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How new experiences make you more creative

Idea to Value

One of the most effective ways to improve your creativity short-term is to have an unexpected experience. Research by Prof Simone Ritter has shown that variety and new experiences can improve an individuals’ performance on divergent thinking tasks, a test of creativity. I recommend on a weekly basis.

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Where can you get Fresh Ideas?

Destination Innovation

Here are some places and methods to help you find them: Read Widely : Books, magazines, and online articles are great sources of inspiration. Nature and Outdoor Activities : Spending time in nature can stimulate creativity. Do you need some novel ideas for the problems and challenges you face?

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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

What are the mental processes, attitudes, work habits, behaviors, and beliefs that enable creative geniuses to view the same things as the rest of us, yet see something different? You Are Creative. Artists are not special, but each of us is a special kind of artist who enters the world as a creative and spontaneous thinker.

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How big is your reject pile?

Idea to Value

Here is a view of two piles of his finished cartoons: Those with a “Yes” eventually were published by the magazine. This will be the case for almost every truly creative person. It is also the nature of creativity, not all ideas are winners. Those with a “No” were submitted but rejected.

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100 Ways to Be More Creative on the Job

Michael Michalko

Find the most creative people at work and ask for their ideas. Block off time on your calendar for creative thinking. Choose to be more creative. Recall a time in your life when you were very creative. Open a magazine and free associate off of a word or image. Work “in the cracks” — small bursts of creative energy.

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3 innovation types: evolution, preventative and creative

Jeffrey Phillips

This kind of innovation ends up on the magazine covers and is what every CEO wants but can't quite understand how to deliver given the demands for quarterly results. Once we win the language battle and demonstrate we can deliver on evolution and preventative efforts, we can get the funds and resources to do truly creative innovation.

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR CREATIVITY

Michael Michalko

Creativity special: Ten top tips Tom Ward senior research fellow in the Center for Creative Media at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and editor of the Journal of Creative Behavior “Merge two previously separate concepts that are in conflict with one another. When you become an expert, move on.