Creative Thinking for Business
Creative Thinking E-book
Introduction
CEOs Are Asking for Creativity
How Do I Find A Creative Expert?
What Is Creativity?
Why Is Creative Thinking
Important?
The
Creative Thinking Process
Is
Creativity Logical?
Key
Myths About Creativity
The
Paralyzing Power of Previous
Perceptions
How
the Mind Works
How
Does Your Experience Affect
Creativity?
Why
Are We So Critical?
The
Mind Has A Creative Immune System
The
10 Mental Blocks To Creativity
1.
One "Right Answer"
2.
Logic Can Kill Creativity
3.
Be Creative - Break Some Rules
4.
Be Creative - Is That Practical?
5.
Play is Creative
6.
Make Time To Think Creatively
7.
Being Creative Is "Not My Job"
8.
Don't Be Afraid To Be Creative
9.
Creativity...How Ambiguous
10.
Is Creativity Wrong?
Think
Creative
The Sly As A
Fox Toolkit
Brainstorming
Rules
Idea Rockets
"Senseable"
Creativity
Random
Creativity
WBF
All Factors
Involved (AFI)
All
Possible Alternatives (APA)
Other's
View (OV)
Challenge
Accepted Concepts
Best
Problem Definition
Provocation
Combination Creativity
Conclusion
About
The Author
The Sly As
A Fox Workshop -
Bring Creative Thinking To Your Company
Why is Creative Thinking Important?
The diagram
below shows some examples of the various ways we spend our time. Mentally
draw a big + in the middle of the picture with the center of the + at
the base of the red and green arrows to separate the picture into four
quadrants.
Now
available for free as an electronic download (PDF) - Click here.
What percent of your
time is spent in each quadrant? If youre like most of us, you spend way
too much time in the lower left hand quadrant fighting fires and reacting
to past issues. We all have to fight fires occasionally, but employers
really want us to spend more time in the upper right hand area. This is
where we can be creative and generate new ideas to solve problems before
they happen.
| Action Item
Next week, think about how you spend your time. Better yet, write it down. After a week, take a look at what youve captured. Where do you spend most of your time? How much more creative could you be if you spent a couple of hours a day anticipating new opportunities. What problems do you see coming? |
This is the environment needed to foster creativity. We can be creative in our problem solving techniques, but wouldnt it be better to prevent them in the first place? Just changing your mindset and how you spend your time can really increase your creative potential. Try it next week.