Managing the creative and innovative process is critical to ensuring success and fostering an environment that supports and encourages creativity. There can be no double standards. It means putting into place standards and practices that support this culture and making sure that everyone within the organization follows them on a daily basis. It also means
In order to foster creativity and imaginative thinking, we must create a safe environment in which people can express their thoughts and feelings without judgement and fear of criticism. Often the expressed judgment of a boss, co-worker or instructor will kill an idea that has some potential. Feedback is often not offered when things are
When things are going well, there is often the mistaken belief that things should be left as they are. Innovative organizations, however, must remain alert to what their competitors are doing and for possible threats in the marketplace. Neglecting to do this would be comparable to playing Russian roulette! Leadership guru, Peter Drucker, so aptly
Ideas are critical to the success and continued existence of any organization, but some people do not use their creative-thinking abilities as easily as others. Effective leaders will need to make sure that they provide the resources and tools to enable all team members to become creative. Your course of action should be to continually
Finding ways to force your mind or your team members’ minds to generate ideas, solve problems or process information when you are under pressure is extremely difficult. When these situations arise, certain thinking processes are necessary to induce creative thinking. You will find these mind workouts to be highly focused, which will help your team
It’s never too late to be what you might have been or do what you might have done! Often I hear people say they once wanted to do something or go somewhere, but they were too busy and life passed them by. They wish they could have been or done whatever it was. Well, think
When you were a child, did you ever imagine yourself to be something else….like a princess, a cowboy, an astronaut, a doctor, or some other character. I did. I would transform myself into a particular character for a period of time and have a wonderful adventure. My favorite was to imagine I was a fashion
You hear about it all the time. Writer’s Block – that awful moment you find yourself staring at the blank page and realize you have no idea how to begin and a deadline fast approaching. Oh, you have ideas, wonderful flights of fancy that have you finishing your report ahead of time, writing a best
Don't think for a moment that you aren't creative! You are creating your life right now, one day at a time. You have created our life as it is. Maybe not intentionally! But you have created it through the choices that you have made up until now. So, why not create the life you want?
This is a technique we use to examine all of the possibilities and potential solutions to a problem, without making judgments about any of these possibilities until we have exhausted all of our options. Dr. Alex Osborn, the originator of the Brainstorming Technique, and co-founder of what was one of the world's largest advertising agencies
