Ideas don't just happen, they don't spring from nowhere.Ideas come to life from everything that's already inside our brains.Because new ideas are actually a new reaction between existing ideas.This means creativity is about finding ways to put unrelated, disconnected things together.When two unrelated things come together, something new springs into existence, they form a third thing, and that becomes a new idea.That's Crossover Creativity.

The wise man knows he doesn't know.The fool doesn't know he doesn't know."Lao Tzu"In the West they only respect experts.But the expert mind is the closed mind."Shunryu SuzukiWhat's the most important step in fixing a puncture?It isn't jacking up the car, or taking the wheel off, or finding the puncture.There's something more fundamental than any of those.Something without which you can't even begin to fix a puncture. The m...

Discover the philosophy behind the most creative minds in advertising and beyondDrawing on Eastern and Western philosophy, and colourful characters from Picasso and Socrates to Warren Beatty, Predatory Thinking represents a lifetime of wisdom learned at the creative cutting edge.Dave Trott, 'A brilliant advertising copywriter and a great team leader. His ideas are equally applicable to writing a novel, making a film, launching a product, managing a...

Creativity is all around us. Not in art galleries. But on the train, at work, in the street outside, and in schools, hospitals and restaurants. Creative vision exists wherever people are.In this entertaining collection of real-life stories, Dave Trott applies his crystal clear lens to define what genuine creative vision looks like. It is problem solving, clarity of thought, seeing what others do not see, and removing complexity to make things as simple as you can.The timele...

How do you make something out of nothing?Up your game with this masterclass in creative thinking. Combining Dave Trott's distinctive, almost Zen-like storytelling, humour and practical advice, One Plus One Equals Three is a collection of provocative anecdotes and thought experiments designed to light a fire under your own creative ambitions.From the First World War sailor who survived being sunk three times in one day to the one-time 'merchant of d...

Creativity is all around us. Not in art galleries. But on the train, at work, in the street outside, and in schools, hospitals and restaurants. Creative vision exists wherever people are.In this entertaining collection of real-life stories, Dave Trott applies his crystal clear lens to define what genuine creative vision looks like. It is problem solving, clarity of thought, seeing what others do not see, and removing complexity to make things as simple as you can.The timele...

Jeremy Clarkson, shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to Clarkson.Jeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most. He has, as they say, been around a bit. And as a result, he's got one or two things to tell us about how it all works - and being Jeremy Clarkson he's not about to voice them quietly, humbly and without great dollops of humour.In The World According to Clarkson, he reveals why it is t...

Lift the bonnet on 20 years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera . . .The perfect gift for fans of fast cars, big laughs and full-throttle TV adventures!--Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights.It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May, their unique chemistry and bud...

Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Twentieth Century, including who shocked the world by showing her knickers, how two monkeys and a dog became astronauts and why a posh London restaurant served stewed cat. In ebook format, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Romans! Madrigals! The Dark Ages! Revolutions! Trumpets! The Oranges of The First World War! All of this (except trumpets) and more, is covered in this definitive, easy-clean history of all world history so far, written by the creator and star of the “blessedly stupid, wickedly smart” (Observer) Netflix documentary Cunk on Life, Philomena Cunk.Focussing on the inventions, art, and brainboxes that made the modern world the unbearable place it is today, ...

Reading Scotland's Jesus should be like being called into the living room by your child shouting that they see a little red dot on the head of a TV newscaster, then riding the white hot bullet through the propaganda circuitry of his or her exploding brain.It's a funny book about the news, partly because it was decided that a pornographic book about Scottish Independence wouldn't really sell. In chapters ranging from International Politics to the Animal World, ‘Scotland's Jesus’ is ...

From absurd 911 calls to presidential philosophizing to his New York Times best-selling Stupid American History, Leland Gregory generates the best laughs by exposing the worst of human nature. Now, Gregory--sets his sights across the pond to the United Kingdom to skewer Brits, Scots, Irish, and Welsh alike in United Kingdumb: Idiots from the British Isles.In United Kingdumb: Idiots from the British Isles, Gregory turns his eye to countryside Brit...