How Information Becomes Ideas (The Information Chain)
Creativity needs all types of fuel to be ignited, but perhaps none more so than the natural process of moving from information to ideas called the Information Chain. Building from[…]
Category: Creative Process
Posts about different processes, methodologies and systems – both popular and obscure – to inspire and structure creative thinking
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Out of the Box? Or In the Box?
Curious about where the phrase out of the box comes from? In the 1930s, American industrial psychologist Norman Maier coined the phrase after the famous 9-dot puzzle, as part of[…]
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The 7 I’s – How to Stimulate Brainstorming
To stimulate brainstorming, I’ve found seven items can help increase your creative thinking. Built upon the ‘recipe’ from a previous post, I call these items ‘utensils’ because I see them[…]
Do You Use Your Left Brain or Right Brain?
The Stroop Effect is a simple test which demonstrates how you use your left and right brains, and more important, shows how you might improve your creative thinking.
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Should I Be Creative or Strategic?
Here are my delineations between creative thinking (creativity) and strategic thinking (strategy).
