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Killer Thinking

How to Turn Good Ideas Into Brilliant Ones
By Tim Duggan
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Killer Thinking by Tim Duggan is the ultimate guide to creating, developing and recognising transformative ideas that can revolutionise your work. It teaches you how to master creativity, turning good ideas into brilliant ones with widespread positive impact. Drawing from examples like Canva, KeepCup and Movember, Duggan outlines practical steps to identify, refine and execute ideas that win. The book includes eight steps for integrating killer thinking into everyday life, why boredom sparks creativity, practical exercises, and advice on ensuring your ideas benefit everyone involved.
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This book is ideal for entrepreneurs, business professionals and creatives seeking to enhance their innovation skills and generate effective, impactful ideas. It suits readers interested in practical creativity techniques and the journey from concept to execution in a professional context.

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Killer Thinking is the ultimate guide to creating, developing and recognising incredible ideas that will revolutionise the way you work, from the bestselling author of Cult Status.

We need better ideas right now. Everywhere you look, there are growing problems that require fresh, creative thinking to help us solve. The good news is that anyone can learn to master the art of creativity to turn good ideas into brilliant ones.

That’s what this book is about: those killer ideas that have a positive impact on many people, with near-infinite winners. The type you hear about and think, β€˜Damn, I wish I’d thought of that!’

Tim Duggan, the co-founder of Junkee Media, will show you how to identify and generate your own ideas with big potential, and then how to refine and bring them to life. Learn from the creative minds behind some of the most innovative ideas out there, like Canva, KeepCup, Movember, Linktree, B Corps, Zero Co and more.

In this book you’ll discover:

  • 8 steps to integrate killer thinking in your life and work
  • Why boredom is the mother of creativity
  • How to refine ideas and bring them to life
  • The best filter to run your ideas through to ensure everyone wins
  • 13 practical exercises you can apply to real-world problems today
  • Why killer execution is just as important as killer ideas
  • And a whole lot more

Want to be more creative and efficient in life and work? It’s all about killer thinking.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780648987468

Publisher: Pantera Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 May 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Pantera Press

Illustration: Text only

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 345g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Tim Duggan is an optimist who firmly believes in the power of business to do good. He has co-founded several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading publishers for Australian millennials. Tim’s first book, Cult Status: How to Build a Business People Adore, was named the Best Entrepreneurship and Small Business Book at the 2021 Australian Business Book Awards. Tim is also the chairman of the Digital Publishers Alliance, an industry body that represents over a hundred titles from leading independent digital publishers. He began his career as a music journalist for Rolling Stone, and sits on several boards including the Griffin Theatre Company, Australia’s new writing theatre. Tim lives with his husband, Ben, and dog, Winnie, in Sydney.

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