The Best New Creativity Audiobooks To Read In 2025

"The Art of You offers great insights and steps on how to cultivate creativity. This is essential reading for anyone looking to share their unique experience, to foster deep connections, and to inspire others." ―Yung Pueblo, #1 New York Times bestselling author. From conscious creativity leader James McCrae comes a guide to reclaim creativity as a sacred path to healing; awaken your sense of wonder, execute your craft, and reclaim the artist within. Whether an accountant or a writer, you are an artist whether you realize it or not. You create your life in each passing moment.

The question is, are you creating with conscious intention or creating by default? Creativity is our true magic. To be alive is to be in a state of co-creation with the universe. But it also requires courage and commitment―especially in a culture that values conformity and trends above authentic expression. For anyone who has hit a creative wall and wants to reignite their imagination and passion, author and poet James McCrae's The Art of You is a powerful resource to help you access your inner magic and spark your joy in creativity. Presented in his signature visual style, The Art of You helps you dissolve blockages and turn your imagination into reality. Topics in this book include:. * Creativity is human nature. You don't have to make traditional art. Creative thinking can be applied to every area of your life, from business to relationships to social media content. * In a world of increasing uncertainty, creativity is more important than ever. The old social norms are rapidly shifting. Creativity helps us navigate the unknown and shape a better future. * Creativity is an equal balance of yin (being) and yang (doing). This book unlocks the full spectrum of the creative process, from cultivating intuition to launching projects, providing rituals and practices for each stage of the process. * Expression is healing. It's not only about being good at creativity. It's about creativity being good for you. * Creativity in the age of social media. Learn how to be an artist in an increasingly digital world. "Art matters," says McCrae. "Art gives us comfort, opens our minds to new perspectives, and leaves us awestruck. Art is medicine―for ourselves, others, and the world." Here is an indispensable resource to awaken the creative power of your soul―whether you're a writer, painter, dancer, singer, or someone who wants to express your unique truth in work, life, and love.

For teachers, students, parents, and anyone interested in creativity, Learning and Teaching Creativity by Dan Hunter inspires and improves imagination. He details steps to improve student creativity through imagination. Hunter explores metacognition, teacher attitudes, exercises, ideation, and problem-solving techniques. Throughout the book there are stories of creative successes fueled by imagination: Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Franz Schubert, Sherlock Holmes, Leonardo Da Vinci, and more. Hunter clearly explains the latest neuroscience on creativity.

Hunter draws on humor, extensive research, and his lifetime of practicing and teaching creative work. This book is for anyone looking for pathways to creativity in life or in the classroom. Education in America is in an upheaval. We need to prepare students to adapt to innovation, generate ideas and manipulate change―which requires an agile imagination. Learning and Teaching Creativity lays out pathways to student (and teacher) creativity with chapters on brainstorming, curiosity, flow, and finding your passion. Hunter discusses how perception, visualization, and memory are essential to imagination. For the classroom, Learning and Teaching Creativity provides problem solving techniques, suggests teaching strategies, and discusses the value of play and pretend play. Learning and Teaching Creativity also punctures many of the myths of creativity by drawing distinctions between creativity and imagination. All humans have imagination. All ideas begin in imagination: the ability to predict outcomes, engage in counterfactual thinking, and visualize scenarios. Imagination is how you guide your life―making day-to-day decisions as well as thinking about the most profound issues humans face. You use your imagination to make plans, decide on your lunch, or choose a color to paint the back hall. But you also use your imagination to predict life in the next century or how to reverse global warming. Imagination is fundamental to being human. Every human being has these skills. In fact, our ancient ancestors, Homo erectus, left traces of their imagination a million years ago. Everyone uses their imagination every day:. what would be good for lunch (predicting outcomes)what if I owned my own car (counterfactual thinking)I bet the cafeteria is crowded now (visualizing scenarios)If you misplace your car keys, you try to visualize the keys on the kitchen counter or the back door table. This is the same imagination technique used by Einstein to visualize how light moves through the universe. There is no secret channel in the brain to visualize light in the universe. (Einstein also spent time imagining his favorite sausage for lunch.). Our use of imagination is so frequent and common that it escapes our notice. It is a set of powerful skills: the steppingstones to creativity. It is also Einstein's process for choosing lunch. We also need to eliminate the self-defeating myth of creative and non-creative people. Too many people balk at the challenge of "being creative" as if it were a foreign way of thinking. All human beings have imagination and use it every day. Therefore, we are all capable of generating an idea or solution that may be dubbed creative. Other people may or may not designate your idea as creative. But it doesn't matter. What matters is if your solution works, if your idea improves your life. Learning and Teaching Creativity is "entertaining and inspiring," and "a gift to educators and students.". Life is a challenge. Imagination is required.

Anyone can think more creatively and unlock innovation. Creativity is the key to innovation, but too many projects and teams are organized in ways that stifle new ideas. You need to ensure that creativity can thrive—and that you are part of the process. Fortunately, anyone can use method-driven approaches to teach and learn creativity. The HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity will show you how to reach your creative potential, manage creative collaboration, and achieve groundbreaking results. This guide will help you:.

Understand the neuroscience of creativityRun better brainstorming sessions—in person or virtuallyUse design thinking to generate new solutionsModel a mindset of curiosity and experimentationBalance creativity with productivityBring breakthrough ideas to life. Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.