“Without creativity you are going to be wheeling out the same old solutions to problems.” Instant Creativity: simple techniques to ignite innovation and problem solving, Brian Clegg & Paul Birch.
Creativity is often linked to problems. Creativity might not necessarily involve new things or new ideas, it may just be about coming up with new approaches to solve a problem.
Watch this short video for some different techniques to generate creative ideas and overcome problems:
Creativity is not something that you either have or do not have…you can use a range of activities, tools, approaches to foster creativity.
Test your knowledge on fostering creativity (adapted from Harvard Business Press: Fostering Creativity, 2010):
Learning Portfolio
Complete exercise 2 in your Learning Portfolio.
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Check out the RMIT library online book, Creativity and Problem Solving (The Brian Tracy Success Library), Brian Tracy, 2014 (AMACOM).