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Tuesday 8th November 2011
Random Input is a lateral thinking tool. It is very useful when you need fresh ideas or new perspectives during problem solving. We are hardwired to look for patterns in our day-to-day life, which is generally a very useful adaptation - it helps us get through our day efficiently, without constantly having to reinvent the wheel.
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Monday 3rd October 2011
Fishbone diagrams (also called cause and effect diagrams or Ishikawa diagrams) help you to think through the causes of a problem thoroughly. They encourage you to consider all possible causes of the problem, rather than just the most obvious ones.
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Tuesday 14th June 2011
When I started out running creative thinking workshops, I made an assumption about people's thinking. I thought that everyone has been taught to think logically, so it's only creative thinking that we need to practice in order to have the whole picture, to be able to think inside and outside the proverbial box. I was wrong.
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Tag: thinking
Tuesday 23rd November 2010
I came across these videos recently, from a talk given by a guy called Joe Howard. Really clear and interesting, about the importance of creative thinking, and why businesses run like tribes, and more. Worth a look.
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Tuesday 27th April 2010
We all got to play with crayons when we were little kids. But as we grew up, our teachers and our parents took them away or talked us out of using them - instead, we had to learn 'serious' and 'sensible' stuff. We (mostly) turned away from our creative, right-brained way of looking at the world, knuckled down, did what was expected and worked hard. In doing so, gradually we put away the things of childhood, crayons included.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, play
Tuesday 2nd March 2010
Last week's post on asking questions to develop your curiosity seems to have struck a chord (thanks for all the emails and comments...). So I thought I'd follow up with the other half, which is about actions you can take to stimulate your creative thinking. These also work brilliantly to help you get unstuck when the inspiration dries up or your project is just going round and round in circles.
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Tags: thinking, creativity, tips, actions
