Books

• Gamestorming07:43The speaker calls Gamestorming a good book for workshop exercises and uses its term artifacts for the material created during a workshop.
• Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence09:50The speaker names Heidi Grant Halvorson while describing divergent thinking as promotion-focused and convergent thinking as concerned with risks. Book title is inferred from that framework (not spoken).
• Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration14:36The talk cites Leigh Thompson (ASR heard as Lee Thompson) on debunking myths about group creativity and brainstorming.
• The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work30:19The speaker names The Progress Principle while explaining that diary research linked visible progress with keeping teams engaged and happy at work.

Concepts

• Brainstorming and Creative Problem Solving11:17The speaker credits Alex Osborn with developing brainstorming and says its rules separate idea generation, withhold judgement and combine ideas.

Papers and articles

• Why Some Teams Are Smarter Than Others17:47The speaker cites a New York Times piece about teams being stronger when contributions are equal, members read social cues and the group is more diverse.