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A new, effective approach to creativity: anticonventional thinking (ACT) with Jeffrey Paul Bamgartner. Grantwiggins.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/creative.pdf. Wisdom 101. Lesson 19 — Enhancing Creativity. Being deeply involved in creative activity is one of the most enjoyable experiences we human beings can have.

Lesson 19 — Enhancing Creativity

What’s more, it allows us to put something back into the pot of life, to give something of value to others. For many people, though, creativity seems mysterious and out of reach — a gift given to some people and not to others. The truth is that it is not a rare gift, but a quite understandable process — one that any of us can use to enhance our enjoyment of life. Different writers have different views about what creativity is, and about how the creative process works. Some make distinctions between different kinds of creativity. One is production-related creativity: the production of something novel or unique that has value.The other is discovery-related creativity: the discovery, through human insight, of some new fact, law, or feature of the world. By production-related creativity I don’t mean just novel inventions and product designs, though that is part of it.

Creative Exercises For Artists. Your innovative five year plan. Preparing a Five Year Plan Many successful people achieve success because they set for themselves a few very clear goals and then strive to achieve them.

Your innovative five year plan

Life goals provide a long term focus. Nevertheless, they can be broken down into manageable steps -- or small goals -- which are relatively easy to achieve. If you are feeling lost or are not sure where you want to go in life, I highly recommend laying out some basic goals for yourself in a five year plan. It will give your life meaning and your daily activities more focus. A five year plan does not mean planning out every step you will take for the next half a decade.

A five year plan should have some clear goals to strive for as well as steps you will need to take in order to achieve those goals. In this article, we will look at a five year plan for individuals. Where Are You Going? Different people focus on different aspects of their lives when making long term plans. Synergies Make It Pretty The Roadmap The Final Document. Creative Problem Solving Basics: the technique. Preface I wrote this article on creative problem solving (CPS) in 2010.

Creative Problem Solving Basics: the technique

However, not long after writing it, a growing unhappiness with the method as a creativity technique caused me to analyse the CPS methodology in detail, identify its flaws and devise a better approach. In 2011, I did that with anticonventional thinking (ACT). I believe that ACT is a far better method for generating highly creative ideas than is CPS. To learn more about the flaws of CPS (and it's simpler variation of brainstorming), read this. Nevertheless, a large number of creativity consultants and others swear by CPS.

Creative Problem Solving (CPS) Basics Creative ideas do not suddenly appear in people's minds for no apparent reason. Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison and other creative geniuses have always worked in the same way. This approach has been formalised as Creative Problem Solving (CPS). However, there are numerous different approaches to CPS. Top 9 Free Web Tools to Develop Students Creativity. Ten Steps for Boosting Your Creativity. A 5-Step Technique for Producing Ideas circa 1939.