A gut-wrenching memoir by a man who was lobotomized at the age of twelve. Assisted by journalist/novelist Charles Fleming, Howard Dully recounts a family tragedy whose Sophoclean proportions he could only sketch in his powerful 2005 broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered. “In 1960,” he writes, “I was given a transorbital, or ‘ice pick' lobotomy. My stepmother arranged it. My father agreed to it. Dr. Walter Freeman, the father of the American...

This complete summary of the ideas from Tom Monahan's book "The Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy" shows readers some tried-and-tested strategies in business, including how to keep coming up with ideas and how to build a culture of creativity. At its most basic level, creative thinking is problem-solving, which every company should value and foster. In his book, the author presents a creative thinking toolkit, which is adaptable to every business and can be...

Excerpts from memoirs.