Michael J. Gelb is the world's leading authority on the application
of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He
is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated
learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb is the author of fourteen
books on creativity and innovation, including Innovate Like Edison-
The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success, with Sarah
Miller Caldicott, the great-grandniece of Thomas Edison.
In 1999, Michael Gelb won the Brain Trust Charity's Brain of the
Year Award; other honorees have included Stephen Hawking, Garry
Kasparov, and Gene Roddenberry. In 2003, he was awarded a Batten
Fellowship by the University of Virginia's Darden School of
Business. Gelb co-directs the acclaimed Leading Innovation Seminar
at Darden with Professor James Clawson. From 2008 to 2012, Gelb
also served as the Director of Creativity and Innovation Leadership
for the Conscious Capitalism Institute.
A former professional juggler who has performed with the Rolling
Stones and Bob Dylan, Michael Gelb introduced the idea of teaching
juggling as a means to promote accelerated learning and team
building. A fifth-degree black belt in the Japanese martial art of
aikido, Gelb is co-author, with International Grandmaster Raymond
Keene, of Samurai Chess- Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the
Martial Art of the Mind. Gelb is also a certified teacher of the
Alexander Technique and the author of the classic work Body
Learning- An Introduction to the Alexander Technique.
In 2010 Michael Gelb released Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking-
Uncork Your Creative Juices, a unique and original approach to team
building. His most recent book is Creativity on Demand- How to
Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius.
Michael J. Gelb lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
"By capturing the very essence of DaVinci's life and
genius...Michael Gelb guides us in a discovery and understanding of
the boundlessness of our own full human potential."—Deepak Chopra,
author of The Path to Love and Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
"A brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast,
unused resources of intelligence and ability."—Ted Hughes, author
of Birthday Letters
"Buy it. Read it! Live it!"—Tony Buzan, author of The Book of
Genius and The Mind Map Book
"By capturing the very essence of DaVinci's life and
genius...Michael Gelb guides us in a discovery and understanding of
the boundlessness of our own full human potential."-Deepak Chopra,
author of The Path to Love and Ageless Body, Timeless
Mind
"A brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast,
unused resources of intelligence and ability."-Ted Hughes, author
of Birthday Letters
"Buy it. Read it! Live it!"-Tony Buzan, author of The Book of
Genius and The Mind Map Book
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