The Exercises to develop creativity Are effective to begin to think in an innovative way, to create and to have a more open mind that accepts new ideas.
The creativity Can be increased; The brain is moldable And until later ages new neural connections continue to form. Forget the myth that from a certain age you can not learn or change.
First of all, remember: Do not stick to your creative ideas , At first all innovation is"rare"or not accepted. Already passed with the car, the television or the internet.
Avoid thinking in ways similar to these:
Flying machines heavier than air are impossible-Lorrd Kevin, 1895.
The horse has come to stay, but the car is just a novelty, a passing fad."-The president of Michigan Savings Bank.
And more like this:
"Genius is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration"-Thomas Edison.
With these exercises you will be able to Train your brain And promote your ability to Think creatively .
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This exercise Or technique is one of the best I have ever known. I was taught in a course of entrepreneurship and if used consistently can give very good results.
It is about becoming 7 questions About the object or process on which you want to be creative. Although the technique is focused to innovate on the same object or process, I will give you examples of different things:
S (replace) : What can I replace? Who else? What else? Another approach? Another process?
A dish can be used for eating and for decorating on the wall.
C (combine) : What will happen if I combine one idea with another? What other articles could we merge with this one? In what ways could we agree on a combination? What can be combined to multiply uses? What other attractions can we combine in ours?
If a car is combined with an airplane,
A (adapt) : What else is it like this? What other idea do you suggest? What could be copied? What could I emulate? What idea could we incorporate? What process could be adapted? What idea outside my field could incorporate?
For example, currently have arisen sports cameras, cameras adapted to record by practicing sports.
M (modify or magnify) : What could be magnified or magnified? What could be smaller? What can be added? More time? Stronger? Higher? More durable? What can add more value? What can be pleaded? What can be changed?
Fast food chain menus could be made smaller for less fat.
P (put other uses): For what else could it be used? Are there other ways to use it as it is? Could it be used for other markets? Other users? Objects? Animals?
A wheel can be used for a swing chair.
E (delete): What would happen if it were smaller? What is left over or not necessary? Should I split it? Leave it? Break it off? Do you care? Compacting it? Reverse? Spray? Eliminate rules?
If you remove the roof of a car, a convertible comes up.
R (reorder): What other arrangement or arrangement could be improved? Another drawing? Other disposition? Another sequence? Change the order? Investing Cause Effect? Change the pace? Changing the programming?
There are people who work better in the afternoon and others in the morning. If you reorder your schedules, you can be more productive.
2-Good-Bad-Interesting
This exercise encourages seeing different ideas from various perspectives and was invented by Edward de Bono .
You have to choose a central theme or idea and think 1) what is good about it, 2) what is bad and 3) what is interesting. Try to get as many examples as possible from the three options and be egalitarian. It is not a matter of finding the right answer, but of seeing all possible interpretations of an idea.
Example: Football .
-Well: people are entertained watching it on TV and it is healthy to practice it.
-Malo: people forget about the really important problems and governments spend a lot of money on it (as in the 2014 World Cup).
-Interests: Although football was invented by the English, they have only won a World Cup and more than 40 years ago.
(This process should be done with many more topics).
This exercise shows that ideas and topics can be seen as good, bad or interesting depending on the perspective you are looking at.
3-Combining ideas
When you combine ideas, you can make great strides. We do it all day, however barely we realize.
Select two words from the bottom list and think about them; What they represent, what they are for, what kind of relationship you have with them...
Car chair table sofa couch pool dog cat building pencil paper glasses magazine pants cap dvd smartphone stone camera.
For example: I choose stone and camera.
-I look at the stone: it is hard, round, solid, cold, can be thrown or used for decoration...
-I look at the camera: I can record videos, take photos, have a rectangular shape, have buttons, a screen, lenses, know how it works, can be used for tourism, art, parties...
Once you know what each object means to you, you can begin to combine ideas. How are they related or could be related to each other?
- Can you hit something with a camera?
- Can you make a stone chamber?
- Can you polish a camera on a stone?
- Can you use a decorating camera?
- Can you use cameras to make buildings?
- Can you make a camera as hard as a stone, impossible to break?
Surely many ideas that come to mind have no application or meaning. It may seem absurd but it is very important that you do not feel rejection and accept all ideas.
Possible idea that emerges from the process: make a camera that looks like a stone to make pictures of animals difficult to see.
What other techniques do you know to increase creativity?