Daniel Scocco, a Brazilian-Italian telecommunications consultant in Italy, is the force behind "Innovation Zen," a blog that explores the "paradigm shift from optimization to innovation." Recently, he interviewed me for my ideas on creativity, and you can read all about it HERE.
Roger von Oech
- I'm an author, inventor, and consultant. I started my company, Creative Think, in 1977 to stimulate creativity in business. I'm probably best known as the author of A Whack on the Side of the Head and the Creative Whack Pack, and, most recently, as the creator of the Ball of Whacks®, X-Ball®, and the Creative Whack Pack® iPhone App[More]
Creative Think
My Products:
The Creative Contrarian: 20 "Wise Fool" Strategies to Boost Creativity and Curb Groupthink
A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative (25th Anniversary Edition)
A Kick in the Seat of the Pants: Using Your Explorer, Artist, Judge & Warrior to be More Creative
Innovative Whack Pack: 60 Heraclitus Inspired Creativity Strategies
What I Post About:
Recent Posts
- When everyone zigs, it’s time to zag.
- Think Like A Wise Fool
- New Creative Whack Pack App for iPad & iPhone
- We Measure the Shortest Shadows of the Year!
- Happy Kit Puts A Smile on Your Face
- Financial Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes
- Niftiest Logo I've Seen in a While
- Paradoxes of Creativity
- It's Time to Think Like A Fool!
- Color Names
Favorite Posts
- I Receive A Patent from the USPTO
- Use A Random Idea As An Oracle
- How Do You See the Obvious?
- Embrace Failure
- Have You Wrestled With A Paradox Today?
- Death Notice of An Innovation Metaphor
- Discover Your Own Creative Style
- Think Like A Fool
- What's Your Mantra?
- Playing With Robert Scoble
- Pause for a Bit
- What Is the Meaning of Life?
- Fun Metaphors of "My Company"
- Tribute to Vowels
- Hungry Intelligence
- "Are You Happy?"
- The Red Queen Effect
- Postcard from Moscow
- My Stanley Kubrick Marathon
- My Ingmar Bergman Marathon
- My Akira Kurosawa Marathon
- My Antonioni Marathon
- My François Truffaut Marathon
- My Luis Buñuel Marathon
- Russian Films
- Waking Up with the Goldberg Variations
- Edible Clothing
- The Next Big Thing . . . from 25 Years Ago
- Good Unexpected Things
- My Scariest Situations
- Ignore the "Sun" of Your Problem
- Ball of Whacks Update
- Be Dissatisfied
- Be Whacky
- Berlin's Holocaust Memorial
- Breastfeeding Icons
- Crawling in the Cu Chi Tunnels
- Design Inspiration: Andy Hertzfeld on Alan Kay
- Doing A "T.O." in Dallas
- Escape From Obsolete Ideas
- Giant Beautiful Naked Older Women In Public!
- I Like the Teaching Company
- Innovation In Industry (1981)
- Manufacturing In China
- More "Eye-Foolery"
- Offbeat Ball of Whacks Promos
- Pyramids Galore!
- Roger's Video Hello
- The Hand Stimulates the Brain
- The Water Model of Finance
