Shifting Perspectives
The deliberate practice of examining scenarios through different lenses.
Will Rowan
Will Rowan
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Planting Limits
The deliberate use of constraints as creative stimuli rather than obstacles.
Pattern Breaking
Techniques for deliberately disrupting established patterns of thinking.
Mind Mapping
Tony Buzan's visual thinking technique represents ideas radiating from a central concept.
Lateral Thinking
Edward de Bono's term for solving problems through indirect and creative approaches.
Innovation Workshops
Structured sessions to generate, develop, and evaluate innovative ideas.
Fail-Fast Prototyping
IDEO's approach of creating multiple rough prototypes simultaneously.
Creative Remixing
The practice of combining existing ideas from different domains to create something new.
Creative Problem Solving
The insight behind CPS: creative thinking and critical thinking are different cognitive activities, and running them simultaneously kills the first.