I didn’t really read the entire book, but I think that Nuture Shock contains useful advice even for us non-parents.  After all, the corporate world is full of big babies who need to be praised and criticized in a way that is: specific, honest, focused on effort instead of ability, and intermittent.

The nurtureshock.com site linked to this illuminating examination of the divergent and convergent model of creative thinking:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html