Occasionally, however, we all get mental blocks which deter us from thinking outside the box. We feel obliged to follow strict rules and are afraid of making mistakes or coming up with bad ideas. This summary identifies the ten most common mental blocks, or misapprehensions about the way we should think, and provides useful solutions to each issue.
With stimulating puzzles and exercises it will give you a mental workout and is just the key you need to unlock your mind and stimulate creative thoughts. Creative companies are distinguished by their ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic, changing economy. Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management supplies an in-depth discussion of creativity and its relationship to project management. Specifically, it explains how the tools and techniques of creativity can be used to enhance the five processes executed during a project: defining, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
The condor won. Man made a rather unimpressive phase stifles the creative processes. The best ideas come from a balanced mix of creative non-limited But someone there had the insight to test a man riding a bicycle. This illustrated mans in the practical phase. When he created the bicycle, he created a tool that amplified an inherent ability. Thats why I like to Supporting Ideas compare the personal computer to the bicycle. The personal There are two main phases in the development of new ideas; computer is a 21st century bicycle, if you will, because its a tool 1.
An imaginative phase where ideas are generated and played that can amplify a certain part of our inherent intelligence This phase looks at the rules and considers where these Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computers rules should be broken.
There are no boundaries or rules to Key Thoughts follow. Any problem can be examined from any angle and There are two kinds of people in this world; those who divide ideas from any discipline can be intermingled.
A practical phase, where ideas are evaluated and used. This Kenneth Boulding, Economist phase looks at the requirements to meet the deadline imposed, and gets something done. I believe that the mind is not only a computer that processes information, its also a museum that stores experiences, a device Both phases are required, and both have their own sets of that encodes holograms, a playground in which to play, a muscle strengths and weaknesses.
Each phase is appropriate at different to be strengthened, a workshop in which to construct thoughts, a times in any project. If you limit your imaginative phase to logical debating opponent to be won over, a cat to be stroked, a and established ideas alone, you limit the outcome to known funhouse to be explored, a compost pile to be turned and solutions.
Similarly, if you allow the practical phase to include forty-three others. There are a lot of right ways to model the mind ambiguity, you end up with something impractical. Society and especially the educational system is generally Roger Von Oech, Author geared towards logical thinking alone. Non-logical or creative thinking is frowned upon and discouraged.
Metaphors are an effective way of encouraging creative thought. Metaphors help us to understand one idea by using some other concept, and then examining the similarities or differences. In fact, the use of metaphors is the only way thinking grows. People tend to examine the unknown in the light of how it compares to the well established.
Cars were originally called "horseless carriages", locomotives were "iron horses", etc. In a way, a metaphor is a mental map - a way to comprehend something new using something familiar. Metaphors excel at making complex processes or ideas easier to understand. They are analogies which give a new perspective on both the familiar and unfamiliar.
Metaphors are an excellent tool for creative thinking. When you start trying to make a metaphor about any challenge, you are starting to come up with innovative ways to approach the goal. You are bringing the advantages of a seemingly unrelated discipline to bear on the problem at hand.
It is from this mix that the most useful creative ideas flow. Pay close attention to the metaphors people around you are using. Consider how a change in metaphors would change their entire outlook. Then examine the metaphors in your own life that you taken for granted, and consider how these may inadvertently be channeling you along predetermined paths rather than allowing full creative freedom. A Whack on the Side of the Head - Page 4 -.
Follow The Rules 4. Be Practical Main Idea Main Idea Challenging the accepted way that things have always been done Most of the really useful ideas have come from practical people is one avenue of creative thinking. It may not necessarily lead to who were prepared to think imaginatively and convert those ideas a good solution, but never be afraid to challenge the normally into reality.
Human thoughts are not limited to the real or the present. This Supporting Ideas means we have the unique ability to generate ideas which are The human mind excels at recognizing patterns, sequences, unrelated to any real world constraints.
It also means we can cycles, shapes, processes, similarities and probabilities. Patterns, in particular, become rules for our own personal Two ways to prime creative thoughts are; lifestyle. However, sometimes to think creatively, we have to be 1. Ask "what if" questions. Forget the realities, and let your prepared to look outside the established patterns. Otherwise, we imagination run riot. What if physical laws were not present? What if another situation arose? The possibilities are endless, Every great advance in mankind has originated with someone but the aim is to think along different lines from those you who was willing to break the rules and look outside the accepted automatically follow, without even realizing it.
Accept no norms for something creative. For example, many sports have assumptions and consider the results. For example, you may consider "what if" someone famous were confronted with this challenge. What would be their Creative thinkers are constantly challenging the rules. They approach? They realize that problems need not necessarily be solved with Alternatively, try looking at any problem from the perspective set rules, but the rules themselves are open to negotiation.
How Culture and society in general are organized to exert peer would you view things? This is of practical value in sometimes yield practical results. Use mental stepping stones. These are provocative ideas that creative approach. Breaking the rules doesnt mean doing stimulate creative thoughts. Their value lies in where they anything illegal, immoral or unethical. It simply means challenging lead, not in and of themselves.
Often a stepping stone is an societys unwritten laws and conventions. It means not limiting the impractical idea which eventually leads to a practical, creative possibilities of a solution because of peer pressure. Challenging the rules may or may not prove to be effective, but it In other words, a stepping stone suggests an impractical way is generally worth the effort.
When you are method centered to solve a problem, but by considering that idea, you get to a rather than result oriented, you can fall into the trap of thinking practical idea which will achieve the same end. They are a along extremely restrictive lines. Get into the habit of periodically examining all sacred cows. Its In general, asking "what if" questions or using stepping stones are great for company morale, for example, to hold a rule examination frowned upon because of their impractical nature.
This is and decide which company rules should be discarded or understandable if you want to live in the real world. However, the replaced. Do the same thing within your own life. There is a direct most creative and most profitable ideas in history have come link between elimination and innovation. Its also great fun to be when people have had the ability to take a small step backwards able to rid yourself of outdated advice and patterns. The trick possibly lies in the balance, but dont neglect the creative possibilities.
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. Creative thinking may simply mean the realization that there is If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill, take it no particular virtue in doing things the way they have always been and push it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever done.
The problem is how to remain an artist after growing up. Play Is Frivolous 6. Thats Not My Area Main Idea Main Idea The ability to laugh and have fun in a great setting makes the You can be a specialist in your business field, but you should creative juices flow far more strongly than can ever be achieved have an open outlook and look for ideas used in other fields to by taking the process too seriously.
Supporting Ideas Supporting Ideas People are the most creative when they are in a fun and playful Specialization is an accepted fact of life in the modern world. Thats because your mental locks are Without it, we could never achieve useful amounts of knowledge loosened, your defenses are lowered and there is no concern in any particular field. However, as a strategy for creative thinking, about the rules, practicalities or punishment for being wrong. In specialization can lead a person to stop looking for new ideas this type of environment, creativity flourishes.
In reality, however, you will always learn Surprisingly, the best and most creative ideas often come when more from any situation if you approach with an open attitude, disciplinary boundaries are cut across, and successful ideas from free from all the society imposed "supposed to" rules. In this one area are transplanted into another area. The trick lies in situation, you are free to fail, free to experiment and most of all, having an exploratory mind set, which encourages you to actively free to try creative combinations that can prove their practical use search out new ideas for your specialty.
Many good ideas have at later stages. Read fiction or novels. They will fire your imagination. Many important inventions and ideas were originally conceived 2. Study sports teams. Why do some consistently perform well, for the purpose of play. It is often not until some time has passed while others dont? The lessons 3. Study nature and the universe. How are problems solved by are clear for any organization.
To maximize creativity, create a nature, and how can you adapt these? You will be more productive than a somber or even an ordinary routine 4. Look through history for ideas that have shaped and environment. One of the great keys to the commercial success of any company 5. Study the classified section of the newspaper. What do people lies in its people. To get the most out of people, create a fun, want to get rid of? Read old science magazines.
Are there old ideas that can now encouraged, evaluated and translated into practical reality. Humor is the cement that holds the entire group together, and 7.
Enroll in an acting class to learn how to handle emotions and produces the significant breakthrough ideas. Key Thoughts 8. Go to flea markets and study the values placed on objects. Play is what I do for a living. The work comes in organizing the 9. Roam around a junkyard looking for ideas. Attend a magic show, or learn some tricks. Teaches the power Computer Architect of symbols and association. As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.
Listen to sound effects recordings with an open mind. Read trade magazines in an area outside your specialty. There are some things so serious that you have to laugh at them.
Whenever you come up with an idea, try and write it down so you can work on it and refine it later. To me, the most important Make it a point to keep on the lookout for novel and interesting characteristics are their playfulness and intensity. When people ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be have these two traits, theyre enthusiastic - and they are the ones original only in its adaptation to the problem you are currently who generate new ideas.
The creative person looks for history in a hardware store and fashion in an airport. Avoid Ambiguity Key Thoughts Main Idea If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, youll be When you spell everything out in too much detail, you leave no amazed at the results. Inject some ambiguity into the General George S. Patton, US Army planning phase of a project in order to let creativity flourish.
To those who are awake, there is one ordered universe, whereas Supporting Ideas in sleep each person turns away from this world to one of his One way to become more creative is to take note of the ambiguity own. This ambiguity can be a powerful stimulant for Heraclitus, Philosopher creative thought in some circumstances, especially when it forces There are two kinds of truth, small truth and great truth.
You can you to ask the type of questions that need to be answered when recognize a small truth because its opposite is a falsehood. The you are developing a new idea.
Most people shy away from ambiguity because of the Niels Bohr, Physicist communication problems that can arise. However, in a creative The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses situation, that very ambiguity can leave some room for between notes - ah, that is where the art resides. Its an older book that has been on my shelves for an age. Maybe two ages. Its the version and lacks the slick, over-designed look of todays books.
It has comments by people relevant at the time. In fact, it was from a time when our industries were still relevant. Before we started truly believing that Americans are no longer innovative industrialists. This book made it clear to me what thinking has made it so.
This book also made it clear how Ive participated in the way of thinking that prohibits true innovation. Its a marvel. Everyone needs to pick up a copy of this book and read it. Theres nothing startlingly new in it. Even the way its illustrated is a little old school and kitschy. It says everything you need to know succinctly without dragging on and on. It keeps it simple. You will want to start every meeting with puzzles after reading this book.
It will make you consider your black and white thinking, even if you think you dont have any. You will feel ready to DO not just to study. You will close your laptop and go make something. You will.
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