A friend, who attended a workshop led by Gregg Fraley, lent me a copy of Jack’s Notebook. I admit I was a little skeptical about the concept: a business novel about creative problem solving (CPS). After reading countless books on creativity, most of them boring or redundant, I was ready for something new.
Jack’s Notebook was just the book I’d been looking for. A cross between Way of the Peaceful Warrior and The Da Vinci Code, it tells the story of Jack, an aimless young man, who meets Manny, a mentor, who teaches him creative problem solving (CPS) which he uses to change the direction of his life.
Fraley outlines the steps of CPS in the introduction:
- Identify the challenge
- Facts and feelings exploration
- Problem framing and reframing
- Idea generation
- Solution development
- Action planning
Then, he goes on to incorporate them into Jack’s decision making, which ultimately leads to him starting his own business – among other thrilling adventures.
- What can you achieve using creative problem solving (CPS)?
Jack’s Notebook was featured on a virtual book tour… You can check out the posts about the book here!
http://www.idea-sandbox.com/post2post-completed-tours/#jack
It’s a great book, and the author – Gregg Fraley – is a nice guy!