Four Essential Elements of Creativity

Creativity is something that you can turn on at will --- just like a light switch.

All you need are the four essential elements of Creativity: Focus, People, Tools and Time.

• Focus: Find an area of general or specific focus --- finish this sentence: "I want to generate ideas in the that will help me ..."
• People: The number of people only depends on who is around --- you can do it with Numero Uno, 15, 50 or more. Try to get a few mavericks to attend more formal planning sessions to help you see a different picture.
• Tools: Thinking tools are essential --- you can use simple tools such as SCAMPER (see previous post http://blogs.bnetau.com.au/aussierules/2008/06/04/scamper-your-creativity/) to generate ideas (divergent thinking) and harvest those ideas (convergent thinking) are easily grasped and applied.
• Time: Taking time out to think in a deliberate manner will allow you to have creativity on demand. Use that time to take walks, meditate, muse over things will give you those BFOs (Blinding Flashes of the Obvious)!