Mindsets for enhanced creativity
When engaging your creativity deliberately there’s a general rule of thumb: It’s not about finding the right answer, it’s about exploring the unknown to arrive at new ones. The journey can be chaotic for sure, so here are a few pointers to keep you grounded in your imagination to find new ideas (and stave off [...]
New ideas rejected due to time-zone lag, a quick fix.
Have you ever experienced jet lag? Jet lag occurs because your body’s cycle, it’s circadian rhythm, is thrown off course. You experience daylight and darkness at different times than what you are used to and this disrupts your natural times for eating, sleeping, hormone regulation and body temperature variations. Your body is out of alignment [...]
Creativity. What's it all about?
Creativity is good, does that mean that non-creativity is bad? When is it appropriate to use new ideas and new decisions and when is it best to stay with the same-old, same-old? Have you answered those questions for yourself yet? There are many viewpoints on the subject of appropriateness for using creativity deliberately, just as [...]
Imagination Triggers
Einstein’s most often quote “imagination is more important than knowledge” is partially true. Both are important at different times as appropriate. Balance is good. I didn’t know what imagination was when growing up, I’d ask what it is and teachers would say, just pretend. “Pretend what?” I’d reply. So, I did some research and found [...]
Are these powerful questions powerful for you?
While cleaning out file drawer today I found a non referenced handout from a conference a few years ago, Powerful Questions. According to the tiny description on the green sheet, the purpose of these questions is to stimulate new knowledge and creative thinking. They don’t work so much for me. It’s hard for me to [...]
Want to inspire children's creativity? Read this.
Culture shift time. When I was growing up creativity was considered bad manners unless it was in the arts or sciences. That’s changed. Now we want children to embrace their creativity and expect teachers to nurture students’ capacity to generate new ideas and make new decisions. Herein begins a new movement to inspire creativity daily. [...]
Someone or someplace has already solved your problem… insights into TRIZ
…or one very similar, writes Ellen Domb, founding editor of the TRIZ-Journal. “Creativity is finding that solution and modifying it to fit your circumstances.” “Don’t accept compromises,” she insists, “remove the source of the problem.” Ellen and I, as well as many others, shared the podium at Queen’s School of Business 1rst Annual Innovation Summit [...]
Creative and Philanthropic Team Building Activities: Ones that Give Back
Wondering what you might do for World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21 in 2011 and beyond? Here’s a great idea from Team Builders Plus. Philanthropic Team Building…Give & Get Even More Back in Return by Andy Kraus Despite what is going on with our current economic situation, most corporate groups understand the [...]
Leadership watchouts – cues for your self assessment
If you feel like things are falling-apart rest assured that this state always precedes things-coming-together, and in a different and often better way. New ideas, new decisions, that’s what creativity is all about. Nile Gardiner, a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and political commentator, provides a list of leadership criteria in his Telegraph UK’s post “The [...]
How to introduce divergent thinking for new ideas ala 2010
When I was learning about creativity 30 years ago divergent thinking was introduced through an exercise. First, Alex Osborn’s rules for brainstorming were introduced: Defer Judgment Quantity Breeds Quality Combine Ideas Freewheel (go for wild ideas) (Over the years I’ve added a few more to help clients behave in ways that support idea generating with [...]
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