ways to Jump Start Creativity

You Become What You Pretend to Be