For centuries, three factors have driven economies: land, labour and capital.
Now there are three new big “drivers”:
· Ideas.
· Brainpower.
· Information . . . especially scientific information. (From Gordon Dryden author of the learning revolution)
Is there a method to be more ideas and be more creative?
What is creativity? Professor Robert I Sutton of Stanford University says creativity is simply making new things out of old ones.
How to think for great ideas
AÂ program to teach yourself creative thinking
An idea defined: a new combination of old elements
1. Define your problem
2. Define your ideal solution and visualize it
3. Gather all the facts
4. Break the pattern
5. Go outside your own field
6. Try various combinations
7. Use all your senses
8. Switch off – let it simmer
9. Use music or nature to relax
10. Sleep on it
11. Eureka! It pops out
12. Recheck it
From my NLP training Robert Dilts proposes from his book SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE the S.C.O.R.E. model for managing creativity and innovation.
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