Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity

ability accept activity actual Analogy apparent artist attempt become build candidate client closed commonplace concept concrete conscious constructive continually course creative process described developed Direct effective effort elements example experience fact familiar Fantasy feeling force function give given hand hold human idea identified imagination implied increase individual industrial insight interview intuition invention involved irrelevant kind language lead learned logical London look mean mechanisms metaphor mind nature Object observed operational paint person phase play possible potential practice present Press problem psychological response result roof selection sense sessions solution solving spring strange success Symbolic Synectics group Synectics theory Synectors tapes technical technique theory things thought tion turn understand understood University viewpoint whole York