Think Creative

Design thinking is a term that was frequently used in contemporary design and engineering but as the global market is going through financial turmoil, many businesses adopt it in search of new and innovative solutions that will help them survive and stay competitive. Design thinking can be described as an action-based thinking that focuses on new solutions and not on existing problems.  It seeks to improve future results through the ability to grasp the context of the current situation, use of creative thinking to generate ideas and rational thinking to decide upon objectives, implementation and evaluation methods of the adopted solutions. It differs both from scientific and artistic creative thinking.  Scientific thinking starts with analysis of all parameters of a problem in order to define solution while artistic thinking is most often abstract and concerned with emotional and symbolic aspects and representations of topics. Design thinking is particularly useful i...

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 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 ...