Creative Thinking Techniques
Creativity Begins in the Bedroom
If you think this blog post is going to be about activities you can conduct in the bedroom, you are exactly correct. Creativity begins when you are lying down with your eyes closed just before you drift off to sleep, while you are dreaming, and when you begin to awaken. 1.) Keep blue slips and [...]
Developing Creative Competency
Creativity Expert, Alan Black, Ph.D. posed some provocative questions to me, “What are you doing to increase your creative skills, traits, and abilities? What are the tools you use (mental, physical, emotional, social) to increase your creative thinking? How do you increase your creative skills?” After some reflection I developed these responses and realized that this [...]
Ten Tips Guaranteed to Kill Creativity in the Corporation
1. Do not provide a budget for any creative projects. Everyone knows that when you are measured on a quarter by quarter basis, the ROI is simply not there to make your performance look good on a timely basis. The long term consequences of stifling creativity will become someone else’s problem after you are promoted [...]
Powerful Creativity Tools for Innovation
David Tanner, PhD., author of Igniting Innovation, Through the Power of Creative Thinking will be a keynote speaker this week in La Jolla, CA at the 15th annual conference of “Innovation Convergence.” This is a group composed of members from business and industry with an active interest in the innovation field. You often hear from [...]
