Imagine: How Creativity Works

Jonah Lehrer attempts to shatter the myths of creativity; creativity, Lenhrer argues, is not a rare gift the lucky few possess, it is something that can be learned through distinct processes. Lehrer argues by encouraging creativity we can improve our neighbourhood and our workforce; we can make schools more effective and companies more productive. <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Imagine-Jonah-Lehrer/9781847677884/?a_aid=theprivategirl" target="new"><i>Imagine</i></a> proved a little too dry for me and took paths down routes I did not find interesting (Bob Dylan's writing habits and the drug addictions of poets) to "prove" vague concepts of creativity. There are, in my opinion, much better books tackling the slippery subject of what is means to be creative.