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Why mind wandering is good for your creativity

Idea to Value

This incubation state is one of the primary aspects of the Creative Process. In comparison, the demanding task resulted in almost no new ideas, and neither did the “rest” condition, where people may expect people’s mind to wander. The people who had no break fared worst of all.

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The High Art of Designing Scaffolding

Mills-Scofield

Often, the most difficult part of any creative process is just getting started; preparing for the tasks at hand by putting the necessary structures in place that will bring the project to fruition. A modern variation of a similar design used in the recent restoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.[2]. 1] Vasari, Giorgio.

Design 40
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THINKING STRATEGIES GENIUSES USE “HOW TO THINK” INSTEAD OF “WHAT TO THINK”

Michael Michalko

Following are thumbnail descriptions of strategies that are common to the thinking styles of creative geniuses in science, art and industry throughout history. Alexander Graham Bell observed the comparison between the inner workings of the ear and the movement of a stout piece of membrane to move steel and conceived the telephone.

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Creativity Must Guide the Data-Driven Design Process

Boxes and Arrows

Instead of those subjective measures, you can give them data: click-through and abandonment rates, statistics on the number of installs, retention and referral counts, user paths, cohort analyses, A/B comparisons, and countless other analytical riches. Ultimately, data and analysis should be part of the design process.

Data 101