Think Creative

Now that I have caught your attention with this catchy headline, I will have to correct myself and rephrase it into:  How to Get Creative Ideas from a Team That is Not Familiar with Using Their Creativity . I firmly believe that each and every one of us is creative - it’s just that there are those who use their creative potentials and  those who believe that they are not creative . If you think that your employees are not creative enough, you should ask yourself why is it so?  The most common reasons are because: -     they do not have the opportunity to be creative  - nobody ever asks them for their opinion, they are only required to follow the rules and procedures; -     they do not have courage to express their ideas  – they fear that they are not creative enough; -     they are not motivated to be creative  – nobody listens and appreciates their ideas;  when they speak their minds their ideas ...

Whenever you are trying to think of a new idea you are actually setting off across a new and unexplored sea of thoughts inside your mind. On your journey you fight with high waves that throw your thinking in various directions, sea monsters that try to devour your inspiration, sirens who aim to distract you from being productive and pirates who want to steal away your ideas.  Think for a moment of yourself as a great sea explorer like  Columbus, Cook, Drake or Magellan. Those guys had courage, stamina and knowledge that took them to their desired destinations.  One of the basic skills they had to learn before even intending to board their ships was to read the stars. Just like the stars helped them navigate their ships to reach new shores,  well defined focus   statement  will guide your thoughts towards new and undiscovered ideas. Without the right focus your thinking will be futile. You may be capable of producing many ideas, but how many of them will...

You have a problem! You are not alone. Everybody has problems. Life is a continuous series of problems. The good thing is that every problem has a solution, though it may not be very obvious from the start, or easy to achieve. This is why problem solving can turn out to be such a puzzling and frustrating process. I will share with you two creative thinking techniques that should help you tackle your situation and open the roads towards reaching your desired goals. Today we are going to write scenarios of futures. According to the dictionary, ’a scenario is an imagined or projected sequence of events, especially any of several detailed plans or possibilities’. Scenarios are very useful creative tool because they can offer an insight into potential situations and environments that you may encounter while solving a particular problem. They can also indicate which environmental factors to monitor over time, so should the environment change, you can recognize where it may be heading....

The year is drawing towards the end, and it is normal that most of us reflect upon the things that have happened to us during this year. Globally, the year was rather shitty with outrageous economic turbulences and downfalls, revolutions, occupations, liberations, executions... Sometimes I have a feeling that we have seen too much misery for just one year. The prospects for the next year appear equally gloomy but let us not despair in advance. Better think of it as another challenge that we are determined to overcome using our creativity and optimism. For me this year has been quite successful, both professionally and privately. I started this blog in April and so far its statistics reveal that its readership is constantly growing and each new day I have another visitor subscribing to my email list. This means that next year I will have to try to post much better articles and provide even greater amount of helpful information to my creative readers. Despite a dose of pessimi...

Every mental activity starts first as an electric impulse in the brain. The impulse is perceived as a thought. The thought is transformed into an idea. The idea is followed by actions, actions lead to realisation. Our thoughts possess enormous powers. If you wish to build your creative capabilities, you need to start with a thought.  Think of yourself as a creative person .  But how can I develop something that I do not have natural talent for , I can already hear you complaining. If you feel the urge to be creative, that means that you  do  have at least  some creative powers, some creative potential . If you have a strong faith in your creativity you will soon see yourself transformed into a real creative person.  Creative Affirmations Generator  might just be the tool that will help you build that confidence. Respect your creative self The best way to change the old way of thinking and to open your mind to a free flow of creative thoughts is to ...

I bet you often thought how unfair it is that some people so easily practice their creativity and others constantly struggle to get new ideas. Creative problem solving is a skill like any other, you just need to learn a few problem solving techniques, and with some practice, you will soon be able to think of a creative solution whenever you need one. In this post I will show you one of the basic thinking techniques that will help you generate heaps of ideas in a very short time. Why are we not creative? Most people are not creative simply because they look for quick and easy answers to their creative problems. When faced with a problem our mind follows well established thinking patterns and generates ideas based upon our previous experiences. This was very useful in prehistoric times when our ancestors had to make quick decisions in order to survive dangerous situations, but nowadays, this thinking mechanism is exactly the thing that obstructs our creativity. So the first task for ...

You have probably heard and read a lot about different  techniques that are supposed to improve your creative thinking  and inspire your imagination in the moments when you are facing a  creative block . But has anyone ever explained to you what is happening inside your brain in those precious moments when a new idea emerges in your creative mind? Can idea creation be explained by science? Are ideas created by certain chemical reactions in our brain or are they result of a divine inspiration that the universe is sending us? If creativity is a result of a physiological process in our brain, are there ways in which we can deliberately induce creation of ideas whenever we need them?  Lately I came cross a book that I had read a few years ago,  ’The Brain and Emotional Intelligence’ by Daniel Goleman  and I remembered having read there an interesting passage about the processes that are taking place in our brain whenever we are trying to think of new ideas....

You are all familiar with the old causality dilemma of what comes first: the chicken, or the egg? This riddle puzzled many philosophers and scientists throughout history because in its metaphorical meaning it represented the fundamental question of the origin of life and universe. We can easily understand the law of causality, since it is rather obvious that one thing can easily lead to another, but in this case our mind is confused by the fact that we cannot determine which of these two closely related occurrences preceded the other. The answer to this question requires a shift in our thinking – we need to put aside the law of causality for a moment and look at the things from another perspective. In the universe of creative thinking the similar analogy can be spotted between the two things which form the basic products of every creative effort - idea and concept. Creative thinkers create ideas and concepts all the time so it is useful to understand the connection between the two ...