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7 TENETS OF CREATIVE THINKING

Michael Michalko

Therefore when trying to produce new ideas, do not evaluate them as they occur. Nothing kills creativity faster than self-censorship during idea generation. All ideas are possibilities — generate as many as you can before identifying which ones have more merit. The only certainty in life is uncertainty.

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Creative Problem Solving Techniques Training

InnovationTraining.org

Defer or suspend judgement – let the ideas flow . Clarify: explore the challenge and gather data. Ideate: brainstorm and explore ideas. Develop: evaluate ideas and formulate solutions. Generate Many Ideas. Generate as many ideas or thoughts as you can related to the challenge. Impossible!

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50 Research Methods for Innovation Infographic

Open Innovation EU

The Handbook of Online and Social Media Research. In order to categorise the different research methods, I combined a few sources to create a general ‘research process’ On average we could state that each R&D-trajectory consists of the following steps: Explore. Bodystorming: more active forms of idea generation.