The Difference Between Being Strategic vs. Being Creative
When someone asks you to be strategic, what do they want you to do, exactly? When someone asks you to be creative, what does that mean, specifically?
Posts about different processes, methodologies and systems – both popular and obscure – to inspire and structure creative thinking
When someone asks you to be strategic, what do they want you to do, exactly? When someone asks you to be creative, what does that mean, specifically?
Creativity = problem solving. So if you don’t know what the problem is, you have a bigger problem than not being able to generate ideas.
It’s easy to understand why someone might believe Linear Thinking is less preferable than Lateral Thinking, but each has its place in problem-solving.
With less time devoted to brainstorming, here’s two things you should do to maximize the potential of generating creative ideas.
Do you operate in a Closed Mode or Open Mode when at work? Knowing he difference between them, and tips to switch from one to the other, may make all the difference when you need to be creative at work.
The popular book series Two-Minute Mysteries were my childhood introduction to one of creativity’s most powerful exercises: lateral thinking puzzles.
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