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| Animal Crackers | The serious, step-by-step way to crack your toughest research and development, manufacturing, and marketing problems using the genius of Natural Selection. |
| Immrama | Audio CDs designed to promote health and mental clarity. |
| KnowBrainer | Creative stimulation tool from Gerald Haman of the Solution People. |
| Mindware | Catalog of mind enhancing challenges. |
| PodBrainer | Creative stimulation tool for the iPod from Gerald Haman of the Solution People. |
| Whack Pack | Roger von Oech's deck of cards. |
| A cooperative thinking game. | |
| Brainline | Brainstorming process that outlines your challenge, stimulates creative thinking, and collects ideas from participants around the world. |
| Brainstorming 101 | Training package that teaches innovation and creativity skills to frontline employees. |
| CorpSpeak | Generates random corporate memos. |
| Character Namers | Random Male and Female first and last name pairs. |
| Creativity Toolbox | Collection of tools on GoCreate.com |
| HyperDictionary | English, computer, dream, and medical dictionaries, plus Thesaurus. |
| Idea-A-Day | Over 700 free ideas and growing. |
| Idea Champions | Consulting and training company specializing in creativity, innovation, team building, leadership, and out of the box products. |
| Idea and Problem Bank | From the Creativity Web. |
| Catalogs resources for business innovation, creativity and brainstorming. | |
| Imaginatik | Innovation process and technology. |
| Job Force | Takes inspiration from occupations. |
| Magnetic Poetainry | Online version of the refrigerator kits. |
| Mycoted | Devoted to creativity and innovation in science and technology. |
| Naming Prompts |
Suggests 100 ways to think about naming. |
| A freely associated stream of consciousness through great creative minds. | |
| Puzzles in math and physics, some of which are easy and some of which are difficult. Lots of very interesting articles on all kinds of subjects. | |
| Random Word Generator | From the Brainstorming site. |
| Rhyme Zone | Rhyming tool with references and definitions |
| Ricliché | Uses playfully distorted proverbs as prompts. |
| Aerobics for your creative side in hypertext. | |
| Sloganeeze | Draws inspiration from advertising slogans. |
| Solve that Problem | System in notebook form for guiding the problem-solving process. |
| Star Force | Asks how famous people might solve your problem. |
| Idea generation tools you can use online in real time. | |
| Watizit | Visual idea generation tool. |
| WordGizmo | Creates new words to inspire you. |
| WordLab | Forum of word association. |
| WriteExpress |
Combines word parts and rhymes with your entry. |
| Brainstorming | Collection of techniques, software, and training. |
| Brainstorming Software Reviews | From the Creativity Web. |
| Comedy Writer | Personal comedy-writing partner. |
| Helps capture, store, organize and present ideas and information. | |
| Inspirational, idea-generating art, marketing and design tips and creative exercises | |
| FlashBrainer | Creativity software from Gerald Haman of the Solution People. |
| IdeaBank | Intranet-based idea generation and management system that helps organizations become dynamic hotbeds of innovation. |
| Idea Central | Idea management software. |
| Software reviews. | |
| A visual idea-development and thinking tool. | |
| Name creation software. | |
| Original Vision | Script Werx customizes Microsoft Word into a versatile tool kit for crafting film and video scripts |
| ParaMind | Brainstorming software. |
| Six Hats | Creativity application and facilitation software based on Edward de Bono's methods. Demo available. |
| Smart Thesaurus | Lexical reference system and brainstorming aid. |
| StoryCraft | Software that creates stories for novelists and screenwriters. |
| Visimap | Mindmapping software. |
| Software to improve your capacity to think. | |
| 10 Creative Kick Starts | From the Creativity Web. |
| Affirmations | From the Creativity Web. |
| Brainstorming | Collection of techniques, software, and training. |
| Brainstorming by Yourself | Tutorial from the Brainstorming site. |
| Cartooning | From the Creativity Web. |
| Creative Aerobics | Ideation and mind-set breaking techniques. |
| Creativity Techniques | Alphabetical list of more than 200 techniques categorized and explained on Mycoted site. |
| Creative Thinking | Techniques from the Idea Champions. |
| Enchanted Mind | Exercises for developing creativity. |
| Free Tools | List of sites that offer free tools and techniques. On Innovation Tools. |
| Humor | From the Creativity Web. |
| Idea Recording | From the Creativity Web. |
| Memory | From the Creativity Web. |
| Mental Workout Centre | From the Creativity Web. |
| Metaphors in Creative Writing | Online lesson. |
| Mind Mapping | From the Creativity Web. |
| Mind Tools | Descriptions of a wide range of career skills. Lots of pop-ups. |
| Problem Solving | Slide show tutorial. |
| Puzzles | Classic challenges and riddles on Mycoted site. |
| Simplex System | Solving complex problems and creating fresh opportunities for competitive advantage. |
| Synectics | Home of the problem-solving process. |
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