Roger von Oech has spent a lifetime listening to his Wise Fool. He started his company, Creative Think, in 1977, to stimulate innovation in business. His seminars and products have enhanced the creativity of millions around the world.
His clients have ranged from Apple, IBM, Cartier, Columbia Pictures, Nestlé, and Disney to NASA, Coca-Cola, Sony, Google, Microsoft, and USA Swimming.
He is the author of four books on creativity, including the classic million- seller A Whack on the Side of the Head (translated into 25 languages). He's the creator of the Creative Whack Pack card deck and iOS app. In addition, he is the inventor of a line of magnetic manipulative geometrical toys, the most popular of which is the Ball of Whacks.
He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio State, and earned his PhD from Stanford University in a self-conceived program in the "History of Ideas."
