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24 alternatives to Making Ideas Happen

Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Making Ideas Happen launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Envisioning Information▲87

   A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Art of Possibility▲58

   Transforming Professional and Personal Life

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Thinking Outside The Box▲62

   How to Think Creatively By Applying Critical Thinking

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Thinkertoys▲76

   A handbook of creative thinking techniques

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Innovator's Solution▲69

   Creating and sustaining successful growth

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Artist's Way▲75

   A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Meaningful▲69

   The story of ideas that fly

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind ▲65

   A glimpse inside the minds of highly creative people

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Competing for the Future▲54

   The art of planning for the future

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Deep Work▲69

    Rules for focused success in a distracted world

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Inventology▲72

    How we dream up things that change the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Frame Innovation▲63

    Create New Thinking by Design

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Meaningful: The Story of Ideas that Fly▲61

    Building ideas that make successful products

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mindset▲84

    How You Can Fulfil Your Potential

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Deep Work ▲71

    Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Think First▲66

    The no-nonsense approach to creating successful products

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Art of Possibility▲10

    Transforming professional and personal life

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Creativity Challenge▲63

    "A go-to read for the creative genius in every one"

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Wonderbook▲78

    The Illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Design for Real Life▲82

    Develop inclusive practices

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Lateral Thinking▲74

    Practical explanation of how creativity works

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction▲66

    Original ideas that expand understanding of human thought

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Little Bets▲89

    How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

    2015 · its alternatives →

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