imagination first -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Lincoln Center Institute -- The Authors -- Part One The Premise -- Introduction -- What, Why, and How -- Part Two The Practices -- Practice 1 Make Mist -- Ready, get still, go -- Practice 2 Leave the Campfire -- Know your enemy: it is you, scared -- Practice 3 Flip What's Foolish -- Make it wise to be foolish, and every fool will generate wisdom -- Practice 4 Make Way for Awe -- Nurture humility and the wonder that comes with it -- Practice 5 Reinvent the Wheel -- Be willing to give back the givens -- Practice 6 Think Inside the Box -- Make greedy, grateful use of limits -- Practice 7 Hoard Bits -- Collect obsessively -- sift -- trust that the right bits will emerge -- Practice 8 Mix Your Metaphors -- Change the metaphors that frame your reality -- Practice 9 Renew Your Narrative -- Ask whether your story still serves you -- Practice 10 Untie Your Tongue -- Talk about your work with someone who doesn't understand it -- Practice 11 Swap Bodies -- Lose yourself in a role -- Practice 12 Make a Gap -- Obscure part of the picture -- Practice 12.5 Finish the Story -- Make the ending open-ended -- Practice 13 Chunk It -- Show how small it all starts -- Practice 14 Don't Blink -- Snap in slow motion -- see how you get primed for decision -- Practice 15 Cloud Appreciation -- Search out ambiguity and sit with it -- Practice 16 Spotlight Off, Lantern On -- Trade sharp focus for full-field awareness -- Practice 17 Play Telephone -- Engage in meaning-laundering -- Practice 18 Help Out a Boobonian -- Make every task a quest -- Practice 19 Teach Nonzero Math -- Expand the pie before dividing it -- Practice 20 Microexperiment -- Test your hunches playfully -- Practice 21 Rewrite History -- Turn ''what would've been'' into ''what could be''.

Practice 22 Design for the Hallway -- Let informal spaces thrive -- Practice 23 Routinize Randomness -- Regularly rinse out expectations -- Practice 24 Ride the z-axis -- Find elemental forms, then play with scale -- Practice 25 Challenge Your Challenges -- Find better problems -- Practice 26 Break the Hand -- Unschool yourself periodically -- Practice 27 Yes and . . . -- Never say no to an idea -- Practice 28 Fail Well -- Treat failure like a skill -- Practice X Make Up Your Own -- Part Three The Purposes -- Conclusion -- For Further Exploration -- Index.