The exercises to develop creativity They are effective in starting to think outside of the box, create and have a more open mind that accepts new ideas. Creativity can be increased; the brain is moldable and until advanced ages, new neural connections continue to form. Forget the myth that after a certain age you cannot learn or change.
First of all, remember: do not fault your creative ideas, at the beginning all innovation is "rare" or not accepted. It already happened with the car, the television or the internet.
Avoid thinking in ways like these:
Flying machines heavier than air are impossible-Lorrd Kevin, 1895.
The horse is here to stay, but the car is just a novelty, a passing fad. ”-Chairman of Michigan Savings Bank.
And more like this:
"Genius is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration" -Thomas Edison.
With these exercises you can train your brain and promote your ability to think creatively.
This exercise or technique is one of the best I have ever known. It was taught to me in an entrepreneurship course and if it is used constantly it can give very good results.
It is about making yourself 7 questions about the object or process about 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 (substitute): What can I substitute? Who else? What else? Another approach? Another process?
A plate can be used for eating and for wall decoration.
C (combine): What will happen if I combine one idea with another? What other items could we merge with this one? In what ways could we agree on a combination? What can be combined to multiply the uses? What other attractions of others can we combine in ours?
If you combine a car with an airplane, this comes up:
A (adapt): What else is like this? What other idea do you suggest? What could be copied? What could it emulate? What idea could we incorporate? What process could be adapted? What idea outside my field could I incorporate?
For example, sports cameras have now emerged, cameras adapted to be able to record practicing sports..
M (modify or magnify): What could be magnified or enlarged? What could be smaller? What can be added? More time? Stronger? Higher? More durable? What can add more value? What can be begged for? What can be modified?
Fast food chain menus could be made smaller to make them less fattening.
P (put other uses): What else could it be used for? 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 if it was smaller? What is left over or is not necessary? Should I split it? Split it? Separate it? Downplay it? Compact it? Subtract? Erase? Delete rules?
If the roof of a car is removed, a convertible emerges.
R (reorder): What other arrangement or arrangement could you improve? Another drawing? Another provision? Another sequence? Change the order? Investing cause effect? Change the rhythm? Change the schedule?
There are people who work better in the afternoon and others in the morning. If you rearrange your schedules, you can be more productive.
This exercise encourages viewing 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 the maximum number of examples from the three options and be equal. It is not about finding the correct answer, but about seeing all the possible interpretations of an idea.
Example: Soccer.
-Good: people are entertained by watching it on TV and it is healthy to practice it.
-Bad: people forget about the really big problems and governments spend a lot of money on it (like in the 2014 World Cup).
-Interesting: Although football was invented by the English, they have only won one World Cup and more than 40 years ago.
(This process must be done with many more themes).
This exercise shows that ideas and topics can be seen as good, bad or interesting depending on the perspective in which they are viewed..
When you combine ideas, you can make great strides. We do it all day, yet we hardly realize it.
Select two words from the list below and think about them; what do they represent, what are they for, what relationship do you have with them ...
Car, chair, table, sofa, 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, it can be thrown or used for decoration ...
-I look at the camera: I can record videos, take photos, it has a rectangular shape, it has buttons, a screen, lenses, I know how it works, it can be used for tourism, art, parties ...
Once you know what each object means to you, you can start combining the ideas. How are or could they be related to each other?
Surely many ideas that you come up with have no application or meaning. It may seem absurd to you but it is very important that you do not feel rejection and that you accept all ideas.
Possible idea that arises from the process: make a camera that looks like a stone to take photos of animals that are difficult to see.
What other techniques do you know to increase creativity?
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