Lifelong Creativity An Unending Quest

Lifelong Creativity is a contemplative, exploratory and path breaking work. It enquires into the roots of creativity ? what is it about our biology, the way our mind works, the way the society is our spirituality, that makes creativity possible.

Is lifelong creativity possible? How can we enhance our creativity and sustain it throughout our lifetime? What blocks creativity? Written by Prof. Pradip N Khandwalla, an eminent management thinker and writer, the book is an interesting journey through the realm of creativity ? with many new ideas, insights, quotes, stories, self evaluation tests, quizzes and mental gyms!

We often forget that it is a feeling that gives meanings to our actions and that without the energy supplied by emotions, no great tasks could be accomplished.

Idealism, love, hate, compassion, yearning for peace, as well as ambition, are emotions that have time and again reshaped the world.

Lifelong creativity requires fundamental changes in traits as well as motives. Such changes are possible with imagination and determination and help from mentors.

Creativity is an elixir. Every time you visit it, you return bubbling with new ideas.

About The Author
Pradip N Khandwalla was educated at Bombay University (B. Com), Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (MBA) and Carnegie-Mellon University (Ph.D.). He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. His area of specialization is organizational theory, with research, teaching, and consulting interests in the areas of organizational design, management of excellence, innovative turnaround management, effective management of public enterprises and strategic organizations, individual and collective creativity, and innovation.

Prof. Khandwalla taught at McGill University, Canada, for several years before returning to India in 1975. Since then he has been a professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He was L&T Chair Professor of Organizational Behavior at IIMA from 1985 to 1991 and then the Director of IIMA up to 1996

Table Of Contents

• Chapter 1. The Creativity Phenomenon
• Chapter 2. The Realm of Creativity
• Chapter 3. Can Creativity be Enhanced?
• Chapter 4. Puzzles of Creativity
• Chapter 5. The Body and the Mind as Roots of Human Creativity
• Chapter 6. Spiritual and Social Roots of Creativity
• Chapter 7. Essence, Elaborative and Expressive Creativities
• Chapter 8. Existential, Entrepreneurial and Empowerment Creativities
• Chapter 9. Quality of Creativity
• Chapter 10. The Quest for Lifelong Creativity
• Chapter 11. Lifelong Creatiivity
• Chapter 12. Mastering Creative Problem Solving
• Chapter 13. Enhancing Creative Intelligence
• Chapter 14. Acquiring A Creative Persona
• Chapter 15. Weakening Our Inner Sensors
• Chapter 16. Designing a Creativogenic Environment
• Chapter 17. Techniques of Creative Problem Solving