书籍介绍
这本书最锋利之处,在于它把'创造力'拆解成可被观察、可被训练的东西,而非玄之又玄的天赋。作者 James Adams 工科与设计出身,通篇以清单、模块、图示推进,几乎不说废话——这让它格外适合习惯结构化思考的技术人。它不满足于喊'放开想象',而是系统列出感知、情感、文化、环境、智力、表达六类'思维枷锁',其中最具争议的是文化枷锁:我们从小被灌输'理性至上、直觉低贱''标准答案即真理',以至于面对没有答案的问题时一筹莫展。读者反复提到的正是这一点:中学教育强化了分析与判断,却废掉了综合与发散。这本书的价值,是帮你识别那些'本不存在、却被你强加'的框框,并练习在高层与底层视角间自由升降——而这恰是优秀设计的核心能力。
作者简介
James L. Adams is professor emeritus at Stanford University, where he has held a variety of administrative posts, taught courses on design and creativity, and won many teaching awards. Trained as an engineer and artist, he has been employed as a design engineer by several companies, as well as consulting for and coaching groups in the private and public sector around the world. He lives on the Stanford campus.