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By Jonathan Davis Published by ScaledLearning Available now

Metaphors for Innovators

Using powerful images and stories to help people and AI think differently

The right metaphor can unlock a stuck team faster than any framework. A playful, practical book on using metaphors, images and stories to frame problems, spark new ideas and guide people and AI tools toward more creative solutions.

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What you'll learn

  • Choose metaphors that reframe hard problems
  • Facilitate sessions with images and stories
  • Use metaphor to prompt AI tools more creatively
  • Build a shared metaphor library for your team

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Why metaphors move people
  2. Chapter 2 How metaphors frame problems
  3. Chapter 3 A field guide to innovation metaphors
  4. Chapter 4 Prompting AI with metaphor
  5. Chapter 5 Facilitating with images and stories
  6. Chapter 6 Building your own metaphor library

By Jonathan Davis · Published by ScaledLearning

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