MEGA Creativity: How to Solve Problems, Make Art, and Change Your World Hardcover – March 31, 2026

What if creativity wasn’t a mystery—but a process you could master?Most of us believe that creativity belongs to a select few. In truth, creativity is for everyone, it’s the engine of human progress—how we solve problems, build meaning, and shape the world around us.In MEGA Creativity, writer and actuary John Botha reveals a new framework for the creative process —one that blends extensive research and practical ideas into a clear path for anyone to follow.The book offers a compelling guide to creative work - with a clear frame for different phases of creativity, as well as tools and techniques that will improve your creative output. Choose problems you enjoy working on, build up your creativity database, think differently about constraints, and find flow with a new creative freedom. MEGA Creativity is for amateurs and professionals, for everyday creativity and grand pursuits, whether you're just starting out or looking for new perspective in your work.Through vivid stories and practical tools, the MEGA acronym speaks to four phases that define the creative process:Motivation – How to choose better problems and find the work you're meant to doExploration – Following curiosity, learning skills and finding good ideasGeneration – Achieving originality through recombination; making something newAmelioration – Honing, evaluating, and sharing your best work with the worldYou’ll learn:Why most people chase the wrong problemsHow great creators in history went about creative workHow to optimize the when, where, who and how of your daily practiceWhy creativity matters; offering agency and adding valueCreativity is invention, imagination, and innovation - learn how to harness it. Whether you’re an artist, scientist, parent, home-maker, or craftsperson; MEGA Creativity will help you focus on projects that matter, live with more agency, and rethink your unique creative potential.This book is for ordinary and extraordinary acts. It’s for:artists looking for practical advice on systematising creativityleaders and managers looking for more interesting ways to work with their teams and innovateparents seeking new experiences for their familyentrepreneurs thinking about value creationscientists looking for original researchMEGA Creativity is for anyone looking for more engagement in their work, and a more connected and fulfilling life. Read more